A Message from Our Director AMY Spring is coming; we KNOW it is! Typical of New England, as I write, another significant snowfall is on the way while Facebook friends are posting pictures of their seed-starting activities. While the library lay somewhat dormant last year, now we’re allowing outside groups to hold events in […]
WOMR Celebrates 40 Years on the Cape Cape Cod’s Community Radio Station Honors 40 Years of Grassroots Radio Provincetown, MA, February 23, 2022: 2022 is a year filled with events to celebrate 40 years of grassroots radio, beginning with an open-house celebration at the Schoolhouse (494 Commercial Street in Provincetown) on May 1st, […]
An International Watershed Moment BY DON DOUCETTE Dnieper River Watershed Several weeks ago, I engaged in a casual conversation with a fellow patron during afternoon teatime. The taking of tea and the culturally related conversation and valued exchange of ideas at these times can prove profound and timely. My friend recommended a book. He is Jewish […]
THIS WEEK’S MUSE ARETHA FRANKLIN “We all require and want respect, man or woman, black or white. It’s our basic human right.” Aretha Louise Franklin was an American singer, songwriter and pianist. Alongside her incredible success as a performer and recording artist, she was an outspoken advocate of civil rights and gender equality throughout her life. […]
Congress Must Protect IP from Big Tech and China By George Landrith The U.S. economy runs on startups. For all of America’s mega-corporations, it’s young firms that create most of our new jobs during periods of economic growth. Those startups depend on America’s famously strong laws protecting their inventions and intellectual property. The only […]
EarthTalk® From the Editors of E – The Environmental Magazine What WE Make’s Modern Trestle Dining Table with butterfly joinery makes use of reclaimed old-growth wood from midwestern barns and a green, non-VOC finish. Dear EarthTalk: I’m looking to furnish my new apartment and wondering if you could point me toward some sustainable options? — […]
Innovative Presidential Arrangements By John O. Harney Comings and Goings … The University of New Haven Board of Governors promoted an “innovative presidential transition plan” in which Steven H. Kaplan, who has been president of the university for the past 18 years, will become its first chancellor and CEO in July, while Sheahon Zenger, its director of athletics and […]
Public Transit Public Good Coalition Calls for Swift Action On Low-Income Fares Massachusetts – In the wake of failure by the MBTA board to create a Low-Income Fare for MBTA riders, a popular proposal that garnered overwhelming support in public testimony, the Public Transit Public Good Coalition calls for swift action on providing […]
