No, No You Can't Take That Away From Me...

It's the little things in life that can mean a lot.

I was on the new Massachusetts Department of Transportation website a few weeks back. I was checking out the new web cams the DOT put up at different traffic trouble spots in the state, and I naturally went to the map, and looked for Sturbridge.

What can I say? It was a slow day.

Well, Sturbridge wasn't listed as having a web cam, but Charlton was. Yep, right there in the middle of I-84, smack dab atop the toll booths at the Pike was a web cam icon with the label, " Interchange 9, I-84 and I-90, Charlton, MA".

Say what?

"Charlton"?

When did we loose some of our eastern border to Charlton?

I know Exit 9 on the Pike is infamous for traffic backups, but they are our backups. Our exit, not Charltons.

So, I wrote to the MassDOT and asked them what was up with Exit 9 becoming Charltons. Below is the reply I received.

Dear Mr. Hersee:

You are correct, camera #207 is in Sturbridge. We will have the website corrected. Thank you for taking the time to let us know.

Michelle Maffeo

Statewide Operations Engineer

Sweet. That infamous exit is once again ours.

Thank you, Michelle, as you can see, we are a possessive lot out here at Exit 9.

Click here to see the recently corrected label on the MassDOT website, and the views from the traffic camera.