As paint jobs go, the smokestack at the old Columbus Municipal Light Plant is a tall order – 250 feet straight up, not a thing to stand on.
When finished in a blaze of yellow and black, it will serve as maybe the most distinctive billboard in Major League Soccer.
But how to clean and paint a 25-story, 107-year-old tube? A scaffold was ruled out – too high and too square. A worker basket could be hung from a crane, but the slightest wind could send it swinging. Scaffolding around the stack just wasn t feasible and hanging work baskets from a crane just wouldn t have been stable, said Brad Annan, who is managing the project for Municipal Light Plant owner Connect Realty, on behalf of the Columbus Crew, which is paying to transform the smokestack.
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This map shows the 10 âfiber service areasâ in the town of Becket. GRAPHIC PROVIDED
BECKET â After more than six years of work, tiny pulses through fiber-optic cable are the light at the end of a tunnel for Becket Broadband.
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â Robert Gross, manager of Becket s Municipal Light Plant
With tests complete for the first of the networkâs 10 âfiber service areas,â initial residential connections are imminent, officials say. But, others wonât see service for months or a year.
âThe project has been much delayed, as everyone is aware,â Robert D. Gross, manager of the townâs Municipal Light Plant, told residents at annual town meeting this weekend. âWeâre hopefully working out all the bugs and everything will go smoothly from here.â
Mackay, Apteker unseat incumbents in New Salem election
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NEW SALEM Monday’s election was a day of overwhelming victories for challengers, as Hugh Mackay bested incumbent Jean Derderian for a three-year Selectboard seat and Susan Apteker unseated Jeff Lett from the Planning Board.
According to Town Clerk Stacy Senflug, Mackay notched 213 votes to Derderian’s 41, and Apteker recorded 164 to overcome Lett’s 77. Of the town’s 825 registered voters, 257 cast ballots, making for a 31 percent voter turnout.
Mackay said Tuesday morning that he expected to be sworn in before that night’s Selectboard meeting, which would be his first on the board.