The Tea Stand is a Brooklyn-based community project that bikes around NYC serving free tea in parks, and its newsletter covers upcoming events, volunteer calls, merch, and member perks. Readers get event listings, updates on the community zine bōcha, and warm first-person notes from the founders.
Website: https://www.theteastand.org/
Jeff Waldman's personal newsletter covers his design and building projects, hands-on tinkering, and blind taste tests, linking them to personal and community growth. Issues mix anecdotes about woodworking, models of San Francisco landmarks, and reflections on appreciation and craft.
Weekly local reporting on Marblehead, Massachusetts, covering town government, schools, culture and community life. Readers get detailed coverage of Select Board decisions, local policy changes and profiles of community figures.
A local news outlet covering Bloomington, Indiana and Monroe County, with reporting on government meetings, budgets, public safety and community issues. Issues combine detailed meeting coverage with editor's notebook commentary and data-driven explainers.
Singer-songwriter Carrie Newcomer shares reflections on music, poetry, community, and spiritual life, including news about her album Murmurations and a book event. Recent issues mix personal updates, event reminders, and essays on fear and current political events.
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