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Mother’s Day Concert for Mother Earth

April 25, 2017

Recording artist, songwriter and folksinger John O’Connor will be appearing in concert with Nat Williams at the Unitarian Universalist Society of Oneonta, Saturday, May 13, at 7 PM. Local musicians, Jason Starr and the Galaxy Singers — Kathy Shimberg, Charlie Reiman, and Dennis Shultz — will open the concert. The concert is to benefit Compressor […]

Good News! (for now)

April 22, 2016

This week that includes Earth Day 2016 was a blockbuster for those fighting the two pipelines slated for our area. Although things could kick up again, both pipelines are on hold for now: Kinder Morgan pulls the plug on Northeast Energy Direct-Tennessee Gas pipeline DEC rejects Constitution Pipeline

Petition

May 15, 2015

RELIEFS PETITIONED FOR. We, the undersigned citizens of the Town of Franklin, request our Town Council take these actions to preserve and protect the rural character of life in the Town of Franklin, Delaware County, State of New York:ENACT a Road Use Ordinance requiring Responsible Parties pay to document the condition of the Town roads […]

MAY BE

April 27, 2015

Northern Access Pipeline Opposition

April 10, 2017

Landowners in Allegany county are having their land seized by eminent domain for the construction of the Northern Access Pipeline. The pipeline does not benefit any local residents and would be used to transport Pennsylvania fracked natural gas from the source in Pennsylvania through western NY state to Canada and exported overseas from there. The NYS […]

Earth Day Rally 2016

April 28, 2016

Compressor Free Franklin’s Earth Day Rally, filed and edited by Eddie Rodriguez.

Sing for the Climate NOW NOW NOW

April 3, 2016

“Sing For the Climate, NOW, NOW, NOW” — a Compressor Free Franklin music video starring the Higgins family Singers (Dennis, Katie, Anna, Keely, Patricia and Siobhan), Maya Farwell and Jackie Gibson. Thanks also to Cindy Beach, all the folks who participated at the Hollerans in February and March and everybody who appears in the photographs.

John O’Connor in Concert

March 29, 2016

Recording artist, songwriter and folksinger, John O’Connor appeared in concert at the American Legion on Saturday, March 26 at 7PM for the benefit of Compressor Free Franklin. John O’Connor, whose debut album, Songs for Our Times, was named one of the best albums of the year by the Washington Post, is known for his songs […]

At What Cost?

January 29, 2016

“At What Cost?” is a documentary film which delves into the petroleum pipeline industry and the price landowners of Florida, Georgia and South Carolina and the environment have to pay for the proposed Kinder Morgan Palmetto Pipeline. After nearly a year of production, covering three states and crossing 5 major watersheds, the 50-minute in-depth film […]