Turnpike Authority installs Big Dig traffic-cams

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The Massachusetts Turnpike Authority has installed web site traffic cameras, the latest addition to M.A.P., the Motorist Advantage Program, an informational outreach initiative from the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority and the Central Artery / Tunnel Project designed to comprehensively educate the public on the Artery Project and to help motorists navigate the Artery roadways. The web site traffic cameras can be found at www.masspike.com and by clicking on “Live TrafficCam” on the left hand side of the page. “We are very excited to launch this new facet of our web site and to the Motorist Advantage Program,” said Chairman Matthew J. Amorello. “This is a great technological enhancement for motorists to use before they leave for their daily commutes. With all of the Central Artery / Tunnel Project’s recent openings, real-time traffic information will help not only our internal staff at the Operations Control Center, but also help the general public during critical travel times.” There are five traffic cameras on www.masspike.com in the downtown Boston area: I-93 Northbound, at the entrance to the I-93 Northbound Tunnel I-93 Northbound, exiting the tunnel and up onto the Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge I-93 Northbound toward Boston, which shows I-93 North and Southbound traffic Traffic views of I-90 Westbound, with the on-ramp to I-93 Northbound I-90 East and Westbound, which shows the exit to I-93 Northbound from I-90 Westbound The traffic cameras will show approximately 12 seconds of video per selected camera.
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North Adams Double Murder Case Continued to March

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The case of a city man charged with killing his parents was continued to March on Monday.
 
Darius Hazard, 44, was scheduled for a detention hearing on Monday in Northern Berkshire District Court.
 
Prior to the start of the court's business, the clerk announced that Hazard's case was continued to Monday, March 2.
 
Hazard is charged with two counts of first-degree murder and one count of arson in connection with the Nov. 24 fire that claimed the lives of Donald Hazard, 83, and Venture Hazard, 76.
 
Police say Hazard confessed to the killings and starting the fire and fled the Francis Street home where he lived with his parents.
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