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Laurie Burt (not Bart) is Commissioner of the Massachusetts DEP.
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The DCR under Deval-appointee leadership has a PAYROLL of over 61 million dollars, yet they can’t pay someone to unlock a gate to open Nickerson State Park on Cape Cod on-time on the first long weekend of our short New England camping season: Patriots Day (Marathon) weekend. This past spring, hundreds of campers that traditionally camp on the first spring holiday were angered to be turned away. Before Deval, this jewel of our Massachusetts State Park system was open year round! We pay layers of administrators to promote use of our parks while they are closed or not staffed! A disgrace with all the money we pay!! The state should maintain a basic level of services so working families can vacation with there families during these tough economic times at the parks – which belong to the people!!
LENOX, Mass. — Join Robert Oakes, author of "Ghosts of the Berkshires," who will lead participants through the rooms and halls of Ventfort Hall sharing tales of its alleged hauntings.
The tour will take place at 8 pm on Saturday March 16.
Admission is $30 and minimum age to attend is age 12. Reservations are strongly recommended as tickets are limited. Walk-ins accommodated as space allows. For reservations visit https://gildedage.org/pages/calendar or call at 413-637-3206. All tickets are non-refundable and non-exchangeable. Payment is required to make a reservation for an event.
This is not an active investigation.
Robert Oakes is an author, teacher, storyteller, and singer/songwriter originally from northern New Jersey and currently residing in the Berkshires.. Since 2010 Robert has led the ghost tours at Edith Wharton's The Mount in Lenox, and has represented the museum and its ghosts on Syfy's Ghost Hunters, Jeff Belanger's New England Legends series on PBS, and The Apple Seed show on BYUradio.
In 2020, Robert's debut book, "Ghosts of the Berkshires," was published by Arcadia Publishing and is on sale now in our gift shop. Robert's latest book, "Ghosts of Northwestern New Jersey," was released in September 2022.
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