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• Bill Kenny of Norwich: The only constants in our world have been the need for change

  By William Kenny| Norwich Bulletin Verified It was William Shakespeare's Macbeth, who may have been the first literary figure to offer a cogent argument on the virtues of planning your work and then working your plan when he offered, "Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow creeps in this petty pace from day to day ..." In addition to its eloquence, it's memorable for both its utility and applicability, though in this era (or error?) of diminished expectations and shortened attention spans, it's disheartening to realize how quickly we can...

  By William Kenny · Norwich Bulletin

  Sep. 17, 2024

• The state of the city, why we can't have nice things, and what we need to do about it

  By William Kenny| Norwich Bulletin Verified I’ve finally figured it out. We who live and work here are why we can’t have nice things. We don't think we deserve them. We are happiest when we are unhappy and delirious when we can share our vitriol and displeasure with as many people as possible, whether they ask or not. We’re vexed with newspapers that tell us things we don’t like (‘fake news’), and our favorite radio station is WII-FM, whose call letters stand for What's In It For Me?

  By William Kenny · Norwich Bulletin

  Jun. 11, 2024

• Bill Kenny: Working together in reaction to $100 million Norwich school budget proposal

  By William Kenny| Norwich Bulletin Verified We all know times change and yet we sometimes cling too hard to a truth that we believe to be a truism from our childhood. When I was a kid, still in short trousers as I recall, my dad gave me a piece of wisdom, I suspect not unlike the one your parental care unit offered to you: "Never pay more than $30,000 for a house without a basement."By today's standards and cost indices, I'd have trouble affording a used car, to say nothing of a house.

  By William Kenny · Norwich Bulletin

  Mar. 19, 2024

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Norwich Bulletin

The Bulletin is a community newspaper serving Eastern Connecticut since 1791. We are located at 10 Railroad Place in downtown Norwich.