Letter: Burrillville Land Trust is well-respected; Town has opportunity
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Burrillville Land Trust, an all volunteer, community based, 501(c)3 private land trust in Burrillville. Our board members are those that come to us with a passion...
Letter: N.S. Planning Board should not delay recommendation on quarry
Why delay a recommendation from the NS Planning Board?
I’ll state up front that I am personally opposed to the proposed zoning overly by the quarry.
I attended the meeting of the NS Planning Bord on...
Catching ‘the big one’: A weekly excerpt from Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of...
Fishing. What better way to spend a day than devoting oneself to the pursuit of a reason to tell heroic stories of man's battle with "the one that got away"?
The first thing, of course,...
Cutting wood: A weekly excerpt from Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Sanity
There's something about cutting wood that warms the soul.
Here I am, chainsaw in hand, walking across the field at 6 a.m. or so, heading for the woodlot. In the distance a red pick-up truck,...
Letter: Fired USDA workers helped Burrillville residents to preserve town’s rural character
What do we all love about living in Burrillville? Driving down a country road past fields and forests and lakes, watching the seasons change, planning and planting and harvesting our gardens, hunting and fishing,...
Letter: de la Cruz’s ‘Mouse trap’ metaphor was cruel, dehumanizing
On February 24th Senator Jessica de la Cruz posted on her official Facebook page "Mice die in mouse traps because they don't understand why the cheese is free. It's the same with socialism." I was...
Man-eating bears: A weekly excerpt from Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Sanity
I never actually saw a man-eating bear near the house when I was growing up, nor any other kind of bear for that matter, but I knew they were out there.
My older brothers constantly...
