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- State throws plunger into plans for a new Mansfield business
- Police ask public's help to catch suspects in 'home invasion'
- Gov. Rell offers reward for leads in Mansfield murder
- CTV14 Community Access TV
- New'consolidated' elementary school hinges on answers to tough questions
- Developers announce new strategies to make Storrs Center marketable
- Friendly Fire Game Center gets a break from the State Building Inspector
- U.S. Postal Service processing 1 billion fewer pieces of mail this year
- $3.95 million track and field project for E.O. Smith High School finds support at public hearing
- Homeschooling: Glad to be home!
- State throws plunger into plans for a new Mansfield business
- 'Ramblin' Richard Miller remembered
- New'consolidated' elementary school hinges on answers to tough questions
- Merrow Maze is his work of art
Michael Collins
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Monday, January 05, 2009
This is wonderful but no set aside assistance for the people who fought our wars. If the state can be so benevolent for unjust ...
Dot Drobney
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Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Hi Brenda,
What a great idea to have an online local paper! I just discovered this through a 'Freecycle' posting about your article, and am ...
Dorothy Drobney
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Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Wonderful article, Brenda! It really captures the spirit of Freecycle. We've given items more than we've received...mostly due to lots of self-control and ...
Arlene
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Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Kindness, generosity and imagination are all traits that I find in members of Freecycle. Two years ago, I had an elderly lab who was not ...
Heather
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Tuesday, December 30, 2008
I met Rich after I moved here from Cheshire, CT. I was going to E.O. Smith at the time. From the moment he said hello, ...
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Recycling - V.Walton
The Story of Stuff
Six months after we Americans buy something, only 1 percent of those products are still in use.
Save time, save trees: how to stop that 'junk mail'
It may take several months before you see the flow of unwanted mail decrease - catalogs in particiular, because companies will print their catalogs months in advance of mailing....
Let's follow the paper (recycling) trail
Ever wonder what happens to the paper that you put out for recycling?...
Adopt a Road - or part of a road - and help keep Mansfield beautiful
There are 117 households helping to keep Mansfield roadsides litter-free. That may seem like a lot, but there are 130 miles of state and town roads within Mansfield’s borders - we could use a lot more volunteers....
New this fall: Four Mansfield schools will compost food waste
A mini-workshop was held for custodians this week to explain how to maintain the new composting bins at Annie Vinton and Goodwin Elementary Schools....
New to Mansfield? We're serious about recycling
Last year, residents recycled 500 tons of bottles and cans, saving the town $26,500. In contrast, last year we had more than 3,000 tons of trash incinerated, costing more than $201,000. We also get paid for recycling paper and cardboard....
Column: The Pro's and Con's of a new trend called 'single-stream' recycling
Mixing glass and paper trash may enourage more people to recycle and save on labor, but it also has some big-time problems....
What to do with all those leaves
Something else to keep in mind during fall cleanup is proper disposal of lawn chemicals – herbicides, pesticides and chemical fertilizers. These materials are considered hazardous waste. They should not go into the trash....Meet the press
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