Articles from The New Franklin Register
Over the past seven years, The New Franklin Register has offered articles that attempted to help our readers to understand the relationship between energy supplies and the economy. In our issue in Spring of this year (NFR #22, Spring 2014), I laid out a brief history of energy use and tried to describe how fossil […]
Peak Oil: The Repercussions Read More »
The federal government requires that Delaware County replace its emergency communication system, having sold the frequencies on which it operates. The existing system was built in the 1970s and replacement parts are no longer manufactured. Also, it reaches mobile units in only 65% of the county, whereas the new system should reach 95%. Costs are
County Takes Franklin Land Read More »
By Betsy Babcock What’s going on up the hill? Rest assured it’s not condos or a wild game park (those were actual rumors floating about). If you look up the hill from the village of Franklin, you’ll see a new barn with a dark green roof. If you drive up Franklin Heights Road, you’ll see
What’s Up on Franklin Heights? Read More »
Omaha native Carrie Fishner, Franklin’s first new librarian in thirty years, took the long way here. After graduating from Northwest Missouri State, she got a job as a residence director at SUNY Cobleskill in 2002. She moved to Delhi in 2009, when her husband took a job as assistant director of housing at SUNY Delhi.
New Librarian Settles In Read More »
By Tom Briggs Last February, I was approached by my neighbor and Village Trustee, Paul DeAndrea to see if I would consider running for Mayor of Franklin. John Campbell had served six years with distinction in this position and after taking on many pressing village issues, including a major public works project, was not interested
The Mayor’s Corner Read More »
Just one #&$!! pipeline after another… The market for natural gas in the northeastern U.S. is out of balance. There is too much supply in northern Pennsylvania and too much demand in New England. As a result, those producers are being paid much less than their consumers are paying. One solution is to add pipeline
The New Franklin Register Issue #23, Summer 2014
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By Felix Marner Bridel Franklin, NY (Open Form Poem) The frost of winter spreads its wings And echoes over a thousand lands The rain’s dark brother, life of cold Shadow of a thousand springs A hunter, the usher of death Deadens earth with silence Its frosty daggers smite the alive And claim a thousand hearts
By Andy Bobrow Here in Franklin and in the surrounding counties, contentious issues are being debated, and the outcome of these debates will have a profound impact on the quality of life in our communities for decades to come. Whether or not to permit gas production by hydraulic fracturing in the Marcellus Shale is one
Brass Monkeys Hear No Evil: The value of listening to both sides Read More »
Almost six years ago, our state government made it practical for large drilling and fracking operations to begin in New York. None have, as of yet. Back in 2008, the Department of Environmental Conservation slipped through the legislature a seemingly inconsequential bill. It amended the list of spacing-units for oil and gas drilling in New
Back in 2007, when The New Franklin Register started publishing, our focus was often on Peak Oil. As we sought to explain, Peak Oil refers to the moment when the amount of crude oil that can be extracted from the earth reaches its maximum and starts to decline. We also discussed the dire consequences likely
Peak Oil: A Concise History Read More »
In early February, I had the good fortune to be part of a small group of people who observed a Golden Eagle up close. This juvenile female raptor, later named Maxine, was captured early one morning and “processed” for the next few hours as part of a research project. Processing entailed weighing, measuring and fitting
