Browser: On the road in old Ireland, and an accidental journalist Brief reviews of: This Road of Mine; And Finally: A Journalist’s Life in 250 Stories; The Earth, Thy Great Exchequer, Ready Lies
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Paddy Murray has worked for various Irish newspapers for 46 years.
Lilliput Press, €15
The translation of Mo Bhealach Féin, by the Donegal writer Seosamh MacGrianna, offers an account of his life as a marginalised figure who chose the precarity of the road and the company of tramps over a pensionable job. Ó hAodha’s fine translation respects both the spirit and the letter of the text. In a translator’s note, he compares MacGrianna’s work with Orwell’s, no doubt for its many sharp-eyed observations and acerbic commentary. Yet, this comparison does not do justice to the poetic tone of the text. MacGrianna’s familiarity with Irish poetry and legends ensures that the text includes many references to heroic figures, and quotations from the poems of hi
Paul Hoefert begins his tenure as Mount Prospect mayor
Paul Hoefert, with wife Linda at his side, takes the oath as mayor of Mount Prospect from Village Clerk Karen Agoranos. Steve Zalusky | Staff Photographer
Mount Prospect Mayor Paul Hoefert celebrates with wife, Linda, after taking his oath of office Tuesday. Hoefert s sister-in-law, Mary Ann Boen, left, son Alex and granddaughter Ellie watch. Steve Zalusky | Staff Photographer
Posted5/5/2021 5:05 AM
Paul Hoefert, who has served Mount Prospect as trustee since 1991, took his oath as mayor Tuesday,
At his side was his wife, Linda, with sons Andrew and Alex, daughter-in-law Sara, and granddaughter Ellie, nearby.
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Northwest suburban voters say yes in referendums
The Palatine Rural Fire Protection District station is in line for some upgrades after voters gave the district permission to borrow $2 million to fund capital expenses. Travis Siebrass | Staff Photographer, 2016 Sean Oskerka is leading in the race for Des Plaines Ward 3 alderman Karen McHale is leading in the race for Rolling Meadows 1st Ward alderman
Updated 4/14/2021 4:36 PM
Northwest suburban voters overwhelmingly answered yes to all the referendum questions that appeared on ballots last week, unofficial results indicate, but the jury is still out on the fate of write-in candidates in Des Plaines and Mount Prospect.
Winnipeg Free Press By: Tim Sale
Opinion
MOST Manitobans believe our province is currently awash in surplus electricity because Manitoba Hydro regularly exports about one-third of its electricity to other provinces and U.S. states.
However, about 75 per cent of that export power is not contracted for long-term use, but is what’s called wheeling power power that’s not needed to fulfil current needs, and can’t be counted on under all circumstances, such as a drought year. It is sold very cheaply, often for less than three cents per kilowatt hour (kWh), or about one-third of what we consumers pay.