Independent thinking

Say what you will about Patrick Brodrick’s writing style or his politics, but he’s done something today a lot of his critics thought they’d never see — criticized selectmen Mary Rose Dickhaut and Kevin Haley.
He doesn’t detail any policy disagreements with them, or paint them with the demonic brush he uses for Clinton’s other three [...]

Tomorrow: Water you thinking?

As you know from checking back every day at wickedlocalclinton.com, Swiss foodmaker Nestle is the only bidder for water from the Wekepeke Reservation in Sterling. Now that the bid is public, Clintonians and Sterlingites are taking a closer look at the legality of the deal — whether Clinton has a right to sell water to [...]

Safe at school

The nomination papers are in and Clinton has five-way races for two seats each on the select board and Parks and Rec. Commission, and open-seat battles for collector, solicitor and Planning Board.
The development I find most interesting is the lack of a race for the town’s second most important board, School Committee, after the rocky [...]

Tomorrow: Irish for a day

Tomorrow’s front page leads with the Leprechaun Parade and Convention last weekend, a great community event in Clinton. We’ve got tons of photos, a brief piece on one of the shillelagh award winners — he came all the way from Ireland for this — and an editorial thanking Edward Sheridan and his wee helpers for [...]

Wee want your vote

What a great tradition we have in Clinton, the annual Leprechaun Convention and Parade. Edward Sheridan and the folks who help put the convention together, and those who participate in it, deserve all the thanks they’re getting today.
That’s not to say it doesn’t have its serious side, by which in Clinton is meant its political [...]

Joe Notaro stands up

He pulled aside the curtain and … Selectman Joseph Notaro Jr. is indeed the wizard behind the TheLocalIndependent.com (only don’t bother clicking on that link, because it redirects to his “official” Web site).
He plans to quit updating the “other” Indy — he says he only worked on it for a couple weeks in 2007, then [...]