By David Hoppe The smell of wood smoke — caressing, rich and warm — filled the air. The bonfires we’d set ablaze hissed and popped. We leaned on our shovels and rakes and stared into the flames. It was over a year ago that a group of us assembled in Stockwell Woods to wrangle an […]
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As kids, we never needed anyone to tell us how special this place was — we could feel it down to the soles of our feet.
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The weather was nasty, but people showed up to raise the funds necessary to keep fighting, if that’s what it takes.
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A blast furnace closed water loop at steelmaker ArcelorMittal failed, spilling dangerous levels of cyanide and ammonium-nitrate into the Little Calumet River, which then made its way toward Lake Michigan.
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Instead of helping towns like Long Beach explain to property owners what the Supreme Court ruling means regarding their property or, for that matter, even fully informing themselves and their staff members about the state’s history and law, let alone enforcing that law, the DNR has buried its head in the sand.
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Music like this was meant to be experienced in tight spaces, up close, where the energy is immediate and unconditional.
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