Author Archives: DebButler

Silver Maple Forest is Worth Saving

The Silver Maple Forest should be considered an “ACEC” — an Area of Critical Environmental Concern for flood control. It is rare open space in an urban area, an ecologically valuable site which once gone, cannot be recreated.

Thanks for your stand in favor of Open Meetings laws and the Freedom of Information Act for Beacon Hill

I remember how shocked I was when the cable broadcasts of the House and Senate sessions were dropped, and then I checked into it and found that long before I …

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