Friday, July 16, 2010 — Today’s Gazette — the physical, newsprint-based lifeform, not this silicon-dependent appendage — includes a note directing people here for news about the Memorial and Sarah Mildred Long bridges, explaining that the topic has become so volatile we can’t do it justice in print.
For example, the Maine – New Hampshire Connections Study, on whose recommendations the fates of the bridges rest, had scheduled a Stakeholders Meeting for today. Then at the last minute the Study’s staff decided to skip the meeting and hold a conference call instead.
We could hardly wash our hands of the issue — few things could be more vital to the region than these bridges. So we’re going to learn how to use this site as an up-to-date way to collect and make available all the fast-moving information we can gather. We’ll have a couple of reports later today We have just uploaded several messages from people active in the very heart of the process. Before we post those, we’ve got to work out a few technical details. If there are any WordPress experts out there who might be able to tutor us a bit, please leave a message in response to this post. If you have anything to add to this discussion, please e-mail us at [editors [at] nhgazette.com.
Note: We’re not trying to supplant what seacoastbridges.com does — far from it. We’re allies, and we believe our objectives are identical — to the extent possible, keep both bridges open to all forms of traffic.