Strange Bedfellows

It has been long said that politics makes strange bedfellows. While true, every now and then the pursuit of smart public policy and shared mutual objectives brings together interests not normally seen as aligned with one another to pursue a big idea. Now is such a...

An Insect Problem

Whatever your weekend reading was, I’m pretty sure it did not include the journal Biological Conservation and its article “Worldwide decline of the entomofauna: A review of its drivers”. The short version is that the report warns that 40% of...

An Opportunity in Local Government

The days are getting longer, the sun stronger and it feels like a corner has been turned. It is also the time for a lesser known, but no less important, seasonal occurrence. Now is the time of year when nomination papers are available from Town Clerk offices for...