TRR photo by Tom Kane Hillary Rodham Clinton addresses supporters in Scranton, PA on March 10.

Clinton lands in PA

Event is called “Hillary’s coming home”

By TOM KANE

SCRANTON, PA - Hillary Rodham Clinton selected Scranton for her first presidential campaign in Pennsylvania for a reason. Addressing a crowd of wildly enthusiastic supporters in the Scranton High School gymnasium on March 10, she recalled her family’s ties to the area.

Her father, the late Hugh Rodham, is buried near the city, her paternal grandparents lived at 1042 Diamond Street and the family had a cottage on Lake Winona near Tunkhannock, where she spent some summer vacations as a child. With each reference to specific sites in the area, the crowd exploded with enthusiasm.

She was introduced by PA Governor Ed Rendell, who is campaigning for her in the state.

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Congress again tries to roll back 2005 energy act

Act promotes power lines, gas wells, nuclear plants and more

By FRITZ MAYER

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congressman Maurice Hinchey has been working doggedly to defeat it since it passed, but so far the forces that support it have proved stronger that Hinchey and his associates.

It’s the Energy Policy Act of 2005, which was famously sculpted behind closed doors by Vice President Dick Cheney and various energy industry professionals and lobbyists. Because details of the meetings have never been made public, the exact identity of all of the participants remains unknown.

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Lovers of their land: Lava couple protects a cherished place

Conservancy assists through new office in Sullivan County

By SANDY LONG

LAVA, NY—A sound like shattering glass disturbs the silence permeating the dark forest fringing Perry Pond on Michael Lovelace and Star Hesse’s magnificent property in Lava. The source proves to be a mink emerging at the pond’s frozen edge. Its presence is one of the factors behind the couple’s decision to contact the Delaware Highlands Conservancy (DHC) and place their 97-acre property in a conservation easement, thereby protecting it in perpetuity.

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Other stories in this issue:

• County teams up with NY-Alert
• High, dry, safe and stranded
• Defenders of foie gras score victory in Maryland
• Smaller Sullivan West board ?

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