Articles from The New Franklin Register
By Brian Brock Elections for town government are held every other year. In November of odd years, elections are held for Supervisor, Clerk, Highway Superintendent, Justice, and two of the four Councilmen. (Councilmen serve for four years, with two up for reelection each time.) This year Susan Fairbairn and Garret Sitts will be up for […]
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 the index page. Issue #19, Vol. VII No. 1, Spring 2013
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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 population around Montrose began to realize that a new compressor was being added to their community. Doing some research, they discovered that it was to be
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 saw dollar signs in their future. But it turns out that, along with the environmental dangers, there are many financial perils that come with fracking.
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 body and muscle of another person transmutes raw physical materials – clay, pigment, wood, metal, stirred with animated frequencies of light, sound, text, emotion, saturated
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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 125 feet wide, running 9.4 miles along the northwest border of our town from Sidney to Davenport. For this natural gas transmission line, the revised
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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 as I drove along County Route 14; the pavement was full of puddles with streams sliding down each hill. Just as I arrived, the rain
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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 laws, prohibiting industrial activities within the village. That fourth “yes!” vote meant that Oxford Village has banned fracking – a decision that under New York
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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 two options: install solar PV panels yourself, or sign up for a green “energy supply company” (ESCO for short) so that the power you buy
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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. “The house was always cold, even with the electric heaters on,” says Bryan Babcock, co-owner with his wife Betsy of Handsome Brook Farm and Bed
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Oil & Gas Pollution in New York State Part II The Short Reports: In the last 30 years or so, there have been dozens of reports of oil, gas, or brine polluting the water and air in New York State. But the Division of Mineral Resources (DMN) has failed to find the oil and gas
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This article is a continuation of “One House at a Time, Solving the Energy Crisis”, by Norm Farwell, published in the New Franklin Register #18, Fall 2012. Solving the Energy Crisis Here are a few principles to help with that. Forget upfront cost, think life cycle cost. The operating and maintenance costs of a building
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