… and other expenses ~by Roger Aegerter, director of the Greene County Historical Society When I was entrusted as executive director of the Greene County Historical Society a little less than 10 years ago, I tried to familiarize myself with not only the contents of our museum but also with the structure of the building. I am still discovering new…
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The Capitol Roundup
~by State Senator Jesse Green Greetings friends and neighbors. Another week has come and gone. The past couple weeks it has felt like that we have been “on call.” Leadership of both chambers are currently in negotiations attempting to reconcile their budgets so we can wrap up this session. Being the new guy in the chamber, my role this year…
Read MoreGrCo school board is teaching the wrong lessons
~by Victoria Riley, GCNO publisher/editor Greene County students paying attention to the April 21 school board meeting and action taken there can learn some lessons. First, the students are, indeed, the center of the universe. That message comes from the board’s action ratcheting back a requirement to wear face masks. Board member Catherine Wilson has argued against masks from the…
Read MoreTaking care of business
~a column by Colleen O’Brien According to CNN, there have been 47 mass shootings since March 16. Statistically, about 109 people a day die from guns in the U.S., close to 40,000 a year. These figures are from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Daily deaths due to heart disease were 2,353 a day in 2017. Daily deaths by…
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~by State Senator Jesse Green April 16, 2021 Greetings, friends! We have just finished up week fourteen, and the tempo of this session has certainly changed. We are now into the budgeting and appropriations time of year. This is where everyone sits on the edge of their seat wondering what will cross the finish line, and most importantly, receive funding.…
Read MoreThank you, Grow Greene County, from Greene County Historical Society
To the editor: On behalf of the Greene County Historical Society (GCHS) officers, board, and members, I would like to give a big thank you to Grow Greene County for their generous grant to the GCHS. The money will cover about 3/4 of the cost of replacing the roof on the museum. This is not the first time Grow Green…
Read MoreNancy Hanaman re: America’s Sheriffs’ letter
Dear Editor, I read with interest and disappointment in GreeneCountyNewsOnline that sheriff Jack Williams signed a letter with 275 sheriffs from around the country which claims to “Help America’s Sheriffs Keep our Neighborhoods Safe. . .by Halting Illegal Immigration.” This letter claims that recent illegal immigration has been the cause of criminal activities, drug trafficking and other issues. This letter…
Read MoreTwo good reads and one really great one
~a column by Colleen O’Brien First, I read Bag Man by Rachel Maddow. It was a quick overnight read about Spiro Agnew – remember him? At the time he was in the public eye, I thought he was merely laughable, but the PR for Maddow’s book explained Agnew’s life as “The wild crimes, audacious cover-up, and spectacular downfall of a…
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~by State Senator Jesse Green April 9, 2021 Greetings friends! Now that the second funnel week is over, we voted on many more bills than we normally do to send to the governor’s desk or to the House. This week we passed out of the Senate the Life Amendment. The section reads, “To defend the dignity of all human life,…
Read MoreTake a pod on a walk, to lunch, to bed with you
a column by Colleen O’Brien The word podcast [CC1] has been around about 15 years. It’s not science fiction chat or a mob of whales in the ocean but a name for transmitting information via electronic gadget software so we can download readings, discussions, interviews, opinion, informational audios of 15 minutes or so up to an hour or more. Often the…
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April 5, 2921 ~by State Senator Jesse Green This week was the 12th week of the legislative session. It included the next important legislative deadline of the year. In order to be considered for the rest of the year, policy bills needed to be out of their original chamber and through committee in the second chamber. In other words, we…
Read MoreDennis Morlan about the Covid vaccine clinic
To the Greene County community, For the past several years, I’ve watched our local public health and the public health agencies across the state prepare and train for the day that they’ll conduct a mass vaccine clinic. Becky Wolf and our local public health staff have done a tremendous job dealing with our year long Covid crisis. For the clinic…
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