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We Get With the $5 Friday Program

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Friday, August 13, 2010 — Because it’s $5 Friday, we have just donated that amount to Robert Parry’s Consortiumnews.com. Not just because Jonathan Schwarz told us too, although that helped, but mostly because there are not enough people with guts in the news racket, and we can’t afford to lose any more of them. Because it’s been weeks and weeks since we first decided to remember Consortiumnews.com on $5 Friday, we threw in a little extra to make up for lost time. We still owe Mr. Parry, but it’s a start. Because Jonathan Schwarz invented Five Dollar Friday, and because he’s a funny guy, and …

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British Journalist Disses President Franklin Pierce

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Tuesday, August 10, 2010 — Taking on a news organization as highly respected as the BBC is a fool’s errand, but duty calls. Today the Beeb’s Washington correspondent David Nasaw, in the course of explaining why the U.S. Mint continues banging out $1 coins which no one wants to use, had the temerity to assert that they bear the likenesses of “presidents no-one even remembers anymore, like Franklin Pierce … .” Please, Mr. Nasaw — this is not only disrespectful, it is demonstrably false! Just ask the members of The Pierce Brigade! UPDATE — Wednesday, August 11, 2010 Huzzah! Reinforcements have arrived! Click “Comments.”

The Monday Morning Show

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Monday, August 9, 2010 — We learned just the other day that Shortstream.tv‘s The Monday Morning Show features Emily Briand reading excerpts from Admiral Fowle’s Piscataqua Rier Tidal Guide (Not for Navigational Purposes). We are, of course, tickled. Here’s the latest iteration:

Hupp Day at Strawbery Banke

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Wednesday, July 21, 2010 —The 2010 New England Seacoast Region Hupmobile Club Tour visited Strawbery Banke on Tuesday, July 12th. As promised in our paper of July 16th, we’re posting some photos of these elegant vehicles here. OK, granted, the event was, like, nine days ago, but these are old cars we’re talking about here. It’s not like it was breaking news.

Bridge Strategy Meeting Tonight in Kittery

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Tuesday, July 20, 2010 — Finally, a little bit of good news from Augusta: the Portsmouth Herald reported this morning that Maine’s Governor John Baldacci has announced that he will send a letter in support of New Hampshire’s pre-application for TIGER II stimulus money to replace Memorial Bridge. In response to Baldacci’s announcement, local pro-bridge activists will meet tonight at 4:30 p.m. in the Conference Room in Kittery’s Town Hall. The goal of the meeting, according to our source, Stephen Kosacz, is to “plan the next strategy based on the very recent news that Baldacci has agreed to sign/work with New Hampshire on the Notice …

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Connections Study Update from Ben Porter

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Date: Saturday, July 17, 2010 12:33 PM From: Save Our Bridges! On Friday, the Connections Study held a conference call for the members of the Stakeholders Committee. Seventeen people attended the call, including representatives from the Study, the state DOTs, and the Stakeholders/Steering Committees. We had three objectives for the meeting: 1. Find out the positions of each of the state DOTs 2. Discuss the implications of unknown funding sources for Alternative 10 (see below), the Bike/Ped Alternative 3. Discuss how to find a workable solution that the two states could use as a basis for agreement. The answer to the first question remains somewhat …

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