links for 2011-06-01

Thirty-three years ago, on May 15, the Sullivan Free Library celebrated what would have been L. Frank Baum’s 122nd birthday.

A young woman from Phoenix, NY, was charged with underage alcohol consumption/possession after an incident at a fast food drive-thru in Rhode Island.

Seniority rosters, which could be used to guide potential layoffs of state employees, are being sent to agency heads.

Shortly after getting laid off from GE, the Salisbury chainsaw carver decided to turn large chunks of white pine into Northeastern wildlife as a way to support his family.

The Legislative Ethics Commission, in its first-ever action against a sitting legislator, has issued a notice of reasonable cause that Assemblyman William F. Boyland Jr., D-Brooklyn, violated the state’s legislative law by holding an outside consulting contract in “substantial conflict” with his legislative duties.

Wolves in the eastern United States are hybrids of gray wolves and coyotes, while the region's coyotes actually are wolf-coyote-dog hybrids, according to a new genetic study that is adding fuel to a longstanding debate over the origins of two endangered species.