Reign of Ice
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 […]
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Brass Monkeys Hear No Evil: The value of listening to both sides
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 […]
Moratorium Morass
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 […]
Peak Oil: A Concise History
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 […]
Go for the Golden
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 […]
The Lesson of Pennsylvania
by Alexis Green New York will never produce as much shale gas as Pennsylvania. That’s the consensus of four retired experts: a geologist, an engineer, an oil executive and an […]
New Franklin Register #22
Download a PDF copy of the New Franklin Register Issue #22 (4.2MB) by clicking on the image. See the index of this issue, and links to all previous issues, on […]