Your Town Now: Students Lobby for Sweatshop-Free Options
The name Alta Gracia means “high grace.” In the Dominican Republic, the Virgin of Altagracia is the protector of her people. Her name is invoked tenderly and with reverence by those seeking blessing on their land and on the many hands that help cultivate it, particularly in the poverty-stricken community named for her. Villa...
Roadblocks to Sidewalks
Where the sidewalk ends is, apparently, in West Branch.
At least for now. In the meantime, the seemingly innocuous issue of sidewalk improvement has become the most contentious issue in West Branch politics.
In December the West Branch city council voted against beginning construction on five new sidewalks, despite a $250,000 grant awarded to the city from...
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