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March 20, 2011
Ninety People at Keene Peace March
About 90 people attended a peace march and rally in downtown Keene on March 19, the eighth anniversary of the start of the Iraq war. The march and rally were organized by a group called the Keene Peace Vigil. More information on the group is at:
www.nhpeaceaction.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=...
More than half of the $2,650,000,000,000 federal budget was spent on war in the most recent fiscal year, according to the War Resisters League:
March 19, 2011
Simba Plays Near Brattleboro June 21
Simba will play a public concert in Dummerston, Vermont, near Brattleboro, on June 21. The evening concert will be at the Grange hall at the corner of East-West and Middle roads in Dummerston. At least 100 people danced to the music of Simba for hours at a recent concert near Brattleboro. The band plays reggae and funk, among other kinds of music.
March 18, 2011
Habib Koite in Amherst
Habib Koite, a singer and guitar player who lives in Bamako, Mali, in west Africa, performed a stellar public concert in Amherst on March 2. Koite (pronounced KWA-tee) possesses an unusually warm voice and guitar skills that inspired Bonnie Raitt to famously tell him after one concert, "I would drink your sweat."
March 17, 2011
Photos: Sunrise Near Greenfield
These photos were taken at dawn on March 17. They show part of the campus of the Northfield Mount Hermon boarding school in Gill, Massachusetts, near Greenfield. In the background is mist over the Connecticut river. To make a photo bigger, click on it, then scroll down and click "see full-size image." photos by Eesha Williams
March 14, 2011
Habib Koite in Amherst
Habib Koite, a singer and guitar player who lives in Bamako, Mali, in west Africa, performed a stellar public concert in Amherst on March 2. Koite (pronounced KWA-tee) possesses an unusually warm voice and guitar skills that inspired Bonnie Raitt to famously tell him after one concert, "I would drink your sweat."
Japan Quake Puts Valley Nuke in Local Spotlight
The massive earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan on March 12 created a still-evolving disaster at several of Japan's nuclear power plants. Meanwhile, the Louisiana company that owns the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant is trying to get permission from the government to run the 40 year old reactor until at least 2032. Vermont Yankee is three miles from Massachusetts and a stone's throw from New Hampshire.
Like a Leech, Wal-Mart Returns to Greenfield
Wal-Mart wants to build a massive new store and parking lot, destroying open space in Greenfield. The town Planning Board will hold a meeting about Wal-Mart's scheme on March 17, according to a board spokesperson. "Please save the date, and encourage your friends to come and show their opposition to this environmentally and economically valueless plan," said Greenfield resident Al Norman.
The meeting will start at 7 p.m. at 114 Main Street.
In Greenfield, Wal-Mart lost a vote by the people 18 y...
March 13, 2011
Habib Koite in Amherst
Habib Koite, a singer and guitar player who lives in Bamako, Mali, in west Africa, performed a stellar public concert in Amherst on March 2. Koite (pronounced KWA-tee) possesses an unusually warm voice and guitar skills that inspired Bonnie Raitt to famously tell him after one concert, "I would drink your sweat."
