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Advocates for ideas and draws conclusions based on the author/producer’s interpretation of facts and data.

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Mouths to Feed: Spring Awakening

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Seized by a powerful craving for buckwheat crèpes

Haldane High School
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Letter: Haldane Safety

by Contributor April 10, 2018September 18, 2020 Why you can trust The Current

Writer: Does school need more police?

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Letters: The Last Straw

by Contributor April 8, 2018September 18, 2020 Why you can trust The Current

Writers: More restaurants should drop plastic

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Letter: Voting Reforms

by Contributor April 8, 2018September 18, 2020 Why you can trust The Current

Writer: It’s time to allow early voting

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The Cartoon

Avatar photo by Jeff Koterba April 7, 2018April 6, 2018 Why you can trust The Current

Worth one laugh…

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Roots and Shoots: Five Years of Plants and Friends

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Lessons I’ve learned, and inspirations I’ve met

Main Street Beacon
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Letter: Going Green

by Contributor April 2, 2018September 18, 2020 Why you can trust The Current

Beacon should enact standards to promote smart building

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Letter: Kudos to Highway Department

by Contributor March 31, 2018September 18, 2020 Why you can trust The Current

Beacon crew stayed on top of snow

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The Cartoon

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Worth one laugh…

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Small, Good Things: Grown-Up Kid Stuff

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There’s warm comfort in bowl foods

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The Cartoon

Rick McKee by Rick McKee March 24, 2018March 22, 2018 Why you can trust The Current

Worth one laugh…

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Mouths to Feed: Oat Cuisine

Avatar photo by Celia Barbour March 20, 2018September 29, 2019 Why you can trust The Current

When bake sales meant going to the cupboard

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The Cartoon

Avatar photo by Dave Granlund March 20, 2018March 24, 2018 Why you can trust The Current

Worth one laugh…

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Letter: Magazzino Status

by Contributor March 16, 2018September 18, 2020 Why you can trust The Current

Writers: We cannot be a “museum”

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Roots and Shoots: Plant Breeding at Home

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan March 14, 2018September 29, 2019 Why you can trust The Current

Most organic produce doesn’t start with an organic seed

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The Cartoon

Avatar photo by Jeff Koterba March 10, 2018March 9, 2018 Why you can trust The Current

Worth one laugh…

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Letters: More on Gun Storage

by Contributor March 10, 2018September 18, 2020 Why you can trust The Current

Writers: Town board effort is misguided

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Small, Good Things: Via Chicago

Avatar photo by Joe Dizney March 7, 2018September 29, 2019 Why you can trust The Current

Variations on “shrimp and a lot of butter and pepper”

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Letter: Ban Foam Trays

by Contributor March 6, 2018September 18, 2020 Why you can trust The Current

Writer: State needs to mandate recycling at schools

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The Cartoon

by Staff March 3, 2018March 3, 2018 Why you can trust The Current

Commentary by Dario Castillejos

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Mouths to Feed: Going for Gold

Avatar photo by Celia Barbour February 28, 2018September 29, 2019 Why you can trust The Current

A Korean favorite among next-to-nothing dishes

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The Cartoon

by Contributor February 24, 2018October 4, 2020 Why you can trust The Current

Commentary by Bill Day

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Roots and Shoots: Tech in the Garden

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan February 21, 2018September 29, 2019 Why you can trust The Current

There’s an app for that

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Letters: Gun-Storage Proposal

by Contributor February 18, 2018September 18, 2020 Why you can trust The Current

Writers: Town Board should have other priorities

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The Cartoon

Rick McKee by Rick McKee February 17, 2018February 16, 2018 Why you can trust The Current

Worth one laugh…

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