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Monadnock Ledger-Transcript Published: 5/2/2021 9:33:19 AM Greenfield passed all articles at its 2021 Town Meeting Saturday, as more than 150 residents convened at the Oak Park pavilion, braving gusts of wind and blustery temperatures to motor through the warrant with minimal back-and-forth in just under two hours. Residents passed a bond to install municipal fiber internet via Consolidated Communications 152 to 1. Broadband advocate Tom Bascom received a round of applause for his role in bringing the article to vote. It’s too soon to tell whether the bond would affect Greenfield's abilit...

Arbor Day is a holiday about celebrating the beauty of nature, much like Earth Day. Texas Tech has an interesting tradition where plants are planted every year around campus in celebration of Arbor Day. Charles Leatherwood, the managing director for Grounds Maintenance at Tech, discussed some of the history of Arbor Day at Tech and the grounds maintenance crew’s involvement with the holiday. “The very first Arbor Day on campus happened in 1938,” Leatherwood said. “They went and planted a lot of plants around campus and around the buildings. Back when John Montford was the ...

With 2021 underway and summer on the horizon, Harrisonburg Parks and Recreation is accepting applications for seasonal, part-time employees.

A St Albans dad has voiced fears over a cancer-linked herbicide being used by contractors outside council homes.  Phil Fletcher, 72, raised the alarm over the glyphosate-based herbicide, which the borough council's contractor John O'Conner has been spraying outside his flat in Malthouse Court.  Research has linked it to increasing some cancers by more than 40 per cent, according to studies by the University of Washington, and it is also thought to be harmful for organisms such as earthworms and bees. Phil, who lives on his own in a one bedroom flat, said he and his neighbours ar...

Kubota Engines announces new partnership with Lister Wilder Kubota UK Limited, a subsidiary of Kubota Corporation, a globally renowned manufacturer of OEM tailored industrial Off-Highway, Diesel and Spark Ignited engines, has announced a new strategic Industrial partnership with Lister Wilder Ltd, a UK based leading Agriculture, Grounds Maintenance and Construction equipment Dealer in the South of England. The new agreement comes into effect from Spring 2021, officially establishing Lister Wilder Ltd as the new regional Service Dealer for Kubota Industrial Engines throughout the South East of...