TODAY...CLOUDY WITH RAIN LIKELY THIS MORNING...THEN MOSTLY SUNNY THIS AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. WEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 70 PERCENT.
TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING...THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 50. WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH...BECOMING NORTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
FRIDAY...A CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE MORNING...THEN RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. MUCH COOLER WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S. NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN 90 PERCENT.
FRIDAY NIGHT...RAIN IN THE EVENING...THEN RAIN LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 90 PERCENT.

Our second play 

Furniture, is on the internet, with a few typos and always subject to revisions.   It calls for five actors, one of whom plays a desk.   We'll let you figure it out from there.

Comments, kind and unkind, are welcome.  

Peter J. Roberts 

Past Page One News and Views 

NEW ENGLAND AND NEW ENGLANDERS

Communities Hundreds of New England places, on the Internet

Colleges  Venerable universities to small, unique study centers

Clubs and Interests  New Englanders with particular interests

Athletics Good sports to play or watch

New England Motor Sports  Clubs, collectors and racing...

Outdoors New England Tours, parks, climbers and two wheeled travel

Winter Ski centers, resorts, trails and local clubs

Pro Teams  Some of the world's best and maybe a curse or two

Personal Pages  Links to New Englanders presenting themselves 

Seniors  Of interest to the over fifty set and those on the way

Women  More than half the population

Worship  Religious New Englanders, of all kinds

BLOGS

Blogs of New Englanders  A small directory, for now, which we like to think is an advantage

More New England Notes  Casual pontifications, if that's possible

Third Shift Notes Our 9:00 am is your midnight!  

New London Declarations  Our modest idea, or so we like to say, for the Fourth of July, 2006

New England Experiences  An Events blog

BUSINESS

The New England Store  A directory of New England retailers of all kinds and offering a wide variety of goods, most of which can be purchased online

Beer Independent brewers who keep the ancient craft live and strong for us to enjoy.

Business Groups  Chambers of Commerce, specialized organizations and a few unions

Unique Businesses  Independent New England  Small Businesses

Corporations  Big and VERY BIG New England based corporations

Antiques and Collecting  People and firms that know about and deal in things of the past

Technology  High tech, smaller business with an emphasis, naturally enough, on the Internet

WHERE'S TO GO?  HOW TO GET THERE?

Travel  Information and links to ferries, trains, highway departments, airports, more

Attractions  Whales, ships, roller coasters and games of chance 

Rest, eat, be merry  places to stay or dine-compiled by recommendation

THE ARTS

Art & Artists  painters, photographers, galleries

Music &  Dance  Symphonic orchestras to jazz groups

Museums  Nearly two hundred for every interest and taste

Theatre Groups  Six states of professional companies, theatres and community groups

THE WRITTEN WORD

Writers  New Englanders with a pen in their hand and a thought or two 

Open Poetry  Got a poem you'd like to see here?  Send it to comments.

The Book Trade  Simply, people who print, publish or sell books in New England

IDEAS, ISSUES AND TRENDS

Science  People, organizations and centers that welcome the curious, non specialist.  

Smart Growth/Preservation  Groups that work to develop New England's future while preserving the best of our past.

Environmental New England  Organizations that work to save New England's grand vistas and slight enclaves.

Genealogy  What's in a name?  Everything. 

Family Finder  Research your past.

Good Causes,  New England  Non Profits helping others.

History  If the past is but a prelude, our history mirrors our present and future.

Peace and War...sites, official and otherwise, concerning the war in Iraq.  

GOVERNMENT AND GOVERNING

Members of Congress  Sites and contact information to all members of the House and Senate from the six New England States.

Governors in New England  Where, we are told, the buck stops.  

Political Parties  Links to state and local party sites, key regional organizations and when possible, individual candidate web pages.  We've also linked the campaign sites of New Englanders running for President.

INFORMED SOURCES

News Sources  Regional, national and international sites that make news.

Public Radio, online  Listen, pledge or vent, online 

Newspapers  A few hundred online publications, from huge to just a blip on the screen.

COMMENTS AND OBSERVATIONS 

New England Notes Pontifications from our infallible and all knowing, Great Leader and others if so disposed.  Send an observation To the Editor via the email link at the top of the page

Heard on a New England Street Quotes from New Englanders on any subject and sometimes, no subject at all.  Again, send a quote, briefly please, To the Editor via the email link at the top of the page.

SIX GREAT STATES 

Pages that contain many links included in the above directories, but confined to just one state.   

Connecticut

Maine

Massachusetts

New Hampshire

Rhode Island

Vermont

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