PUTNEY — I absolutely loved Robin MacArthur's story about mud season, cheerfully slowing down, Tropical Storm Irene, three generations, and their love of life here in New England [“Without wheels,” Voices, March 21].
Elayne Clift (elayne-clift.com) has written this column about women, politics, and social issues for almost...
The Northwest Quarterly Meeting of Friends (Quakers) is a coalition of 14 Quaker congregations in...
This letter was submitted on behalf of Spark faculty. PUTNEY-We, the faculty of the Spark...
Matt Dorsey serves on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. He delivered this memoriam to...
Less than seven months after Vermont Yankee ceased producing power, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's resident inspector office at the plant went dark. But even after pulling its inspectors from the Vernon facility, the NRC pledged that “periodic and targeted” monitoring would continue. Proof of that is in the NRC's newest inspection report, a product of visiting decommissioning specialists poring over details, including operations of Vermont Yankee's spent fuel pool, plans for a massive water-storage facility, and the proposed design of...
For the month of July, the Crowell Gallery presents “Edges,” a collection of Liz Hawkes deNiord's new “right off the easel” abstract paintings, along with selected pieces from the past few years. Hawkes deNiord's second show at Crowell Gallery showcases new work as well as recent paintings connected thematically. Hawkes deNiord shows regionally and, after 38 years teaching art and ceramics, she says she enjoys the daily challenge of engaging visually with ideas and the discipline of pushing each new...
Industrial hemp is a 12- to 15-foot-high, bamboo-like plant, a member of the cannabis species. It has no value as a recreational drug whatsoever. It has huge value, however, as a means to remedy global pollution and global warming. It grows in large fields, very densely, 250 plants per square yard. It has a very deep root system. These two qualities create benefits for the next crop in rotation, creating a 10-percent higher yield, since the weeds have been choked...
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