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LED Billboard Update

On April 3, the Planning and Zoning Commission held public hearings on the electronic LED billboard issue (to which we alerted you earlier) and the Town Center South zoning overlay district. The Commission approved the Town Center South proposal, which the GPA endorsed. However, following the public hearing on the billboards, the commissioners decided not to take a final vote until their next meeting on April 17  because some of the commissioners present hadn’t had time to read all of the materials presented by the applicant and the public.  [Read More...]

Saving the Farm

Read about the new book Saving the Farm by James T. Powers–check it out on our Guilford Bookshelf.

Dispatches from Dennis

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Slavery in Guilford

January 26, 2013 By

When we New Englanders write and teach about slavery in the period from the Civil War to the present, we often forget that slavery didn’t exist only in the South. President Lincoln in his Second Inaugural Address urged Americans to “judge not, that we be not judged,” urging forgiveness of our Southern brethren. But Northern slavery, and … [Read More...]

Sustainable Guilford

LED Billboard Update

April 8, 2013 By

On April 3, the Planning and Zoning Commission held public hearings on the electronic LED billboard issue (to which we alerted you earlier) and the Town Center South zoning overlay district. The Commission approved the Town Center South proposal, which the GPA … [Read More...]

View from the Chair

On Track

May 26, 2012 By

The next time you visit Guilford's modern Shore Line East commuter rail station at the bottom of Old Whitfield Street, take a few moments to study the tall, octagonal brick water tower that stands sentinel on the north side of the tracks, a few hundred feet east of the passenger platform. A crew of GPA volunteers recently cleared away the overgrowth and debris that have obscured this wonderful historic structure for years, allowing us all to … [Read More...]