Town Meeting endorsed plans by the Elementary School Building Committee for a comprehensive feasibility study on renovating or building a new Center School. Participants in the May 6 opening session agreed to let the town spend up to $600,000 for the study, which would be required for the project to qualify for state funding. Building committee members hope to have ...

Lincoln utility looks to triple wind energy use The Lincoln Electric System board on Friday approved a plan to negotiate a purchase agreement for 100 additional megawatts of wind energy, the Lincoln Journal Star reported (http://bit.ly/12k41OV). The utility would not build any wind farms but would contract with a wind developer to buy the electricity for a fixed price over ...

There is no doubt that the three major controversies on which President Obama finds his administration on the defensive - Benghazi, the IRS targeting of conservatives and the subpoenaing of AP phone records - have changed the political narrative of the day. Instead of mobilizing all of his resources to promote his agenda, the president and administration officials are having ...

Rep. Scott Peters (D-Calif.) reported this week over $2 million in stock transactions in April. He reported his spouse sold $1,965,008 to $7,150,000 of Astronics Corproation between 4/3 and 4/10. She had earlier sold $1,000,001 to $5,000,000 of Astronics Corporation on 1/31. His spouse also purchased $102,001 to $280,000 in Tortoise Energy Capital on 4/24.

The elimination of swaths of rain forest decreases rainfall, and is likely to reduce the energy output of hydroelectric projects in countries such as Brazil, according to a study published by the National Academy of Sciences.