’81 dead Antifa’ and muskrats: this is not to be missed

From a 21-year-old man from Erp who has to go to prison for two years for possession of weapons to fewer and fewer muskrats being caught. These are the five stories from the past week that you must read.

Thomas D. from Erp was sentenced to two years in prison for possessing six working firearms, hundreds of bullets and explosives. The 25-year-old student made ammunition himself and had bomb manuals on his laptop. The court is concerned about his ‘radicalization process’, despite the terrorism charge being dropped. D. talked in wiretapped conversations about ’81 dead Antifa’ and threatened to stab left-wing activists to death. Read the whole story here.

Grietje Post’s iconic workers’ home in Werkendam is in danger of being lost. The municipality of Altena wants to sell the former ‘Oudheidkamer’, the last original fisherman’s house in the district. Neighbor Anja den Hollander-Versteeg started a petition that has already been signed 360 times. The 150-year-old building was saved from demolition by Grietje in 1979, with the help of Prince Claus. You can read her story here.

A monument has been unveiled in the memorial forest in Loon op Zand for the thousands of Brabanders who died from corona and for people with post-covid. The initiative came from 50PLUS Tilburg, which previously commemorated annually in the Hasselt Chapel. In Brabant alone, almost three thousand deaths occurred in the first corona year. At the unveiling the message was: ‘You are not alone.’ Check it out here.

There is also environmental news. Drug waste from Brabant is cleaned up by specialized companies and temporarily stored in fire-resistant safes in Breda. The waste then goes to a special incinerator in Germany that reaches 1200 degrees. The Netherlands no longer has these expensive drum ovens. A full load consists of 24 pallets, approximately five thousand to eight thousand kilos of waste. Read their analysis.

Finally, some positive news about the muskrat. In West Brabant, muskrat catch rates have been declining since 2020, while 27 percent more animals were caught nationally. In the working area of ​​the Brabantse Delta water board, there are 400 catches compared to 2,600 in the whole of Brabant. Yet catchers remain alert: an uncontrolled population can grow from twenty to a thousand animals in three years. The protected beaver makes the job more complicated. Read their story here.