GCTV Airs New Editions of "Along The Blackstone"

Grafton Community Television Airs New Editions of “Along The Blackstone”

GRAFTON: Two new editions of “Along The Blackstone,” the Blackstone Valley National Heritage Park’s award winning video series, are set to air on Grafton Community Television in April. These mark numbers 73 and 74 in the on-going series of thirty minute features.

Hosted by National Parks Service Ranger Chuck Arning, the first of the new episodes discuss documenting climate change through the historical written observations of Henry David Thoreau of Walden Pond fame and feature interviews with Dr. Richard Primack, Professor of Biology at Boston University and Massachusetts DCR Naturalist Kathryn Parent of the Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State Park.

The second new episode of “Along The Blackstone” documents on-going efforts since 1974 to build fish ladders along the Blackstone River. Fish ladders allow native fish, such as river herring, to go back to the places upstream where they spawn. Ranger Arning also takes viewers to an innovative fish ladder project on the Damariscotta River in Maine.

“Along The Blackstone, “ one of the longest running series on Grafton Community Television, airs on Charter Channel 191 / Verizon Channel 34 on the following schedule:

Thursday at 5:30pm

Friday at 9:30pm

Grafton Community Television provides programming on three distinct public access channels in the Town of Grafton over the Charter Communications and the Verizon cable systems. Monthly schedules for Grafton Community Television Channels can be found at www.GraftonTV.org. Charter Channel 191/VerizonChannel 34 provides general interest programming, Charter Channel 192/VerizonChannel 33 broadcasts town government programming, and Charter Channel 194 /VerizonChannel 32 features school programming and high school sports events. The Grafton Community Television studios and offices are located at 296 Providence Road in South Grafton.