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Last November, the board of selectmen decided to move forward with the formation of a Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Committee. The organizational meeting was held in February, and the committee will meet monthly on the 3rd Wednesday at the Town Hall. The public is invited to attend.

Recent traffic accidents on North Street prompted an article in the Hometown Weekly. Based on quotes mentioned in the article, it appears that residents and the police chief are advocating measures that will make speeding safer on North Street. The prevailing opinion is that the road is the problem, not the people driving on it. I [...]

The analysis chart for 2009 shows 2 sets of data over time. The top graph represents the maximum, minimum, and the mean speed per day. The bottom graph shows the number of cars counted per day, plus a 30-day moving average to highlight trends. The deep snow cover in February blocked the radar device’s the clear [...]

http://www.openstreetmap.org seems to be a site similar to Google maps, but without the satellite imagery, Google Street View, and the ability to calculate driving directions. So why bother using it? For starters, the maps are in the public domain and can be used freely for almost anything, unlike Google’s maps. They get created and continuously improved [...]

It was one year ago on November 23, 2008 at 5:44pm when the Green Street speed radar went into operation, and since then it has been dutifully recording every vehicle travelling by, almost 270,000 of them. The 1-year anniversary is not only a milestone that will allow for some statistical analysis, but it also marks the [...]

As a new dog owner since last week (we rescued a yellow lab mix puppy), a recent fatal dog bite incident in Austria caught my attention. The incident involved a Rottweiler and a 1-year old child. Apparently the dog saw a threat in the child when the father returned from work and the family rushed [...]