I‘ve never ridden a roller coaster, but it seems I’ve experienced the sensation lately. The roller coaster being referenced is Old Man Winter’s weather. The temperatures have gone up and down, up and down, etc. I expect you have experienced the same thriller weather ride — it’s been ...
In the dinge of the surface water at the old powerplant lake, the bright sunny shimmer of the flash fibers on the back of my last orange-and-orange hand-tied crappie jig twinkled, despite the hazy overcast sky above me reflecting on the surface. With plans for the back half of the weekend, and ...
This winter hasn’t been too bad in our neck of the woods. We have little to complain about, but that won’t stop us from doing so. It’s not as if winter hasn’t left a mark. It has. We recently endured levels of subzero cold that are often associated with the formation of vast areas ...
To the editor: The US isn’t in debt because working-class people have Social Security and Medicare. It is because billionaires are not paying their fair share. When the MAGA party (growing because of Republican silence) proposes a budget that cuts: $230 billion from SNAP/nutrition programs, ...
To the editor: In my letter published by The Independent on Wednesday (Feb. 19), I wrote “The Founders who wrote the U.S. Constitution had just liberated the Thirteen Colonies from the arbitrary acts of an unelected king and set up important checks on the chief executive to prevent a ...
We are closely monitoring discussions at the state legislature regarding education. We are fortunate to have advocates at the state level through MSBA, MASA, and MREA, who listen to our needs and provide regular updates and advocacy support. With significant movement and discussion at the ...