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April 20, 2012 RSS feed / Front Page

Fate of Sullivan County dispatch center up in the air

Following a faced-paced 80-minute meeting in Newport last night, a crowd of 50 county officials quietly went along with a suggestion to determine how much support there is among the 15 Sullivan County communities to possibly establish a countywide Em More...

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SULLIVAN COUNTY PROPERTY TRANSFERS

NEWPORT — The following property transfers were recorded at the office of the Sullivan County Registry of Deeds between April 11 and 17: Charlestown More...

WINDSOR POLICE LOG

Monday, April 9 7:32 a.m. — Citizen dispute at 29 Union St. 7:54 a.m. — Vandalism at 928 Back Mountain Road. 9:43 a.m. — Traffic accident with injury on Bridge Street. 9:52 a.m.— Noise disturbance on Durkee Street. 1:34 p.m. More...

LOCAL AND STATE BRIEFS

Windsor man charged with fraud SPRINGFIELD — Donald Clark, 38, of Windsor, was arrested April 16 for home improvement fraud after police revealed Springfield residents had entered into a contract with him in 2011 to repair their homes. More...

Around Town

FRIDAY

Dance, karaoke CLAREMONT — A dance and karaoke will be held from 7 to 11 p.m. Friday, April 20, at the Claremont Moose Lodge on Broad Street in Claremont. No cover, all are welcome. Friday night bingo More...

SATURDAY

Rummage sales SUNAPEE — The U.M.W. Rummage Sale will held from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, April 21, in the Community Room of the Lake Sunapee Methodist Church, 15 Main St., in Sunapee. More...

SUNDAY

Benefit breakfast More...

Sports

Yellow Jackets survive late scare

WINDSOR — The Windsor softball team didn’t lose back-to-back games all of last season. More...

B.F. capitalizes on Cosmos’ mistakes

SPRINGFIELD — Bob Lockerby expects a lot from his players. So much, in fact, that the Bellows Falls baseball team’s longtime coach wasn’t exactly thrilled following yesterday’s 10-5 win over Springfield. More...

Fenway ready for 100th anniversary

BOSTON — Jaime Gutierrez flew all the way from his home in El Salvador to attend Fenway Park’s 100th anniversary celebration. “It’s a dream come true,” the 28-year-old Red Sox fan said. More...

Race shapes up

Osgood says he’s running

State Rep. Joe Osgood, a Claremont Republican, made it official yesterday and threw his hat into the ring for District 5’s open state senate seat. More...

Democrats facing a primary

State Rep. David Pierce announced this week that he is seeking the Democratic nomination for the open District 5 state senate seat. More...

Obituaries

Margaret L. Robideau - 2013-06-19
Joseph P. Jarvis - 2013-06-19
Verna M. Thibault - 2013-06-18
Jerome J. Slutzky - 2013-06-18
John L. Neal - 2013-06-18
Roseline Reola - 2013-06-18
Arlene B. Deuso - 2013-06-18
Edward Joseph Boggis - 2013-06-17
Richard M. Chappell - 2013-06-17
Marcia T. Burch - 2013-06-17
Jerome J. Slutsky - 2013-06-17
Dorothy Lepitre - 2013-06-15
Richard M. Chappell - 2013-06-15
Laura E. Barnes - 2013-06-14

Education

CLAREMONT CHRISTIAN ACADEMY DIRECTOR S HONOR ROLL

Claremont Christian Academy The Rev. Marc Proch, administrator of Claremont Christian Academy, announces the Director’s Roll and Honor Roll for the third quarter of the 2011-2012 school year. More...

Opinion

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Let the IRS do your taxes

In the 2008 presidential campaign, candidate Barack Obama proposed a system by which the Internal Revenue Service would supply taxpayers with forms “prefilled” with the relevant data, requiring them only to “verify, sign and return& More...

Expand the middle class

So how do we re-create the American middle class? Making our loopy tax code more equitable appears to be off the agenda, what with Senate Republicans’ refusal Monday to allow a vote on a tax hike for millionaires. More...

State News

House passes ‘personhood’ bill

MONTPELIER — The Vermont House yesterday passed a resolution calling on the U.S. More...

FEMA OKs $11 million for bridge

The Federal Emergency Management Agency approved more than $11 million yesterday through the public assistance program for extensive work on a White River Junction bridge damaged by Tropical Storm Irene. More...

VERMONT IN BRIEF

Strong turkey season predicted BENNINGTON, Vt. — Young turkey hunters in Vermont should be getting a jump on what is expected to be a good season when they head out on the weekend of April 28-29. More...

Advice

Mom who caused daughter’s injury must now help her heal

DEAR ABBY: My two children were in a terrible car accident and were both airlifted to a children’s hospital. My son was released two weeks later, but my daughter is still there, suffering from traumatic brain injury. More...

All age groups need to practice safe sex

DEAR DOCTOR K: I’m a single, postmenopausal woman in my 50s. Do I still need to worry about “safe” sex? More...