Sunday, 12/28/08
NEWS:
After Christmas, the Yearly Cleaning of Closets Is Under Way
Now that this year's holiday memories have been made, people are getting around to taking out the holiday trash. Yesterday, they hauled empty boxes and wads of torn wrapping paper to recycling centers, and some laid unwanted gifts at the doors of charity thrift stores. See full story
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NEWS:
Lebanon Finds Partner in Social Services
Lebanon -- For people who find themselves on the road to personal ruin, the city of Lebanon human services office is a way station where they often turn around. See full story
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NEWS:
Hundreds Killed in Airstrikes On Gaza
Jerusalem -- Israeli warplanes pounded Hamas installations across the Gaza Strip yesterday in retaliation for rocket attacks from Gaza into Israel. At least 225 Palestinians were killed and more than 700 wounded, Palestinian health officials reported, one of the highest daily death tolls in decades of conflict. See full story
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SPORTS:
NEHSA Lends Hand To Injured Veterans
Newbury, N.H. -- Last summer, Tom Kersey took a promotional picture for one of the new offerings of the New England Handicapped Sports Association. See full story
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NEWS:
Enfield Firm Looks to Prove Its Metal
Enfield -- There it was, in the November press announcement, buried 11 paragraphs down: the first mention of Erigo Technologies. Never mind that the Enfield-based firm was the reason why the $422 million titanium “mini mill” was being built in the first place. See full story
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EDITORIAL:
Union Flexibility
Taxpayers Could Use a Hand
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By allowing public workers to negotiate fair wages and working conditions, unions play a vital role at all levels of government. But at a time when taxpayers are facing a new year filled with bleak economic prospects, union representatives would do a favor to those taxpayers -- and their members -- by offering to give something back. See full story
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For complete story, see today's Valley News
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