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Raise road weight limit for maple sap haulers

From the moment the maple sap leaves the tree, the clock is ticking. Depending on air temperature and local conditions, maple syrup producers have as little as a few hours to get fresh sap from col...
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Local control of rail cooridor is needed

Local ownership and control of the Spencer to Medford rail line is an essential step for any sort of economic redevelopment to take place along the corridor. For years, the rail line between Spencer and Medford has sat unused. The 27 miles of steel rails and wooden ties was once an important economic artery, moving freight and people. It connected the seven communities along its tracks with ...

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Congress must hold Postal Service accountable for mail delivery

“Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.” In 1914, that inscription was placed on the James A. Farley Post Office building in Manhattan. For decades it has been the unofficial motto of the Postal Service. It evokes the high ideals that many in the Postal Service still hold dear and strive to maintain. The...

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Change to city snowmobile rules makes sense

A proposal to change the city’s snowmobile ordinances and eliminate restrictions on hours of operation makes sense and will bring the city into alignment with state rules over snowmobile operations on trails. In scaling back restrictions on snowmobile users, city council members must accept the truth in the phrase “no good deed goes unpunished” and aware of the risk of unintended conseque...

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Trump costly for America

The world of subjective opinion. What is opinion? Is it a human’s individual value system? Does anyone know who first coined the saying; Everyone is entitled to their opinion, even if that opinion has no truth, which I feel causes grief for society. Is false opinion not lying if they’re trying to be craftier than others? So how much less sociable is false speaking, than silence? Maybe li...

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We cannot gain trust if America breeds instability in world

The United States and Israel have launched airstrikes on Iran, reportedly to prevent it from developing nuclear weapons. President Trump asserted in his statement on the attacks: '(T)o the great proud people of Iran, I say tonight that the hour of your freedom is at hand. Stay sheltered.... When we are finished, take over your government. It will be yours to take. This will be probably your only c...

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Getting up again

On Saturday evening, I was driving down Hwy 64 on my way home from seeing the Medford Figure Skaters perform Once Upon a Blade and thinking about the massive amount of work that it takes to put on that kind of production. Not only the logistics of arranging a show and lining up workers and volunteers, but in the countless hours of practice, patience and lessons for the athletes and their famili...

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