Tuesday, 12/23/08
NEWS:
10 Vt., N.H. Counties in Top Tax 100
Ten counties in New Hampshire and Vermont, three of which include Upper Valley towns, rank among the nation's top 100 in terms of median property tax bills, according to a study released this month by the nonprofit Tax Foundation. See full story
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NEWS:
Toyota Projects Loss
Nagoya, Japan -- Toyota has hit a speedbump. See full story
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SPORTS:
Staff Reports
Windsor -- There were lots of guys in double figures for Woodstock and Windsor last night. And when it was over, only four points separated the rivals as the Wasps came to town and went to town, 68-64. See full story
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CLOSE-UP:
Learning English
It is a little after 11 a.m., and Charlotte Johnson, an English language teacher at Mount Lebanon School, is working her way down a picture of the body from head to toe. See full story
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EDITORIAL:
Looking the Other Way?
Regulatory Failure, Again
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There is undeniably a certain amount of entertainment value associated with the vast fraud allegedly orchestrated by New York money manager Bernard L. Madoff, from the decidedly Dickensian name of its central figure to the fact that some of the world's wealthiest and savviest investors were taken for what might prove to have been a $50 billion ride by nothing more sophisticated than an old-fashioned Ponzi scheme. See full story
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For complete story, see today's Valley News
NEWS: Hartford Rink to Close in 3 Years
Hartford -- Hartford Municipal Arena, the town hockey rink that's owned by the school district, will see its last skate in three years, but the town's new aquatic center may inspire the rink’s replacement.
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NEWS: Vermont Steps Up Policing of Landlords
Montpelier -- The state Department of Public Safety appears to be stepping up its enforcement against landlords whose properties are found to violate the Vermont housing code, following a court order saying it needed to do just that.
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