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March 26, 2013

New Franklin Register #19

Helen McLean / New Franklin Register, NFR19

Download a PDF copy of the New Franklin Register Issue #19 (3.3MB) by clicking on the image. See the index of this issue, and links to all previous issues, on […]

March 26, 2013

Stop the Pipeline

Carole Marner / New Franklin Register, NFR19 Constitution Pipeline /

By Carole Marner In the spring of 2012, we began to hear about the Constitution Pipeline. People in Sidney were alerted first and the word soon spread. In northern Pennsylvania the […]

March 26, 2013

Totally Fracked!

Eugene Marner / New Franklin Register, NFR19 Fracking /

By Eugene Marner What the Landmen Don’t Tell About Shale Gas and Money When discussion about drilling for natural gas in our neighborhood began a few years ago, many understandably […]

March 26, 2013

one up…thus plus and more so

Franklin Local / New Franklin Register, NFR19

By Charlie Bremer being swallowed whole in the dark of night around her beautiful circular vessels gives flight to all of us Art is about transformation. We witness alchemy as the […]

Map of Proposed Leatherstocking Pipeline

March 26, 2013

Construction Ahead!

Brian Brock / New Franklin Register, NFR19

By Brian Brock The rural landscape of Franklin could soon be crisscrossed with construction zones for several major infrastructure projects. The Constitution Pipeline would create a work corridor 100 to […]

March 26, 2013

Barlow’s General Store

Franklin Local / New Franklin Register, NFR19

By Carla Nordstrom I picked one of the worst late February days to drive to Barlow’s General Store to visit with owners Rachel and Glen Gaetano. It was pouring rain […]

March 25, 2013

Conflicting Views: Oxford’s No Frack Zone Pits Village Against Town

Franklin Local / New Franklin Register, NFR19

by Richard A. Lacey and Irving Wesley Hall On February 5th, our Oxford Village Board voted 4 to 1 – a super-majority – to pass an amendment to its zoning […]

March 25, 2013

One Easy Switch to Green Energy

Franklin Local / New Franklin Register, NFR19 green energy /

by Norm Farwell Sometimes doing the right thing costs less too. Utility bills are a case in point. If you want your electricity cheap and clean and green, you have […]

A closeup of the heat pump in the basement

March 25, 2013

Let the Earth Do the Work

Marjorie Kellogg / New Franklin Register, NFR19 geothermal /

Reconsidering Geothermal Systems If you have long presumed, as this writer did, that geothermal heating and cooling were practical only for vast industrial complexes or newly constructed McMansions, think again. […]