Plan your trip home accordingly.
If you braved the elements and took the T or commuter rail to work this morning, pack up your stuff now: The MBTA will shut down service at 2 p.m. due to severe weather caused by Hurricane Sandy. According to the T website, the service suspension includes subway, bus and commuter rail service. Ferry service had already been suspended earlier in the day. The Ride remains open but users are "strongly encouraged" to call the contractor for their area to see if service is available.
Rep. Dan Winslow recently sent a letter to Mass. DOT opposing the use of public funds to be used to support rail expansion or upgrades from Boston to Foxborough/Walpole, Worcester or Providence in light of reports confirming potential development of a Fox
Medfield's State Representative, Daniel Winslow (Norfolk-R), recently sent a letter to the Massachusetts Department of Transportation opposing the use of public funds to be used to support rail expansion or upgrades from Boston to Foxboro/Walpole, Worcester or Providence in light of last Friday's reports confirming potential development of a casino at the Foxboro stadium site. In the letter, Winslow says, "In my view, not one thin dime of limited public money should be spent for the private benefit of billonaires in a private transaction." To see Winslow's letter in its entirety, click on the PDF file in the photo section of this article.
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