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Fire oversight on wind turbines up in the air
Former County Judge E. Richard Williams said he does not agree with Scout Clean Energy’s claim that the company does not need any type...
FAA extends public comment period
Opponents of the proposed $300-million Scout Clean Energy Nimbus wind facility in rural Carroll County are pleased with the recent decision by the Federal...
Planning examining codes, cuts and crypto mining
At the April 9 Planning Commission meeting, discussion was primarily the need to review the city’s zoning map. Kyle Palmer, the city’s director of...
The town that water built still trying to control it
Public Works Director Simon Wiley told city council on April 8 that progress is being made to get funding to update the sewage treatment...
School has gone to the cats
The Singing Scotties presented The Aristocats Kids last week, and fourth graders delivered an epic performance.
The production featured speaking or singing roles for most...
FAA: Wind turbines potentially hazardous to navigation
Rumors have swirled around the proposed $300-million Scout Clean Energy Nimbus Wind Facility for months that the project was being scaled back. Now a...
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Head spinning like the celestial bodies above
So much going on this weekend from Diversity Weekend, Ozark Mountain Soul, and the Eclipse, here’s a quick rundown of what we got. Starting...
Why can’t the calendar be easier?
Leap Day is coming up Thursday, a four year event that really feels like it should have a special day of the week made...
No need to feel ‘ambient’ about starvation in Gaza
Naomi Klein wrote a recent column in The Guardian about a protest speech at the Academy Awards by Jonathan Glazer, who was accepting the...
American Insights
The Right to Resist
Born at Cape Cod and educated at Harvard, the Reverend Samuel West was a patriot. But above all, he was a...
American Insights
Rescuing the Experiment
As the snow fell at Mount Vernon in March 1785, George Washington was deeply concerned. Two years after the Treaty of Paris...
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American Insights
Lincoln at Independence Hall
The president-elect reached Philadelphia at 4 p.m. on Thursday, February 21, 1861. In response to warm greetings, Abraham Lincoln told a...
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American Insights
The Right to Resist
Born at Cape Cod and educated at Harvard, the Reverend Samuel West was a patriot. But above all, he was a...
Let’s start at the very beginning
During the school year, 1973-1974, I taught at Greenhill in Dallas. Laurie Doctor and I attended my sister Georgie Green’s Alphabetic Phonics course at...
HavingREELFun
With multiple species being caught everywhere, people often ask me the best time of year to fish here.
Springtime! The first of March to the...
The Dirt on Nicky
A modest tribute to leafy things
We should focus for a moment on leafy vegetables. Tomatoes and peppers are glamorous, colorful and photo-worthy, but fair...
The Coffee Table
Breathe…
Being older than dirt, I come from a time before portable phones and “apps.” So I am not a full-fledged user of these things....
