The ditch that divided Nantucket

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Nantucket Island, MA's once-traditional spring practice of opening its ponds to the sea to encourage marine life had been banned by the state. Starting in 1988, militant ditch digger Steven Scannell led the fight to restore the island's sovereign right to manage its own ponds.

Laws, regulations and rules, Political activity, Environmental aspects, Wetland conservation, Nantucket Island, Scannell, Steven

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The crumbling conscience of Boston

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Boston's Arlington Street Church is the location where Massachusetts voted to ratify the US Constitution in 1788, but since then it has become known as a center of liberal Christianity and political dissent. It has been the site of Abolitionist and anti-war protests.

Boston, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, Dissenters, Religious buildings, Church, Social problems, Church and social problems, Unitarianism

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Saint Cecil

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A journalist relates his experience of encountering an eccentric angler and former preacher named Saint Cecil from Green River, Vermont. He recounts the individual's stories about fishing, his career as a Navy cook during the war, and the Bible.

Personal narratives, Behavior, Fishing, Fishing (Recreation), Fishers (Persons), Evangelists

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