DORCHESTER — Showing off new third rails that will run along the Red Line and touting a new approach to major snowstorms, Gov. Charlie Baker and transit officials spent part of the first day of fall telling reporters they will be ready for winter.
Ahead of next winter the MBTA plans to run new third-rail power systems and new third-rail heaters on the outdoor Red Line track as far south as Quincy Center, and the T plans to replace all the third-rail heaters on outdoor stretches of the Orange Line, officials said Wednesday.
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — It has been the year of the whale on Long Island Sound, where fishermen and other boaters have reveled in the return of the marine mammals after a long hiatus.
The highly unexpected sightings began in May, when three belugas were spotted off Fairfield, Connecticut. A minke whale was seen off Norwalk later in May. And there have been several humpback sightings in recent weeks, including as far west as Mamaronek, New York, according to records kept by The Maritime Aquarium in Norwalk.
