Wednesday, 5/6/09
NEWS:
‘Your Son Has Been in an Accident'
Lebanon -- Katelyn Rousseau was supposed to get a ride home from the Lebanon Junior High School dance on Friday, but it was one of the warmer nights of the spring, so Rousseau, 14, decided to join four friends and walk to their homes in downtown Lebanon. See full story
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NEWS:
2 N.H. Legislators Frown on New Tax
Prospects for passage of a capital gains tax in New Hampshire appear uncertain, with two key Senate committee chairmen yesterday saying they are opposed to the measure. See full story
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SPORTS:
Thayer Students Use Ingenuity to Cook Up a Hybrid Racer
Loudon, N.H. -- Yes, the competition sponsored by Dartmouth's Thayer School of Engineering this week is meant for student-built and designed Formula Hybrid cars. But Colorado State University's intrepid team redefined “hybrid” and became everyone’s paddock pals. See full story
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CLOSE-UP:
Monkey Bay's
Dry White
Beats Pricier
Competition
When I was much younger, back before I had a taste for wine, I was assigned by my father to gather up eight feral kittens that were living behind our garage. Although they hissed, clawed and spat, I managed to get them into a large cardboard box with a tight fitting lid, their first leg of a trip to the Humane Society and a safer home. See full story
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EDITORIAL:
Judging A Judge
Lesson From the Boardman Ruling
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The Vermont Supreme Court shouldn't have had much difficulty endorsing the finding of the Judicial Conduct Board that Windsor County Assistant Judge William Boardman violated the Code of Judicial Conduct. Boardman's conflict of interest -- he arranged the sale of county property in 2007 to a nonprofit on whose board he served -- was so blatant it was impossible for everybody but Boardman to ignore. Although the court accepted the Judicial Conduct Board's recommended punishment — a six-month suspension from Boardman’s administrative and judicial duties — it found insufficient evidence to support a second misconduct charge against him. See full story
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For complete story, see today's Valley News
NEWS: On Eve of Gay Marriage Vote, Lynch Feels Pressure From All Sides
Concord -- If phones really could ring off the hook, Gov. John Lynch's would look like a jumping bean. Since last week, when the state Senate approved a gay marriage proposal, both sides have mobilized, inundating his office with calls, e-mails, letters and postcards.
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NEWS: Hartford May Take Listen Lot for Bridge
White River Junction -- The town of Hartford might invoke temporary eminent domain to take part of the nonprofit Listen Center's parking lot on Bridge Street to make way for a temporary bridge over the Connecticut River.
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NEWS: Battle Looms In Pakistani Swat
Peshawar, Pakistan -- Thousands of panicked civilians began fleeing the conflict-ridden Swat Valley region yesterday, fearing a full-fledged confrontation between government forces and Taliban fighters after the insurgents declared an end to their peace accord with the government.
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