

2019 Update #34
A Quick Trip West, Another Week of Construction California. There are many reasons to visit The Golden State but one of the best, for me, took place this past week when I flew to Los Angeles to meet our four-week-old grandson Devon and to spend time with his two-year-old brother Everett. These two little fellows are the latest Californians in a Gish family line that reaches back to my great-grandfather’s decision to leave Missouri and head west to work the Southern Californi


2019 Update #33
Post-Blast Wrap, Our Downtown Neighborhoods, Bourdon Insurance It was a busy weekend around town. And that’s not counting the around-the-clock construction that took place! This was the first of four Fall weekends on which Vermont Rail will vacate the tracks so that Maine Drilling & Blasting can break up bedrock that lies beneath the rail line in the area around the Main Street Bridge and Kubricky can install town utility lines underneath the rail corridor. Maine D&B conduct


2019 Update #32
Blasting Plan Recap, Fab Fleas Construction continued apace this week, ranging from installation of the new town sewer line south of Cross Street Bridge to the drilling of charge holes for this weekend’s blasting north of the Main Street Bridge. There’s a lot to cover so let’s get right to it. Your Weekly Construction Update This week Maine Drilling & Blasting continued installing minipiles to stabilize the slope that forms the rail abutment alongside the Battell Block drive


2019 Update #31
A Weekend Blast, Planapalooza Activity on the temporary access road that runs alongside Otter Creek between the Battell Block and Water Street kicked up a notch this week. Let’s review what’s taking place and why and then look ahead to the weekend of September 14-15, one of four weekends this Fall when work will take place. Your Weekly Construction Update This week, as planned, Maine Drilling & Blasting began installing minipiles to stabilize the slope that forms the rail ab