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Invasive Spotted Lanternfly Alert!

Written by Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Mass. agriculture department warns that egg masses may have been accidentally brought in on nursery stock imported from other states

This just in from state officials: Beware the spotted lanternfly!

According to a Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources press release, MDAR leadership “is asking the public to keep an eye out for the invasive pest known as spotted lanternfly (SLF, scientific ...  read more

“WON’T SOMEBODY PLEASE THINK OF THE CHILDREN?!”

Written by Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Apparent Horizon column North Andover MA collage

 

Moral panic hamstrings promising North Andover cannabis farm deal

 

Last fall, I wrote about the history of Osgood Landing—a large industrial facility in North Andover—as part of a column (“An Andover North Andover ...  read more

AN AMAZON NORTH ANDOVER DEAL?

Written by Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Sketch of the Merrimack Valley Works plant at North Andover while under construction in 1955

 

Merrimack Valley pols courting the tech behemoth have forgotten recent history

 

A couple of weeks ago, I criticized the possibility of an Amazon ...  read more

RUN FOR COVER: THE ZOMBIES VS. DINOSAUR JR.: “WHENEVER YOU’RE READY”

Written by Filed Under: MUSIC, Run For Cover

This is what the '60s could have sounded like if The Zombies tripled up on the guitar amps.