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Article: Weather, stalled bill keep heat on ski area Blue Hills hurt by mild winters, one-year leases
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- December 27, 1998
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CANTON -- Between Mother Nature and Father Time, the Blue Hills
Ski Area just can't seem to catch a break.
For the last two seasons, the area was forced to remain closed
much of the time because of unseasonably warm winters. And in the
ski biz, no snow translates to no dough.
Then, two years ago, it looked like legislation designed to
facilitate financing would help out the cash-strapped ski area. But
time was not on the side of Blue Hills. After no action was taken on
it, the bill carried over into this year's legislative session, where
it languished at session's close.
Eight local legislators had signed onto the bill, which would have
extended the ski area's current year-to-year lease with ...