The New England Town Meeting. In my opinion, one of the purest forms of direct democracy, where the citizens vote themselves, not their elected representatives. The history dates back to Colonial times, when the Puritans decided to run their small.
It may have been the only kind of normal thing to happen this whacky winter of 2023-24. An early spring snow that turned into an ice storm, coating the trees and roads and cars with a slick glaze of ice. The power was out for most of the town by.
I’ve been thinking about the roads of this little town recently. We have a kid with a driving permit, so I have been riding shotgun, as she explores the back roads. I think driving her to school every morning over the last couple years, taking the.
In June 1993, I graduated from Camden Rockport High School. After one more summer breading clams and murdering lobsters, I was bound for college out of state, and a whole heck of a lot of student loans. Having spent my life in a very small place,.
On a cold Saturday evening in the beginning of December, a crowd gathers around a roaring fire on the beach. Huddled together, before the ocean and beneath the emerging stars, staring at the purpose-built fire- a hallmark of our species. We sing.