Marshfield Area Retired Educators monthly meeting

The story is an old one. Like many old stories, it is one that gains value with its retelling.It is the story of settlers yearning to live free and coming to a new land. It is a story of overcoming adversity, hardship and hostility. It is the story of friendship and sharing knowledge and support. It is the story of a bountiful harvest and of setting aside differences in clothing and customs and co...

To the Editor: The Declaration of Independence is more than a document written on parchment with a quill pen. It’s our beginning reminding us what the Founders hoped we would become.Listing twenty-seven grievances against King George III, they weren’t only scolding him; they were rallying fellow colonists and signaling new democratic principles to the world.Many of those complaints sound strik...