Compost your Leaves, Save Money, Improve the Soil
Every year when the piles of leaves appear along the side of the streets my family has to suffer through my complaints about the absurdity of this practice. I thought I'd post this blog entry to...
View ArticleTanger Outlets v. 140 West Franklin
This is a spin off from the current thread on economic development. However, since I am addressing two specific items I thought new blog entry was warranted.The useful life of a significant...
View ArticleLetter to Representative Insko and Commissioner Gordon on School Funding
With the month of May coming, it time for flowers to bloom and for our school district to trim resources. Every year when this happens I appreciate the flowers and figure there has to be a better way...
View ArticleCheck out Common Science on Chapelboro.com
With permission from Ruby I thought I'd let you know that in addition to my local politics blog here on the OP, I've been publishing a weekly science blog on chapelboro.com called Common Science. It's...
View ArticleFracking in North Carolina
My Common Science blog this week in Chapelboro is about fracking (To Frack or Not to Frack?), a relatively new technology to extract natural gas from deep underground shale formations. There have...
View ArticleEndorsements for Baker and Storrow
As I have posted over the years, I love this town with the fervor of a convert. Prior to coming here 11 years ago we moved around, travelled, made new friends as we did and were generally unmoored....
View ArticleRadio Interview with Mark Chilton About Local Trains, Tomorrow, July 13, at...
Once or twice a month I am the substitute host for D.G. Martin on his radio show Who's Talking which airs on AM 1360 WHCL Tuesday through Friday at 6:15 pm with a repeat at 10:00 pm. Tomorrow's (July...
View ArticleTime to Retire the Word "Openly"?
With the election of Mayor Lavelle and the re-election of Mayor Kleinschmidt, every news report I hear or read about them includes the terms "openly gay" or "openly lesbian." Having not gone through...
View ArticleNo Fair?
I have not followed the discussions surrounding the proposed Orange County Fair very closely and hope that the OP community can help me to understand why the County Commission was not in favor of it....
View ArticleA Farewell to Lawns
When Spring finally does arrive, the grass will grow, the dandelions will bloom, the chirps and tweets of our song birds will be drowned out by the roar of lawnmowers, and my friends and family will...
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