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Ending the requirement that legal ads be published by news outlets would harm democracy and journalism
Posted Wednesday, June 3, 2026 4:50 pm There’s a lot of talk about how government should support local journalism, so it’s ironic that the Mass. Legislature is considering rescinding the requirement that towns place public notices in newspapers — not just on their own websites.” Since Colonial times, state and local governments have been required to publish legal advertisements in newspapers about official proclamations, court citations, vital records, and the like.
Basics of Growing Fava Beans
I had never met a fava bean until I moved to Northern California in the early 1980s and started my market garden. I noticed that the local Italian folks seemed to love these strange, giant, puffy-looking beans, so I decided to try growing them. The real eye-opener came when I took my crop to the farmers’ market. It wasn’t just Italians who were enthusiastic about them; I was amazed at how excited customers of Middle Eastern descent got over the favas.
Six steps for supporting an automation system
Learning Objectives Like coding, troubleshooting is a unique and special set of skills, and each person may have a slightly different approach to resolving issues. A well-built system will provide evidence of what is happening in the event something is not working properly. Usually, it’s not going to be possible to restart servers in a manufacturing system without taking down other, still functional parts.
Address strategic flow control concerns
How will U.S. industry restructure to support the reshoring of productive capacity from overseas? One challenge will be finding the skilled workers to fill those repatriated positions. While automation and the growing scope and scale of software applications may eliminate repetitive, unsafe or manual work, computerization itself calls for a skilled workforce.
Oat My Goodness: Dogfish Head Brewery’s Hazy-O Is Going Mainstream As The First Nationally Distributed Oat Milk-Centric IPA — DirtFork
Photo Courtesy of Dogfish Head Brewery. Walk into practically any brewery in the country and you’ll find some sort of a hazy IPA, often brewed with oats and generous portions of hops – but no two are ever the same, from coast to coast. Well, the folks over at Dogfish Head Brewery wanted everyone across the country to enjoy the same hazy goodness and created Hazy-O!, the very first nationally distributed oat milk-centric IPA.
Let’s Open A Brewery: Finding Equipment, Acquiring Permits And Getting Insurance — DirtFork
Photo Courtesy of Hop Hill Brewing Company on Instagram (@HopHillBeer). In this three-part series, we examine the necessary steps to transforming your homebrewing hobby into your own local brewery, with advice from the owner of Pennsylvania-based Hop Hill Brewing Company and financial insight from our friends over at My Numbers Guy.
Busch Beer Wants To Pay You $50,000 To Join Kevin Harvick’s NASCAR Race Crew — DirtFork
Photo Courtesy of Busch Beer. Perhaps the most underappreciated job in NASCAR, the pit crew are the true heroes of the sport, with one of the toughest and most badass jobs – crucial to a driver’s success. Crew members come in all different shapes and sizes, with some even having a background in collegiate sports, but now Busch Beer wants to give one fan the opportunity to join Kevin Harvick’s team.
Behind The Beer: Corporate Ladder Brewing’s James Herrholz Discusses His Latest Dessert-Inspired Barrel-Aged Stout — DirtFork
Photo Courtesy of Corporate Ladder Brewing Company. It might be a small, five barrel brewery on the outskirts of Tampa, but Corporate Ladder Brewing Company is quickly making a name for itself, most notably for its dessert-inspired beers. Whether it’s a fruit-forward kettle sour or a behemoth imperial stout, Corporate Ladder continues to crank out these next-level beers and the brewery’s latest creation might just be one of its largest yet.
Thirsty Thursday: Carton Brewing Company’s Cosmonaut — DirtFork
Welcome to Thirsty Thursday, a weekly column where we pick a beer from our fridge and review it, because in a world where two new breweries launch every single week, sometimes we need some help sifting through all of the hops. Lately, I’ve been getting my beers from friends wanting me to try something for this on-going feature but this week’s beer doesn’t really have a fun backstory to it.
New Portland Brewery Makes Yuzu Beers Perfect For Pairing With Ramen And Sushi — DirtFork
Photo Courtesy of Shimai-Toshi Brewing Company. It’s been a challenging calendar year for breweries, and businesses in general, as brewers look to pivot and continue to find ways to get their beer to drinkers and although COVID-19 has slowed down the amount of new breweries popping up, it hasn’t stopped everyone – like Shimai-Toshi Brewing.
Thirsty Thursday: Corporate Ladder Brewing Company’s Xenomorph Blood — DirtFork
Welcome to Thirsty Thursday, a weekly column where we pick a beer from our fridge and review it, because in a world where two new breweries launch every single week, sometimes we need some help sifting through all of the hops. Christmas is a time for giving, so my friends who live just outside of Tampa sent me a little beer care package from one of their favorite breweries, Corporate Ladder Brewing Company.
Sean Payton Proposed A Crazy Idea That Would Actually Allow 50,000 Saints Fans To Attend Playoff Game At The Superdome — DirtFork
Photo Courtesy of Getty Images. No matter how much fake crowd noise, how many banners or how many cardboard cut-outs teams put in the stands, sports are just not quite the same without fans. Now, with the National Football League playoffs set to kick off this weekend, there are sure to be some classic moments that take place in the hush of a massive stadium – but not if New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton can help it.
Let’s Open A Brewery: Laying The Groundwork For Your New Business — DirtFork
Photo Courtesy of Hop Hill Brewing Company. In this three-part series, we examine the steps to transforming your passion for homebrewing into a business, with advice from the owner of Pennsylvania-based Hop Hill Brewing Company and financial insight from our friends at My Numbers Guy. The kitchen is a mess, the whole house smells like wort and you’re sipping on your favorite local lager – ah, it’s homebrewing day again.
Xbox Sets World Record After Projecting Destiny 2 On Colorado Mountaintop — DirtFork
We all want to play video games on the largest screen possible and Microsoft’s Xbox decided to take it to a whole other level, allowing snowboarder Grant Giller to experience Destiny 2 the ultimate way, on the side of Colorado’s Copper Mountain, breaking a Guinness World Record in the process.
Cheers To A Non-Alcoholic New Year With Athletic Brewing’s New Variety Pack — DirtFork
Photo Courtesy of Athletic Brewing Company. As we all countdown the days until 2021, flipping the calendar to a new year cannot come soon enough, but with January comes the annual reminder to pursue a healthy and active lifestyle. That can mean a new gym membership, quitting smoking or following a specific diet – or, for some, it’s participating in Dry January and laying off the booze for the first month of the year.
Thirsty Thursday: 2SP Brewing Company’s Up, Up, & Away — DirtFork
Welcome to Thirsty Thursday, a weekly column where we pick a beer from our fridge and review it, because in a world where two new breweries launch every single week, sometimes we need some help sifting through all of the hops. Earlier this week, I decided to trek to the beer shop a couple towns over, the one I went to when I lived at home that sells the widest variety – and singles of everything – in the area.
Cake Artist Meticulously Recreates ‘Home Alone’ House To Honor Film's 30th Anniversary — DirtFork
Photo Courtesy of Disney+. Thirty years ago this Christmas season, a small Chicago-area boy, who was accidentally left at home by his family heading on vacation, thwarted two boneheaded robbers and became a legend. The end result was Home Alone, the highest-grossing holiday film of all-time, and to celebrate its release three decades ago, one cake artist has carefully recreated the McCallister’s home out of gingerbread.
Nicholas Cage Will Delve Into The Origin Of Swear Words In New Netflix Series — DirtFork
Photo Courtesy of Netflix. With everybody spending the majority of their time at home these days, demand for original streaming content is at a premium and, because of that, no idea seems too outlandish. Netflix decided to really lean into that concept, with the help of everyone’s favorite action film star, to create Nicolas Cages’ History of Swear Words, a series that looks at several classic potty-mouth terms.
Double Nickel Brewing’s Friends Giving IPA Has Raised More Than $200,000 for Charity — DirtFork
Photo Courtesy of Double Nickel Brewing Company. In a year with plenty to be angry about, it’s nice to have some things to be thankful for – and while Thanksgiving might’ve been last month, Friends Giving IPA continues to serve up holiday cheer. The “potluck-style IPA” has raised over $200,000 in the last two years to help fight food insecurity.
Hasbro Is Turning The Mandalorian’s Blaster Into A Full-Scale Premium Nerf Gun — DirtFork
Photo Courtesy of Hasbro. Remember when Nerf guns were just these massive, clunky hunks of plastic – well, now they look like one of your favorite weapons from the Star Wars universe. Hasbro recently unveiled its newest Nerf gun, an epic full-scale version of The Mandalorian’s Amban Phase-pulse blaster, the same one the bounty hunter uses to disintegrate Jawas, Tusken Raiders and other creatures in the Disney+ series.
It’s Time To Stop Snobbishly Sticking Your Nose Up At More Mainstream Breweries — DirtFork
Photo Courtesy of Goose Island Beer Company. Last weekend, Goose Island Beer Company closed its 10,500 square-foot Philadelphia location permanently, after almost two and a half years in the city’s gentrified Fishtown section, citing COVID-19 as the culprit.
Why The World Doesn't Need Another RoboCop Sequel — DirtFork
Earlier this week, MGM Studios announced RoboCop would be returning to the big screen, though not in the form of a sequel to the franchise’s 2014 reboot starring Joel Kinnaman. No, the studio has elected to return to the cop-turned-crime-fighting-cyborg’s roots in a continuation film that takes place directly after the Paul Verhoeven-directed 1987 cult-classic, using a script from original writers Edward Neumeier and Michael Miner.
Interview: One-On-One With Monster Jam's Brianna Mahon — DirtFork
Photo Courtesy of Monster Jam Growing up in Illinois, Brianna Mahon was drawn to motor sports at a young age. Almost immediately, it became part of her life and, after years of chasing down her dream of a career in motocross, Mahon found herself competing at some of the biggest events scattered throughout the United States.
Jonas Never: The Los Angeles Mural Mastermind — DirtFork
Growing up on the west side of Los Angeles, an area littered with graffiti, Jonas Never has been a spray paint artist almost his entire life. Starting out simple, like most artists do, the 36-year-old quickly realized he wanted to evolve from letters and start painting murals with subjects that evoked feeling. Those early works had a common theme, focusing either on pinup or rockabilly, though it allowed him to transition to more realistic work.
Why Solo: A Star Wars Story Is Destined For Greatness — DirtFork
Photo Courtesy of Star Wars Gather around, everyone. We want to tell you about a story that happened a long time ago, in 1977, at movie theaters that really weren’t too far away. You know what, let’s just skip the Star Wars history lesson, one that basically every fan of the George Lucas inspired franchise knows by this point, and instead focus on just one character from that original film – the protagonist whom stole the spotlight.
The Hollywood Zombie Trend Is Dying And Not A Moment Too Soon — DirtFork
Back in 2004, Dawn of the Dead hit the theaters and offered me my first glimpse at a present-day zombie film. Sure, I had seen the original Night of the Living Dead and loved it, but I knew Hollywood was capable of a lot more gore and violence in the Zack Snyder directed re-telling and while the film is certainly not a classic, it does the zombie genre justice and holds a special place in my heart.
Space Jam 2: NBA Players We’d Like To See Alongside LeBron James — DirtFork
Photo Courtesy of Warner Bros. It’s difficult to believe that Space Jam, the Warner Bros. film that mashed up the world of the National Basketball Association with the world of Looney Tunes, was released 23 years ago. Grossing $250 million worldwide, it became, for better or worse, one of the defining films of the decade and is remembered with an intoxicating nostalgia from the vast majority of millenials.
Thirsty Thursday: Guinness Open Gate Brewery’s Imperial Gingerbread Spiced Stout — DirtFork
Welcome to Thirsty Thursday, a weekly column where we pick a beer from our fridge and review it, because in a world where two new breweries launch every single week, sometimes we need some help sifting through all of the hops. I was really trying to wait until after Thanksgiving to crack open a holiday beer – I’ve had a six-pack of Tröegs Independent Brewing’s Mad Elf on top of my fridge for weeks now – but when I saw this week’s beer sitting on the shelf, the last four-pack around, I grabbed it.
Thirsty Thursday: Equilibrium Brewery’s dHop5 — DirtFork
Welcome to Thirsty Thursday, a weekly column where we pick a beer from our fridge and review it, because in a world where two new breweries launch every single week, sometimes we need some help sifting through all of the hops. If you live in the northeastern United States and you’re any type of wannabe beer snob, there’s probably several breweries you’ve heard about over and over. Spots that many people consider holy grail beer-destinations, with typically little-to-no distribution footprint.
The Undertaker’s Farewell Featured A Hologram That Would Give Any Fan Chills — DirtFork
On Sunday night, World Wrestling Entertainment said goodbye to the last bastion of an era when The Undertaker gave a final goodbye during the WWE Survivor Series event. After the main event, a collection of WWE Superstars came out to say their farewells, including Mick Foley, Kane, Steve Nash and Ric Flair but perhaps the standout moment came from a hologram of a very familiar face.
Quentin Tarantino Is Writing An Expansive Once Upon A Time In Hollywood Novelization As Part Of Two-Book Deal — DirtFork
Photo Courtesy of Andrew Cooper/Sony Pictures. Over the last three-plus decades, Quentin Tarantino has become one of the most beloved Hollywood directors, not just because of his sensationalized period pieces like Inglorious Basterds and exploitative character studies like Kill Bill:Vol. 1 but for his unadulterated passion for the industry. Now, he’s bringing his love of film from the screen to the page, thanks to news of a new two-book publishing deal.
Small Brewery Sunday Returns Nov. 29 To Encourage Supporting Local Beer Producers — DirtFork
Photo Courtesy of the Brewers Association. As 2020 continues to severely impact the beer industry, the Brewers Association – the not-for-profit trade association dedicated to small and independent American craft brewers – announced the return of Small Brewery Sunday on Nov. 29 for the second straight year.
Behind The Beer: Flying Dog Brewery’s Matt Brophy Discusses Brewing Raging Bitch — DirtFork
Photo Courtesy of Flying Dog Brewery. Before there was a brewery in almost every small town, craft beer producers were few and far between – until a 1990s boom the likes of which the industry had never seen. Armed with fresh ideas and an underground cult-like following, these new independent craft breweries altered the beer landscape with unique recipes, a trendsetter-like attitude and the desire to experiment using new ingredients.
Detroit-Area Brewery Pays Homage To Tempered Expectations With New Lions-Inspired Lager Dripping With ‘90s Flair — DirtFork
Photo Courtesy of Eastern Market Brewing Company. For Detroit Lions fans, there’s always tempered expectations when it comes to their football team and Eastern Market Brewing Company, a Detroit-area brewer, has canned their on-going disappointment with Same Old Lager, a limited release highlighting the team’s past glory, in all of its 8-bit goodness.
This Patrick Mahomes Stat Proves We’re All Watching Greatness In The Making — DirtFork
Photo Courtesy of the Kansas City Chiefs. It’s no surprise Patrick Mahomes is good, that was more than evident even before the quarterback led the Kansas City Chiefs to a championship in just his second full season, but after last weekend’s 27-24 victory against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, one statistic proved we’re all watching greatness, as he continues to make a strong case for Most Valuable Player.
Pizza Hut Becomes First Pizza Company To Offer Plant-Based Meat Pizza Nationwide — DirtFork
Photo Courtesy of Pizza Hut. Fresh on the heels of a rumored partnership with Mcdonald’s to soon launch McPlant, a plant-based burger alternative, Pizza Hut has also partnered with Beyond Meat to become the country’s first national pizza chain to offer customers a plant-based meat pizza nationwide.
Thirsty Thursday: Tree House Brewing Company’s Very Green — DirtFork
Welcome to Thirsty Thursday, a weekly column where we pick a beer from our fridge and review it, because in a world where two new breweries launch every single week, sometimes we need some help sifting through all of the hops. Last month, a fellow wannabe beer snob friend went on an adventure to Massachusetts and decided to make a pit stop at Tree House Brewing Company.
Ranking All Of The Villains In The MCU — DirtFork
In 2008, Marvel Entertainment looked to provide a jolt on the big screen for its beloved characters and given recent successes of franchises like X-Men and Blade, the next step was put in place. With little knowledge being leaked out to the public, Marvel unleashed the Marvel Cinematic Universe, a series of phases that would tie together an Avengers story and incorporate some of the company’s most recognizable figures.
Choosing The Perfect Beer Pairing For Any Of The Various Pizza Styles
The combination of pizza and beer is right up there with other classics like peanut butter and jelly, bacon and eggs and cookies and milk – no matter how you enjoy the pairing, you really cannot go wrong. And now, in the midst of Lent – a time when Catholics abstain from eating meat on Fridays – the amount of pizza enjoyed across the United States seems to go up substantially.
The Case For Roman Reigns
WWE’s Elimination Chamber is a week away and the Raw superstar to challenge Brock Lesnar for the Universal Championship at WrestleMania has yet to be decided. We know who it is—Roman Reigns. Or at least it seems that way/ You might be among the pro wrestling fans that hate him and boo and scream, “It’s predictable.
The Best & Worst Super Bowls - DirtFork
Super Bowl LII is just days away as the top-seeded AFC champions New England Patriots take on the top-seeded NFC Champions Philadelphia Eagles in Minneapolis. The Patriots are looking to grab their sixth Super Bowl victory to tie the Steelers for the most all-time Lombardi Trophies while the Eagles look to bring a Super Bowl back for the first time to the City of Brotherly Love. Unless you’re a fan of those two teams, you’re just hoping for an entertaining game.
Super Bowl LII: Philadelphia Versus Boston – An Entertainment Showdown - DirtFork
With Super Bowl LII just days away, the talking heads are breaking down every little piece of film and statistic they can get their hands on – but not us, we’re just having fun while we pass the time. That’s why we thought we’d put the city of Boston’s entertainment up against Philadelphia’s, as a sort of appetizer to this Sunday’s rematch between the New England Patriots and Philadelphia Eagles. This match is seven rounds, winner takes all.
XFL Set For 2020 Return, But Can It Succeed? - DirtFork
As he walked out to greet the raucous Las Vegas crowd at Sam Boyd Stadium, WWE Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon believed his new brand of football would one day rival that of the National Football League.
Jaromir Jagr: The End Of An Era - DirtFork
The date is June 16, 1990 and BC Place, the home of the Vancouver Canucks, is packed with a crop of some of the National Hockey League’s next great players. With the first four picks currently completed, the Pittsburgh Penguins are on the clock, carefully contemplating their future talent. Passing on names like Derian Hatcher, Keith Tkachuk and Martin Brodeur, Pittsburgh elected to take Jaromir Jagr, a 6-foot-3 forward from Czechoslovakia, who some considered the top pick in that year’s draft.
Confessions Of A Former Patriots "Hater" - DirtFork
In the early 2000s, when the world was getting to know Tom Brady and witnessing the beginning of a dynasty, the Patriots were very unlikable to me. Maybe it was the “tuck rule” or head coach Bill Belichick’s swirly personality or just their dominance during their first few Super Bowls? Maybe it was Brady winning the rivalry over Peyton Manning? Maybe it was the 2007 season when they ran the score up on everyone during their 16-0 regular season. Maybe it was all of those things.
Video: Fans become hostile at National Championship - DirtFork
Before Monday’s Championship game between Alabama and Georgia, tensions became very high outside the Mercedes-Benz Stadium due to lengthy times to get through security. With light rain coming down and people crowded together, shoulder to shoulder, the crowd was becoming increasingly irritable due to the intense security, which is presumed to be related to President Trump’s appearance for the game.
Yuengling: Inside America’s Oldest Brewery - DirtFork
Walk into any bar in Pennsylvania and ask for a lager, you’ll always get the same thing – a Yuengling. For more than 180 years, the United States’ top craft brewery – because it produces less than six million barrels per year – has been pumping out liquid refreshment for the masses and, in the process, became one of the northeast’s favorite brews.
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