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Scenes from the Second Parish

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SCENES FROM THE SECOND PARISH: Facebook FOMO, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Embrace the Disconnect

Jeff Raymond didn't disappear. He's just not on Facebook.

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SCENES FROM THE SECOND PARISH: Sinners, Saints, and Fools

Let 'em laugh while they can Let 'em spin, let 'em scatter in the wind I have been to the movies, I've seen how it ends And the joke's on them -- Brandi Carlile, "The Joke." Last Friday night, I was

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SCENES FROM THE SECOND PARISH: Mix All the Satellites

It all started when Google canceled Stadia... Actually, it all started when Google announced that they would transition Chrome to Manifest V3... Now that I think about it, I think it was when Google canceled Reader... Of the 200 or so of you who read this, maybe 25 of you

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SCENES FROM THE SECOND PARISH: Ramblin' Round Your City

I don't open Facebook too too often, but seeing yet another post decrying roundabouts, this time about the traffic circle going in at the McCracken/Greenwood intersection, made me want to open that can of worms once more. Plus, if you watched the Planning Board meeting earlier this

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SCENES FROM THE SECOND PARISH: Banned From the Roxy

Nothing new on the site today, but it's Banned Books Week, so I am sharing this column I wrote for the Millbury-Sutton Chronicle in April about a failed censorship effort at our hometown library. The situation received regional attention both positive and negative, and while the books were

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SCENES FROM THE SECOND PARISH: Follow the White Rabbit

I think my favorite part of living in a small town with a rich history is the nearly countless number of rabbit holes you can fall into, and the things you find as a result. On my laptop, I have a lot of internet browser tabs open, either with research

"August in the Country - The Sea-Shore," Winslow Homer. A man holds a lobster out to a crowd on a beach.

SCENES FROM THE SECOND PARISH: August and Everything After

Jeff Raymond's new column for The Bramanville Tribune debuts with a treatise on small towns, Slush Puppies, and the importance of a local news outlet that is willing to cover them both.