April Fool — Springtime Temperatures Will Give Way to Cold, Snow

Here is the Late night Weather Brief on the detailed breakdown of the potential snowfall Thursday...esp well north and west.

as of 11pm. pic.twitter.com/9iM0G12WCd

— Steve Caporizzo (@SteveCaporizzo) March 31, 2021

Rain will change to snow late tonight into Thursday morning. Moderate/heavy snow is expected across the SW Adirondacks/western Mohawk Valley, with lighter amounts elsewhere. However, a slight shift in the storm track could bring greater amounts farther south and east. pic.twitter.com/LcHfg5GNmx

— NWS Albany (@NWSAlbany) March 31, 2021

Early call on potential snowfall locally from late Wed. night through Thur. There is uncertainty in how fast a switch from rain to snow will occur, as well as precip. rates during the day Thur. both of which can impact amounts. https://t.co/SrboJXIGQw pic.twitter.com/3kxUOwSMYB

— Steve LaPointe (@CBS6Steve) March 30, 2021

It may look like a late April Fool's prank, but we assure you the chilly temps in Friday's forecast are no joke. Daily records over the eastern US may be broken as lows dip 10 to 15 degrees below normal into the 20s and 30s while parts of the South could experience a late freeze. pic.twitter.com/tGCK8qCA1M

— NWS Weather Prediction Center (@NWSWPC) March 30, 2021

Meteorologists say it is possible for a few snowflakes to fall in the northern and western suburbs of Philadelphia and New York City at the tail end of the storm Thursday: https://t.co/5CyS3SQR1i pic.twitter.com/NnTuHKxTxL

— AccuWeather (@breakingweather) March 31, 2021

Passenger Rail Advocates Rally for Northern Tier Proposal

By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff
02:50PM / Monday, November 18, 2024

Stan Vasileiadis, a Williams College student, says passenger rail is a matter of equity for students and residents. 

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Community, education and business leaders are promoting the Northern Tier Passenger Rail Restoration Project as a critical component for economic development — and say it's high time that Western Mass gets some of the transportation infrastructure money being spent in the eastern end of the state. 

 

"What today is all about is building support and movement momentum for this project and getting it done," said state Rep. John Barrett III on Monday, standing behind a podium with a "Bring back the Train!" at City Hall. "I think that we can be able to do it, and when we can come together as political entities, whether it's over in Greenfield, Franklin County, and putting it all together and put all our egos in the back room, I think all of us are going to be able to benefit from this when it gets done."

 

The North Adams rail rally, and a second one at noon at the Olver Transit Center in Greenfield, were meant to build momentum for the proposal for "full local service" and coincided with the release of a letter for support signed by 100 organizations, municipalities and elected officials from across the region. 

 

The list of supporters includes banks, cultural venues, medical centers and hospitals, museums and chambers of commerce, higher education institutions and economic development agencies. 

 

1Berkshire President and CEO Jonathan Butler said the county's economic development organization has been "very, very outspoken" and involved in the rail conversation, seeing transportation as a critical infrastructure that has both caused and can solve challenges involving housing and labor and declining population.

 

"The state likes to use the term generational, which is a way of saying it's going to take a long time for this project," said Butler. "I think it's the same type of verbiage, but I don't think we should look at it that way. You know, maybe it will take a long time, but we have to act what we want it next year, if we want it five years from now. We have to be adamant. We have to stay with it. And a room like this demonstrates that type of political will, which is a huge part of this."

 

The Berkshires is due for a "transformational investment" in infrastructure, he said, noting one has not occurred in his lifetime.