The Friends of Hemlock Gorge

Tag: Gov. Mitt Romney

  • Annual Summer Picnic 2006

    A special annual treat for the Friends is our Summer Picnic, a time at which we all get together on the property to enjoy the fruits of our labors. At the 2006 picnic we and the Hemlock Gorge Boys bade farewell to longtime Friends member and supporter Bobbi Demers, who has moved back to her family…

  • Governor Romney merges the former MDC into a new Department of Conservation and Recreation

    Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney’s proposal to eliminate the Metropolitan District Commission has been accepted by the Legislature and signed into law as part of the fiscal Year 2004 budget. However, the Metropolitan Park Commission’s spirit lives on. A new Department of Conservation and Recreation has been created in the Executive Office of Environmental Affairs. It…