{"id":26817,"date":"2019-05-17T11:53:17","date_gmt":"2019-05-17T15:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=26817"},"modified":"2019-05-17T09:01:22","modified_gmt":"2019-05-17T13:01:22","slug":"mass-central-along-route-181-in-palmer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/mass-central-along-route-181-in-palmer\/","title":{"rendered":"Mass-Central along Route 181 in Palmer."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" data-attachment-id=\"26825\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/mass-central-along-route-181-in-palmer\/mass-central_1750_rt181_palmer_ma_dscf6035-6\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Mass-Central_1750_Rt181_Palmer_MA_DSCF6035-5.jpg?fit=1200%2C800\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" 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