Lawmaker Compares National Grid Lockout of Steelworkers Over Benefits To Taxation Without Representation — Beacon Hill Recap

Lawmaker Compares National Grid Lockout of Steelworkers Over Benefits To Taxation Without Representation — Beacon Hill Recap

By Matt Murphy
State House News Service

Two hundred and forty-five years ago this month, the Sons of Liberty boarded British ships and threw chests of tea into the harbor to protest taxes.

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Third-Generation Wreath Maker Once Made 156 Wreaths in One Day

Matthew McDonald

A 47-year-old Maine woman who has been making Advent wreaths since she was 7 says the most she has ever made in one day is 13 dozen.

That's 156 wreaths. A reporter from the Ellsworth American recently watched her make a two-sided, 24-inch wreath is less than 15 minutes – "while pausing frequently to explain the process to this reporter."

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