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		<title>6th Annual Winter Family Fun Day at Reflections Lake</title>
		<description><![CDATA[[ November 30, -0001; 12:00 am; ] &#160;

Alaskans for Palmer Hay Flats is sponsoring the 6th Annual Winter Family Fun Day at Reflections Lake on Saturday, February 4th from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM

Come enjoy winter at scenic and accessible Reflections Lake! Cross-country ski, snowshoe, ice skate or walk the loop around the lake. Stay warm with campfires, hot beverages and tasty [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://foms.net/archives/1629</link>
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		<title>Coal Impacts on Human Health- Free Teleconference- Wednesday, February 15th 9-10 AM (Alaska Time)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Please join Alaska Community Action on Toxics for a discussion with Alan H. Lockwood, MD on the growing body of medical evidence linking coal development to human health risks.  At every stage – from mining,transportation, storage, combustion, and disposal of post-combustion wastes – coal development threatens human and environmental health. Pollutants from coal damage all major [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://foms.net/archives/1621</link>
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		<title>Speak up to protect our communities and yourself from toxic herbicide spraying.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Alaska Railroad’s proposed use of herbicides threatens salmon streams, drinking water sources, berry-picking areas, farms and neighborhoods along the railroad.  This toxic herbicide mixture is harmful to human health and associated with birth defects, damage to DNA, reproductive and developmental toxicity, neurotoxicity, and cancer.
The Alaska Railroad applied to the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://foms.net/archives/1618</link>
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		<title>MSB Mayor and Assembly Attempt to Restrict Free Speech</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello community members, as you are aware there are several important topics that will be considered and voted on at tonight’s(January 17th) regular MSB Assembly meeting. Perhaps most concerning are proposed changes to the existing ethics code and changes to the guidelines to public participation that will affect all future Assembly meetings.    As you guess both [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://foms.net/archives/1613</link>
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		<title>First LEED Gold industrial building in Alaska in Mat-Su</title>
		<description><![CDATA[VCRS Earns Prestigious Award &#8211; First LEED Gold industrial building in Alaska in Mat-Su

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Special congratulations to our friends at Valley Community for Recycling Solutions (VCRS) in Palmer for their recent award of the first LEED Gold Certified Industrial building in Alaska.  The one year-old community-recycling center is the first industrial facility in Alaska to be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://foms.net/archives/1608</link>
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		<title>The World According to Chuck- Wishbone Hill Cartoon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Reprinted from Frontiersman Website:
Legge, Chuck, The World According to Chuck, Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, website, Friday, January 13, 2012, Url: http://www.frontiersman.com/opinions/cartoons/the-world-according-to-chuck/image_bc7b655a-3e5f-11e1-bb7e-0019bb2963f4.html
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		<link>http://foms.net/archives/1604</link>
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		<title>Up For Consideration at the Next Regular Assembly Meeting on January 17th, 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are several important topics up for consideration at the next regular Mat-Su Borough (MSB) Assembly Meeting.  Some of these include, revisions to the existing ethics code, changes to public participation and funding decisions that will guide the borough’s upcoming budget process.  For a full version of the Assembly packet click here to review pending legislation and
other agenda [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://foms.net/archives/1601</link>
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		<title>Usibelli Coal Mining Company Operating Without Valid Permit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Usibelli Coal Mining Company Operating Without Valid Permit
Mat-Su Residents Ask Usibelli to Stop Operating Until the Company Obtains a Permit that Protects the Valley and Its Residents
Palmer,  Alaska.  In an effort to protect their families, their property, and the community, residents of the Matanuska-Susitna Valley sent a letter to Usibelli Coal Mining Company today asking [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://foms.net/archives/1587</link>
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		<title>Public Comments on Proposed Hatcher Pass Regulations- Due December 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Proposed Regulations for the Hatcher Pass Special Use Area
Comments Due: Friday, Dec. 2 by 5PM


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What:
The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is proposing to adopt new regulations in Title 11, of the Alaska Administrative Code, 11 AAC 96.014(b). The proposed regulations include the restrictions on motorized recreational use as adopted in the 2010 Hatcher Pass Management Plan [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://foms.net/archives/1569</link>
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		<title>Citizens Allege Usibelli Coal Breaking the Law in Mat-Su</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Days like today remind us of the 80s when big hair bands like Judus Priest released smash hits on an album called “Breaking The Law.”  Today in Palmer, local citizens fighting the controversial Wishbone Hill coal project have sent a letter to the Alaska Department of Natural Resources alleging that Usibelli Coal Company has been [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://foms.net/archives/1560</link>
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