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Weather has continued to push this project back.  Originally slated to pave Main Street in Lee yesterday, rain forced the project to be put on hold until after midnight tonight. There will be no overnight parking allowed downtown for the next couple of days as Palmer Paving will be paving Main Street and continuing work on Housatonic Street, Center Street, East Center Street and Columbia Street. .

Next week the Mass Department of Transportation (DOT) will start replacing exit signs on the Mass Turnpike from the Exit 1-2-3 numbering system to the nationwide mile marker numbering system. Massachusetts is under a federal mandate to change the numbering system for all state highways...

On my way down the Mass Pike today I noticed State Troopers had stopped traffic on the west-bound side of Rt. 90.  As I approached from the east-bound lane I noticed why.  A big white older dog was trucking down the breakdown lane panting with a Trooper not far behind in pursuit with a leash in hand...