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Climate Activists Put Coal on Trial in Concord
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It was a frigid morning, and a train carrying 80 carloads of coal was on its way to Merrimack Station, New England’s last major coal-fired power plant.
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Remembering Renny Cushing, a Precious Friend
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My first memory of Renny Cushing is probably a photograph. In it, Renny is carrying a suitcase with “Seabrook or Bust” painted in big letters.
Arnie Alpert
Op-Ed: Don’t Mess with NH’s Manufactured Housing Co-Ops
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At a time when the state’s lack of affordable housing has become apparent to just about everyone, the Senate is considering a bill that would cripple one of the state’s most successful models for preserving housing affordable to low- and moderate-income families.
Arnie Alpert
Judge Refuses to Jail Coal Plant Protesters
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The facts of the case were mostly clear and uncontested: On January 7, Cody Pajic of Boston and Dana Dwinell-Yardley of Montpelier went onto the property of Merrimack Station in Bow, New Hampshire, New England’s last operating coal-fired power plant.
Alexander Chatfie;d
Another Day in Court for ‘No Coal No Gas’ Protesters
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Seventeen people arrested in Bow five weeks ago circled up with supporters outside Concord District Court Monday morning to prepare for arraignment on misdemeanor charges stemming from a demonstration at Merrimack Station.
Courts & Corrections
‘We Will Keep Coming Back’ Until Coal Burning Ends, Activists Say
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Aiming to reclaim the coal-fired power plant in Bow for life-affirming purposes a group of activists used pickaxes, shovels, and rakes to plant a garden in the middle of one of the plant’s access roads on Sunday afternoon.
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Solidarity Walk is a ‘Holy Mission’ for Immigration Reform
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Rested up from the previous day, participants in the Solidarity Walk for Immigrant Justice started day 2 where they left off the day before, at the Northwood Congregational Church.
Arnie Alpert
Solidarity Walk Aims at Political Will for Immigration Reform
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Nine years old at the time, Eustaquio “TJ” Carvalho said, “I wake up to go to school and there’s a man standing in the middle of my room. I knew that something was wrong.”
Arnie Alpert
Opinion: State’s Housing Crisis Is Fatal
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Alex Balcum “would count your buttons and proceed to push all of them,” recalls a homeless outreach worker, but he was “also one of the kindest souls we had the pleasure of working with.”