Monthly Archives: June 2012

Greed, Arrogance, And Iberdrola

I’ve spent most of the last twenty years living, working, walking, and sometimes crawling, all over Fletcher Mountain and the surrounding area—in the Sun, the rain, the snow—during daylight and dark. And before I lived here, I still explored the … Continue reading

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The Destruction, And The Deception, Continues

Plum Creek is cutting the hell out of their land in Lexington and Concord. They have taken load after load of wood out of the country near Iberdrola’s Lexington Met Tower, and now they are cutting the last of the … Continue reading

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Poem–Jimmy Brown’s Epitaph

Now Jimmy Brown lays in the ground, but that isn’t where it ends For Jimmy Brown, who never frowned Had lots and lots of friends. With Jimmy’s death there came a breath, of realization to the the town And as … Continue reading

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Poem–Jimmy Brown the Woodsman

Jimmy Brown never lived in town, he was a Woodsman true His life was good, and he roamed the woods Like we all wish that we could do. Jimmy Brown never wore a frown, it seemed he always smiled For … Continue reading

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Take the challenge …… Take the Pledge

A special guest posting, from Kevin Gurall, President of The Partnership For The Preservation Of The Downeast Lakes Watershed.  I have worked closely with Kevin for some time now on the Bowers Project and other wind matters.  I am proud … Continue reading

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What’s It Worth To You?

The assault continues.  First Wind and Emera go ahead with what may well be an illegal merger; Patriot Renewables is trying to buy off the local residents who appealed their Saddleback permit; Friends of the Boundary Mountains are still fighting … Continue reading

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Freedom Of Speech?

This is Flag Day, and it is also the birthday of the United States Army, so I thought it might be a good day to talk a little bit about one of our basic freedoms, and what is becoming of … Continue reading

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