Friday, 12/2/2011
NEWS:
Stability, With Some Strings
Hartford -- It took 11 years for the Adlers to save money for a home, and just one day for Irene to take it away. Now, Alexandra Adler says she and her husband, Adam, are hoping to recoup some of their losses through the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program. See full story
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NEWS:
Shumlin Says He Supports Medical Use Of Marijuana
Montpelier -- Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin said yesterday he supports and will sign onto a request that federal law be changed to allow doctors to prescribe medical marijuana and pharmacists to fill the prescriptions. See full story
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SPORTS:
The Author Finds Some Fellow Diehards Who Can't Put the Clubs Away
On The Snowbelt Golf Tour -- Procrastination: the gift that keeps on giving regret. See full story
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CLOSE-UP:
Sharp New World
On Black Friday 2011, I slept in. No bargains, no matter how hot, could wake me from my turkey-and-stuffing dreams. See full story
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EDITORIAL:
Immigration Rhetoric
A Longer Fence Isn't the Answer
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Nearly all the Republican presidential hopefuls are now on record as wanting to build a 2,000-mile-long fence on the U.S. border with Mexico -- a wildly expensive, staggeringly wasteful project that would do little to deter illegal immigration. The candidates have coalesced around this chimera even though illegal crossings, as measured by apprehensions by U.S. Border Patrol along the Southwestern frontier, are at their lowest level in 40 years. See full story
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For complete story, see today's Valley News
NEWS: Hanover Residents Debate Boat Launch
Hanover -- In a debate that grew testy at times, the Zoning Board of Adjustment last night met with about 50 residents for a public hearing on the new rowing facility proposed for Wilson's Landing. It's the latest chapter in a battle that’s divided Hanover for more than two years.
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NEWS: Valley Regional to Close Its Birthing Center for Lack of Babies
Claremont -- Valley Regional Hospital will close its birthing center in March because of significant financial losses after years of falling birth rates in the region.
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NEWS: Enfield Calls for Ambulance Fee
Enfield -- When the Enfield volunteer ambulance arrives and whisks injured or sick residents to the hospital, patients aren't charged for the service. But in a medical emergency, literally every minute and second counts, especially when it concerns Enfield's aging population. Now, some in town think things can be speeded up -- and risk reduced -- if they begin charging for full-time ambulance service.
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NEWS: Apple Juice Gets Put Under Press
It's true -- apple juice can pose a risk to your health. But not necessarily from the trace amounts of arsenic that people are arguing about.
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