Saturday, 1/3/09
NEWS:
Downhill, So Far, So Good
Enfield -- Despite a wet Christmas weekend and the dampening prospects for the economy, ski mountains in Vermont and New Hampshire are reporting a solid start to the season. See full story
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NEWS:
Airline Apologizes for Removing Muslims
Washington -- AirTran Airways apologized yesterday to nine Muslims kicked off a New Year's Day flight to Florida after other passengers reported hearing a suspicious remark about airplane security. See full story
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SPORTS:
Thetford Senior Glad to Join 1,000-Point Fraternity
Thetford -- Entering this season needing 177 points to reach 1,000 for his career, the anticipation had been running high all season for senior center Jason Gray and the Thetford Academy boys basketball team. See full story
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EDITORIAL:
Fair Wages In Vermont
Raises for Legislators?
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Vermont's 180 legislators are due for a 1.8 percent pay raise this year, or $11.06 a week for the 18 weeks the Legislature is ordinarily in session. But these are not ordinary times, as you have probably noted unless you are tossing out your 401(k) statements without opening them. As a result, lawmakers are under pressure to repeal this modest, statutorily mandated pay increase as a way of showing economic solidarity with their struggling constituents. See full story
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For complete story, see today's Valley News
NEWS: Leahy Marks the Sea-Change in Vt.
Montpelier -- In 1974, Patrick Leahy was the upstart Democratic prosecutor from Burlington who dared to run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Republican George Aiken, who had been at the center of Vermont's political stage for almost half a century.
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NEWS: Israel Keeps Pressure on Gaza Strip
Jerusalem -- Israeli air strikes killed at least eight Palestinians in the Gaza Strip yesterday amid mounting speculation that a long-threatened land invasion of the coastal territory would begin soon.
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