Oxford County Jail log for week ending Dec. 20.

As usual, there’s bad news and there’s good news. The bad news is, there is no Moore’s Law for carbon-free energy production. The good news is, there IS a Wright’s Law for carbon-free energy production! A recent study points out that traditional economic models have consistently over-estimated the cost of renewables over time, and that […]

All summer and throughout the autumn months I have been engaged with mushrooming, a practice that has deepened my relationship with the forest as a whole. In my imagination, have been walking with Dr. Suzanne Simard, who also learned about symbiotic mycorrhizal networks by examining fungi. Mushrooms are the fruiting bodies of some of the […]

AFCI We’re happy to welcome Karen Bean (Bethel) to our Board! Other Board members are Nancy Davis (Albany), President; Shirley Powell (Hanover representative), Vice President; Bob Oickle (Greenwood rep), Treasurer; Charlie Raymond (Bethel rep); Anita Clark (Newry rep); Charlie Reiss (Woodstock rep); Mariann Goff, and Katina Colombotos. All of us would be delighted to hear […]

Now is not “the end of history” (just the end of our course). And history doesn’t repeat itself. But it does a great deal to shape our thinking about any time at all. There’s no final exam. The good students may submit their last revisions of essays, generally much improved. Grades aren’t always averaged: begin […]

To the average non-scientist, especially those of us who grew up on cartoons and oversimplified grade-school graphics of the earth’s layers, “geothermal” heat seems like the logical answer to everyone’s energy needs. Why not just send a pipe down to that molten layer, pull up that lava, and get the geothermal rebate down to Augusta? […]

Community Call 824-4444 to get an AFCI N2N ride to any local events. Tuesday, December 14, noon: Rotary seniors’ holiday lunch, drive-through at the Gore Road Legion. Call AFCI if you’d like food delivered. Wednesday, December 15, 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m.: Soup’s On Senior lunch, Bethel Methodist Church. If you want to make a soup, bread, […]

Community At this wonderful season of Thanksgiving, I am grateful for this special community and what it offers for my quality of life – now and as I face my further aging process. I bet you could name an organization, a group, a recreational or learning opportunity, or an environmental splendor for which you give […]

Community Call 824-4444 to get an AFCI N2N ride to any of these events. Western Mountains Senior College Players – Friday and Saturday, November 19 and 20, 7-9 p.m. at McLaughlin Auditorium, Gould Academy. Admission is free, but note that you must call to reserve your seat (Jack Kuchta, 201-579-8879). The Telstar National Honor Society […]