Will the real Independent please stand up?

Patrick Brodrick’s got it good.
In less than a year, he’s gone from reporter at our “prison-like and soul-crushing” newspaper, the Times & Courier, to “King of All Clinton Media,” with a local access TV show and a widely read, if often inflammatory, local opinion blog, The Local Independent. (Want the full story? Get it [...]

Small-town politics

While everyone else is focusing on the local Senate races, where a gaggle of former state representatives are going after seats being vacated by Pam Resor and Robert Antonioni, this week the Times & Courier cast an eye toward the open seat left as James Eldridge asks the voters of Resor’s district for a promotion. [...]

Tomorrow: Grady vs. Mendoza

Leading off the Feb. 28 newspaper is the talk of the town, Russell Grady’s list of 13 critiques of the Parks and Recreation Department — and the chilly reception he got last week when he presented them at a Parks and Rec. meeting. This story isn’t going away; Grady says he’ll run for a seat [...]

Frankie’s fund

As much as it pains us to report a bad story for the umpteenth time — that old tragedy, teen with his whole life in front of him dies in automobile accident — there is always the silver lining that we don’t mind repeating each time this happens: community comes together to honor high schooler’s [...]

Wekepeke’s Web

Straight from the horse’s mouth, a one-stop-shop for everything Nestle has to say about its proposal to bottle water at the Wekepeke reservoirs in Sterling, owned by the town of Clinton. This came in through e-mail today:
Nestlé Waters North America (NWNA) is in the process of responding to an RFP issued by the Town [...]