BY ZOE RHINE I was a special collections librarian at Pack Memorial Library for over 27 years, and every time we had a flood, and especially after the flood of 2004, I would read information about why it is not a good idea to rebuild on a floodplain. We would put up an exhibit of photographs and newspaper headlines from... read full story
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