Former State Sen. Ben Downing launches campaign for Massachusetts governor, says leadership to tackle state’s big challenges is ‘sorely lacking’
Updated Feb 08, 2021;
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Former State Sen. Ben Downing, who opted not to seek reelection in 2016 and has worked in the solar energy industry in the years since, announced Monday he is running to become the Bay State’s next governor, seeking to address the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, racial inequality and climate change.
Downing, a Pittsfield native who now lives in East Boston, was elected to the state Senate in 2006 at age 24. The Democrat represented Western Massachusetts in the Legislature for 10 years before stepping down to take an executive leadership role at Nexamp, a renewable energy company.
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A US man had no idea the Geneva, New York, building he bought in December 2020 for his law office even had an attic, so he was doubly surprised to find the treasures that have been stashed there for nearly 100 years.
David J Whitcomb and a friend noticed the ceiling on the third floor looked odd after going up to change a light bulb.
They saw an access panel and stacked up some chairs so Mr Whitcomb could climb up and see what was inside, illuminated only by the tiny flashlight on his phone.
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The photos are covered in soot from a fire in a neighbouring building.(Credit: Courtesy David J. Whitcomb)
A long-forgotten attic hid a photography studio and a famous portrait of Susan B. Anthony
Courtesy David J. Whitcomb
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Courtesy David J. Whitcomb It took David J. Whitcomb hours to go through the old portraits and photography equipment he found.
Courtesy David J. Whitcomb
Whitcomb holds a fragment from a glass photographic negative.
David J. Whitcomb had no idea that the Geneva, New York, building he bought in December 2020 for his law office even had an attic, so he was doubly surprised to find the treasures that have been stashed there for nearly 100 years.
Whitcomb and a friend noticed that the ceiling on the third floor looked odd after going up to change a light bulb.