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Michaelann Land

• Gas rip-off on Boston Road

  I admit the second part of my day hasn't been so good (sick cat) so I wasn't in the best mood, but what happened tonight really pissed me off.
  
  I'm on my way home driving down Boston Road basically running on fumes. Usually I get my gas at the [...]
  
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  Posted: May 11, 2008, 11:17pm Eastern Daylight Time

Granby 01033

• Annual Town Meeting Tomorrow!!!

  Annual Town Meeting is Monday, May 12.

  For the second year in a row, the Town of Granby will not seek a budget override. For years, the Finance Committee has been warning of drastic cuts and/or override votes. These events are still on the horizon, but this year, an increase in [...]
  
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  Posted: May 11, 2008, 7:06pm Eastern Daylight Time by Sharon Bail

9 2 Bay 2 9 2 10

• Yet another driving video, but with a passenger!

  
  Yet another driving video, but with a passenger!
  Originally uploaded by BayRoadPhoto/LauraSilly... silly... little dog.
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  Posted: May 11, 2008, 6:54pm Eastern Daylight Time by Laura

Readuponit: Travel and voracious reading

• A Final Thought About Sardinia's Kidnapping Biz

  On our final day of this trip to Sardinia, we took advantage of a long layover to take a train into Rome, where we had pizzas at the Campo dei Fiori. It was lovely sitting under umbrellas eating margherita pizzas and not having any wine, since last week had been [...]
  
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  Posted: May 11, 2008, 6:21pm Eastern Daylight Time by Max Hartshorne

Only in The Republic of Amherst

• Happy Mothers Day

  
  To women (or womyn) all over the world—especially those who have sons or daughters currently crouching in harms way.
  
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  Posted: May 11, 2008, 4:23pm Eastern Daylight Time by LarryK4

codebitch.org

• happy mother’s day!!

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  Posted: May 11, 2008, 3:55pm Eastern Daylight Time by sarita

AboutAmherst

• Mother's Day 2008

  Number of comments: 2
  
  Mom and me, 1957.
  
  
  Ana sent me this gardenia bonsai for Mother's Day. I remember jogging on my first Mother's Day ever, when Ana was about 6 months old, and feeling so high. I was SO excited.
  
  
  Mom and Dad, [...]
  
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  Posted: May 11, 2008, 3:05pm Eastern Daylight Time by Mary E.Carey

ldopa.net

• the next market I’d like to see Apple dominate (after they’re done crushing the cell phone industry)

  
  I went looking at car stereo “head units” this weekend, and while there are some that have the feature set I’m looking for (CD playback, mp3/aac file playback via CD-R or USB, iPod integration, Bluetooth integration (Alpine in particular seem like they are doing the feature [...]

  
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  Posted: May 11, 2008, 2:23pm Eastern Daylight Time by Jeff

Tommy Devine's Online Journal

• Mystery Stone

  What does it mean?
  
  On Graves Avenue in Northampton there's this old house with a strange piece of marble on the lawn next to the sidewalk.
  
  
  
  It has engraved on it "NPB 1887" but there is no clue as to how to [...]
  
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  Posted: May 11, 2008, 1:30pm Eastern Daylight Time by Tommy

North Street Neighborhood Association

• Habitat Loss and Pollution Pummel Amphibians

  Giving wetlands their space is crucial to easing environmental pressures on amphibians. Defenders Magazine reports on the current state of affairs:
  

  Slipping Away: Frogs, salamanders and other amphibians are sliding into oblivion (Spring 2008)
  
  ...It's not just the colorful, exotic rainforest species that are disappearing, but also the common frogs, toads, [...]

  
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  Posted: May 11, 2008, 12:51pm Eastern Daylight Time by NorthAssocAdmin

• Wall Street Journal: "Real-Estate Drop Has a Green Lining"

  The May 9 Wall Street Journal notes that a softening real estate market has made conservation a more attractive option for some landowners:
  

  Real-Estate Drop Has a Green Lining
  
  There's a green lining to the real-estate cloud: Developers are dropping plans to build on some choice pieces of land and instead [...]

  
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  Posted: May 11, 2008, 12:31pm Eastern Daylight Time by NorthAssocAdmin

The Moviezzz Blog

• Hillary Clinton in the Media

  With Hillary Clinton hanging on after the race is essentially over, the media has been having a lot of fun with it.
  
  SNL had one of their sharpest takes on the campaign with this bit, last night:
  
  
  
  Knowing how Hillary has played up what SNL [...]
  
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  Posted: May 11, 2008, 12:14pm Eastern Daylight Time by Moviezzz

Granby 01033

• The False Modesty of the Globe's Editors

  With the number of questions begged in their average education editorial, the Boston Globe's Editors could be arrested for panhandling. I wouldn't mind if their squeegees actually washed away some from the accumulated grime on the state of American educational discourse, but I've given up waiting for it to [...]
  
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  Posted: May 11, 2008, 11:01am Eastern Daylight Time by Sharon Bail

Michaelann Land

• Seven homeless arrested at Portland OR protest

  "You may be giving up, buddy, but I'm not." that's what homeless leader Larry Reynolds told Portland Mayor Potter, after the mayor refused to lift the ban on camping and pointed instead to the city' ten year plan to end homelessness. If that's not good enough, [...]
  
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  Posted: May 11, 2008, 9:57am Eastern Daylight Time

The Art Parlor

• Is that a …..bikini?

  Anonymous art has found its way to Easthampton, MA.!   While we were wandering the streets checking out Art Walk Easthampton last night, we came across this!  Similar to the now famouse tree sweater on the RedShirt Knitting Blog,  but tailored for warmer weather!  We were really excited to discover this little display, [...]
  
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  Posted: May 11, 2008, 8:23am Eastern Daylight Time by artparler

The Moviezzz Blog

• DVD RELEASES FOR 5-13-08

  Here are the DVD releases for Tuesday May 13, 2008.
  
  DVD OF THE WEEK
  
  
  SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE SEASON 3 - What continues to be one of the best TV on DVD series, the 1977-1978 season of SNL is being released, once again with every [...]
  
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  Posted: May 11, 2008, 7:00am Eastern Daylight Time by Moviezzz