Supervisors Restore Funding For Second Transit Bus

Middlesex County leaders are reversing course and putting money back into a second Bay Transit bus. Supervisors had earlier considered cutting one of the two buses to save nearly 48-thousand dollars in the upcoming budget. But after public pushback, they restored full funding at about 95-thousand dollars. Residents told the board demand already exceeds capacity, with thousands of rides logged last year and many relying on the service to get to work. County officials now say both buses will remain funded in the proposed fiscal year 2026-2027 budget.

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Ed launched his radio career in 1975 and has spent more than five decades in the broadcasting industry. During that time, he has served in a wide range of roles including Air Personality, News Director, Sales Manager, Operations Manager, and General Manager at numerous radio stations in various markets across the country. Beyond on-air and management responsibilities, Ed has also worked extensively on the technical side of broadcasting. His background includes RF engineering and information technology, with particular experience configuring digital automation systems and remote voice-tracking platforms used by stations across the country. Ed was also among a select group of industry professionals invited by Google to its California headquarters following the company’s acquisition of Scott Studios. He was one of just 12 broadcasters nationwide chosen to participate in discussions and provide input during the design and rollout of Google’s digital broadcast automation platform. Although the majority of Ed’s career—spanning roughly four decades—was rooted in music radio, he transitioned into news and information programming in 2012. He says the move into spoken-word broadcasting was a natural evolution after decades of experience in multiple areas of the industry.