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Kennedy hit Markey for ignoring the towns of Dana, Enfield, and Prescott. But there was just one problem
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| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Jul 27, 2020 03:56pm |
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| Author | Christina Prignano |
| News Date | Monday, July 27, 2020 07:55:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Over the weekend, Representative Joseph P. Kennedy III’s campaign put out a press release condemning Senator Edward J. Markey for failing to acknowledge several Massachusetts towns in a Markey campaign map that sought to highlight his accomplishments for the state’s 351 municipalities.
“Strangely the towns/cities of Stoughton, Blackstone, Dana, Dudley, Enfield, and Prescott do not exist in Markey’s Massachusetts,” read part of the Kennedy campaign’s press release, issued Sunday ahead of a Senate primary debate and titled “MISSING MARKEY.”
The problem, of course, is that the towns of Dana, Enfield, and Prescott don’t exist in anyone’s Massachusetts: The towns are located at the bottom of the present-day Quabbin Reservoir. Dana, Enfield, and Prescott ― along with the town of Greenwich — were unincorporated, razed, and flooded in the 1930s to create the reservoir, which today supplies drinking water to 3 million people. About 2,500 people were displaced by the construction, according to the state Department of Conservation and Recreation. |
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