Thursday, 4/23/09
NEWS:
Norwich Appoints Selectman
Norwich -- Retired garage owner Roger Blake is the town's new Selectboard member. See full story
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NEWS:
Non-Rx Morning-After Pill OK at Age 17
Washington -- The federal government plans to announce that it would allow the sale of the morning-after pill Plan B without a prescription to women as young as 17, making the controversial contraceptive available to minors for the first time without a doctor's order, a federal official said yesterday. See full story
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SPORTS:
Cardinals Shining in the Rain
West Canaan -- This time, it was Stevens conducting the late-inning rally. See full story
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CLOSE-UP:
Northern Stage Pair Creates a Musical,
Coming to a Theater Near You
Catherine Doherty and Brett Schrier had worked together on a few musicals at Northern Stage when the banter that goes along with life in the theater turned into something more serious: an idea for a play. See full story
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EDITORIAL:
One-Term Trustee
Dartmouth Board Acted Reasonably
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The doors were closed earlier this month when Dartmouth trustees declined to reappoint Todd Zywicki to the board, and the participants aren't now offering any explanations for their decision. Those circumstances serve as an open invitation to Zywicki and his supporters to assume the worst. They are doing exactly that by publicly characterizing the board's decision as the stifling of free speech. But make no mistake, Zywicki had handed the board a perfectly legitimate reason for not granting him a new term, and the board was well within its rights to exercise it. See full story
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For complete story, see today's Valley News
NEWS: Newport Fugitive Arrested in Calif.
Newport, N.H. -- Aaron Aldridge, a radio talk show host from Newport wanted in New Hampshire on child pornography charges, was arrested Tuesday afternoon by the California Highway Patrol near the Nevada border, according to a police report.
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NEWS: Valley Water Projects to Get $8.4M
Lebanon -- The state has approved about $8.4 million in federal stimulus funding for drinking water and sewer projects in the Upper Valley, but at least two towns -- Canaan and Haverhill Corner -- will pass up some or all of the money.
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NEWS: Vt. Senate OKs Bill To Increase ‘Sin Taxes'
Montpelier -- Want to sip a cocktail in front of your satellite-connected TV? Soon, it could cost Vermont residents more.
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NEWS: IMF Foresees Worsening Of Worldwide Recession
Washington -- The global economy is expected to lurch into reverse this year for the first time since World War II with appalling consequences for nations large and small -- trillions of dollars in lost business, millions of people thrust into hunger and homelessness and crime on the rise.
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