Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 55. Sunrise is 6:58 and sunset 6:26 PM for 11h 28m 28s of daytime. The moon is in its third quarter with 49.7% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1995, the first planet orbiting another sun, 51 Pegasi b, is…
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Daily Bread for 10.2.23: City Staff Members Speak on Behalf of City Manager
by JOHN ADAMS •
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Daily Bread for 10.1.23: The Shamelessness of the Special-Interest Men
by JOHN ADAMS •
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Daily Bread for 9.30.23: Fierce or Bust
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 82. Sunrise is 6:51AM and sunset 6:31 PM for 11h 45m 41s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 98.2% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1954, the U.S. Navy submarine USS Nautilus is commissioned as the world’s first…
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Daily Bread for 9.25.23: The Special-Interest Hierarchy of a Small Town
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be partly cloudy with a high of 73. Sunrise is 6:46 AM and sunset 6:46 PM for 12h 00m 06s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 78.7% of its visible disk illuminated. The Whitewater School Board goes into closed session shortly after 6:30 PM and returns…
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Daily Bread for 9.22.23: A Dog-Bite Story (That’s Not Only About Dogs)
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be mostly cloudy with a high of 76. Sunrise is 6:42 AM and sunset 6:51 PM for 12h 08m 45s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 47.2% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1862, a preliminary version of the Emancipation Proclamation is released…
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Daily Bread for 9.21.23: What’s Left of Old Whitewater’s Politicians Put Past Practice Ahead of Principle or Reason
by JOHN ADAMS •
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Daily Bread for 9.19.23: There’s a Reason Some Local Politicians Have No Platform
by JOHN ADAMS •
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Daily Bread for 9.13.23: Who Holds the Leash?
by JOHN ADAMS •
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Daily Bread for 9.4.23: Labor Day 2023
by JOHN ADAMS •
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Daily Bread for 6.14.23: The Proposal to Use Whitewater’s $1.9 Million Single-Family Housing Fund to Subsidize Landlords and Non-Occupant Investors
by JOHN ADAMS •
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Daily Bread for 5.17.23: The Great Recession Returns (But Then, It Never Left)
by JOHN ADAMS •
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Daily Bread for 2.23.23: The Businessmen Who Won’t Let Go (with Whitewater Versions)
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 37. Sunrise is 6:38 AM and sunset 5:37 PM for 10h 58m 34s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 14.1% of its visible disk illuminated. The Whitewater Common Council meets at 6:30 PM. (At four o’clock, the City of Whitewater will…