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–DEERFIELD I joined my neighbors at Deerfield Town Hall last night to meet the three candidates for town administrator.  After meeting each one in person, and then listening to their extensive answers, I’ve created a Zagat-style summary of each man, and some of their mannerisms and quotes.  Then I’ll tell […]

Want to put a relatively small city on the map forever? Build a $351 million state-of-the-art interactive museum about human rights, and make the building so spectacular that it looks like nothing ever built before. That’s what’s happening in Winnipeg and the big party happens this September. I got a […]

On Saturday morning I awoke to grey skies with promise for a nice-looking day, and joined a dozen others up at the Gill Town Hall. There, Peter Talmage, a science professor at GCC was giving a talk about the current state of electric bicycles. Peter explained that he was looking […]

I had big plans on Saturday night, and happy to report, they did not disappoint. My two cousins, Paul and Steve, were joining me on an excursion to Bernardston, to the pictured dome here. It turned out to be a tremendous party filled with many friends and a great sound […]

Sometimes the morning just slips away.  I notice this when it comes to my fitness routine.  Yesterday, it was cloudy, spitting rain, and chilly, yet I put on my running shoes and just after Mary left the house there I was out there pounding the pavement, running my dutiful three […]

Dre Rawlings is at it again. She’s famous as the brains behind what she describes as her “annual cultural freak-out” and this year’s event is already getting good Facebook buzz.  Anyone who has been knows what I’m about to describe, and if you’re not familiar with this Valley artist, designer […]

Some of my friends remarked that were not happy about the fees that apply when you buy Green River Festival tickets on line. Well, I have the answer but you better hurry! Today is the last day you can buy the discounted tickets, the price goes up after this. But […]

Yesterday was Earth Day, and in commemoration, I read a story in Wired about the future of a particularly controversial source of energy, coal. The point that the story made is that there is no way that the world is going to stop using coal for electricity, it’s too entrenched, […]