SWANZEY — The sounds of fiddling and guitar strumming reverberated throughout the Golden Rod Grange Hall in Swanzey Saturday afternoon at the inaugural Goldenrod Bluegrass Festival.
The State Grange was formed in 1873 as industrialization was reshaping the largely rural United States. Today the Grange combines tradition with a desire to remain relevant.
California has seen dramatic increases in reservoir levels and surface-water supplies thanks to an El Niño, and rural and agricultural groups write Congress in support of passing the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act.
Groups and lawmakers from both sides of the political aisle are scrambling to save a popular broadband affordability program before it runs out of funding.