Collapses and Trainwrecks: GMRSD budget deficit, local impact of federal funding precarity, Strathmore snag and more
Description
Stella and Mike catch up on a slew of mostly bad news from the last month and a half. Main topics include: a haunting reprisal of the Gill-Montague school district's annual struggle to secure needed state aid; the current and potential impacts of the Trump administration's unprecedented austerity measures on local life (and the particular case of Montague beekeepers They Keep Bees); and a monkey wrench in the planned demolition of the Strathmore mill complex. Plus, trainwrecks! Roofs caving in! Newspaper editors' chairs collapsing!
To read more from They Keep Bees and support their recovery efforts from hurricane and funding losses, check out their blog: https://www.theykeepbees.com/blog
Watch the Wendell trainwreck video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGLyI6nzbkE&t=253s
Submit your own questions for Mike to podcast@montaguereporter.org, and subscribe to the paper at https://montaguereporter.org/subscribe/.
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