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We Americans continue to let voting, democracy slip away

“Well, Doctor, what have we got—a Republic or a Monarchy?” “A Republic, if you can keep it.” — Benjamin Franklin answering a question after the Constitutional Convention of 1787 "Democracy…

Editor April 7, 2015

Columns

Ranger Rick: Calling it whatever you want doesn’t make it so

When I was a young man, 14 or 15 years old (this would be mid-sixties), an old man told me I would see and experience things in my lifetime that…

Editor April 7, 2015

Articles

John Sloan sworn in as new Wayland City Council member

John Sloan was sworn in by Clerk Michelle Herman as Wayland's newest member of the City Council Monday night. A recently retired counselor at Wayland High School and former assistant…

Editor April 6, 2015

Community Notices

City approves street closures for ‘Light It Up’ fun run July 17

The second annual "Light It Up" run in Wayland is scheduled for Friday, July 17, to kick off the annual Main Street celebration weekend. The Wayland City Council Monday night…

Editor April 6, 2015

Articles

New Main Street manager comes to Wayland from Boston

Ingrid Borreson Miller, urban planning and historic preservation specialist in the Greater Boston (Mass.) area, has been hired as Wayland’s new Main Street manager and DDA coordinator. City Manager Mike…

Editor April 6, 2015

Articles

Hopkins man also was in on capture of Jefferson Davis in 1865

A celebration of Andrew Bee of Martin, who “first laid hands on” Confederate President Jefferson Davis, will be observed on Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 10, at East Martin Cemetery, but…

Editor April 5, 2015

Columns

Monday moan: All I know is what I’ve been reading on line

By Jeff Salisbury jeffsalisbury@charter.net "Well, what shall I talk about? I ain't got anything funny to say. All I know is what I read in the papers." – Will Rogers…

Editor April 5, 2015

Articles

So how much is Wayland superintendent really paid annually?

So just how much does Wayland Schools Superintendent Norman Taylor make annually? Reports vary and they are confusing. Taylor, who was granted a 1 percent increase last Monday night at…

Editor April 5, 2015

Columns

The Muck Starts Here: Skeptical about past, present and future

by Barry Hastings Call me Jeremiah. . ., 'cause I'm skeptical about the past, the present and the future. The past because I suspect our national intelligence, military, and…

Editor April 5, 2015

Features

Hopkins firefighters extinguish Easter field blaze

The Hopkins Area Fire Department couldn't take Easter off, as firefighters were summoned to the scene of a large field fire Sunday afternoon. They were able to extinguish the blaze…

Editor April 5, 2015