Speak out Holland! (no.12)

As every 6th of the month, everybody is invited to go of topic here. Do you have any questions or suggestions? Comment about anything that is amusing you or about anything that is bothering you, but do it in a civilized manner! I will delete obvious lies and offensive comments. To read previous comments under this category, click on “Speak Out Holland” on the left of this blog under the heading “Categories.”
Peter Frei

Posted on 6 Mar 2010, 00:01 - Category: Speak Out Holland
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Choral Showcase Concert at Tantasqua Reg. H.S.

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If you don't have any plans for tonight, Tantasqua Fine Arts presents the Choral Showcase Concert at 7 p.m. at the Tantasqua Regional Highschool.
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Posted on 5 Mar 2010, 9:34 - Category: The Town Common
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The Holland Blog celebrates its First Anniversary.

The Holland Blog is celebrating its first Anniversary and reflects on a very successful first year.
Read about how this Blog works, who the readers are, which piece was read the most, the Blog’s achievements, and what the goals for the future are.
For the first time, the Holland Blog shares Google’s Analytical Reports about the traffic to the blog; it will surprise you who among the readers are! Read more»

Posted on 4 Mar 2010, 00:01 - Category: The Town Common
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A good or bad idea in the long run?

The proposed chapter 40B “Senior Housing” (or is it a “Low-income Housing?”) project is going to be before the Zoning Board of Appeals on March 9. No less then 16 exemptions are being requested, read more»

Posted on 1 Mar 2010, 19:18 - Category: Legal Notices
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Crash on icy Leno Road at Town Line between Holland and Sturbridge.

Crashed-pickup-truck-on-Leon-Road Around 6:15 p.m. this evening, Friday 26, 2010, a black pickup truck was driving towards Holland on Leno Road just at the town line coming from Sturbridge. In a slight left curve the driver lost control and crashed into the telephone pole. The telephone pole broke in half on impact and the power lines and the transformer crashed to the ground. The telephone pole ended up on top of the pickup truck.
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Posted on 26 Feb 2010, 21:34 - Category: The Town Common
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Former Attorney General Thomas F. Reilly scolded Holland selectboard for by-law change restricting farm activities.

Demonstration-of-a-novelty,-the-first-steam-powered-saw.
A lot of the taxpayer’s money is spent in an attempt to prove what chairman of the Board of Selectman James Wettlaufer can’t let go of; that James LaMountain after all is just a farmer.

A letter mailed from the Attorney General’s Office sheds new light on the controversy, the former Attorney General scolded town officials for their proposed by-laws which are “inconsistent with State Law,” if necessary special permits would be denied to applicants!

What's up with that steam powered saw?

What else does the letter from the GA’s office say?

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Posted on 21 Feb 2010, 18:54 - Category: Ongoing And Past Litigation
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Wettlaufer in “DAMAGE CONTROL” mode.

“Wettlaufers The reason for James Wettlaufer’s and Earl Johnson’s ability to hold on to their office is because some people STILL believe what they say.

According to Wettaufer’s logic, the removal of one of several equal restrictions creates a right to do what is still not allowed by the remaining restrictions. Confused?

My appearance on Dave Worth’s Upside Down Show informed some viewers in Wales and Brimfield about the Johnson’s scheme to create illegally three building lots and to build three homes without the required frontage. Two of the three planned homes are already built.

Attempts by the Board of Selectmen of Holland to bully Wales officials into censoring the show failed.

Instead of attending a future Show and rebut my accusations, Wettlaufer and Johnson are hiding behind the familiar excuse, “Our attorney’s have advised us not to comment..”

However, Wettlaufer could not avoid doing some “Damage Control” and provided Dave Worth with a statement and other documents. The logic he employed is shown in the picture above.
Dave read Wettlaufer’s statement at the end of his show and presented Wettlaufer’s argument. Read more»

Posted on 21 Feb 2010, 02:54 - Category: Town Politics
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Fatal crash on I84 in Sturbridge.

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Yesterday, February 19, at approximately 21:30 hours, Troopers assigned to the State Police Barracks in Sturbridge responded to a two-vehicle crash on I84 in Sturbridge.
The two vehicles collided and the SUV rolled over several times. Some passengers got ejected from the SUV shown in the picture.
According to preliminary information from the State Police Office of Media Relations, the accident caused one fatality and seven individuals were injured. Two Medflight helicopters landed on I84 to transport a fatally injured 25 year old woman and an eight year old critically injured to the Trauma Center at UMass Memorial in Worcester. The 25 year old pregnant woman died at UMass Memorial.
The SUV was traveling eastbound on I84. The crash happened app. 500 yards northeast of exit 1. Interstate 84 was blocked for about 2 hours. The traffic was detoured off exit 2, over the bridge onto RT 15 south, and back onto I84 at exit 1. The picture shows the SUV on a flatbed tow truck from Sturbridge Service Center Inc.
Around 23:30hours emergency workers finished the clean-up of I84 and the eastbound lane was reopened. (Click on image to enlarge!)

The State Police Office of Media Relations released a statement, click here, to read the statement!
Peter Frei

Posted on 20 Feb 2010, 00:34 - Category: The Town Common
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Another suicide attempt in Holland.

"Second-suicide-attempt." Today, around 11:35 hours, a 33 year old man called 911 and stated that he had just overdosed and would not have much longer to live and that they should hurry..
The Brimfield Ambulance, Holland Fire Department, Holland Police, and State Police were dispatched to the intersection of Leno Road and Kimball Hill Road. The man was walking along Leno Road. Leon Road was blocked for about 10 minutes while acting Chief of Police Brian Haughey and the EMT’s were inside the ambulance attending to the man. I left before the State Police arrived on the scene.
Suicide is a public health problem and is preventable, to read the Massachusetts Strategic Plan For Suicide Prevention Executive Summary, click here!
To read the Massachusetts Strategic Plan For Suicide Prevention, click here!
Peter Frei

Posted on 18 Feb 2010, 12:15 - Category: The Town Common
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BOS meeting postponed again.

THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN THAT WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY, FEB. 16TH AT 7pm, WHICH WAS POSTPONED UNTIL FEBRUARY 17TH AT 6:30PM, HAS BEEN POSTPONED AGAIN UNTIL TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23RD AT 6:30 PM IN THE TOWN HALL. SORRY FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE.

Posted on 17 Feb 2010, 10:21 - Category: Board Of Selectmen
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Worth’s Upside Down Show and the PEG channels in Wales.

"DVD-with-Dave-Wort’s-Upside-Down-Show." Little do residents of Holland know how much better the political climate and sense of community in the neighboring town of Wales is.

Wales has a public access channel, Channel 5. Everybody has the right to request airtime on Channel 5, the Public Access Channel of the PEG Channels. Requests are granted on a “first come first serve” basis. The Holland Blog was on Dave Worth‘s Upside Down Show on February 5, 2010.

Find out how the Board of Selectmen tried to censor the show and why Holland does not have a Public Access Channel, or watch the unedited video of the entire Show, read more»


Posted on 16 Feb 2010, 01:34 - Category: The Town Common
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