Somerset County commissioners and county department heads approved an $11.7 million budget, roughly $570,000 lower than the current budget, for the coming year after a full day of deliberations.
April 2013
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Patriots announce preseason schedule
The preseason will begin on August 16 with a nationally televised game against Tampa Bay.
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Portland Head Light to be featured on new U.S. stamps
The iconic landmark will appear on the upcoming Forever postal series “New England Coastal Lighthouses.”
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Ebert, nation’s best-known film critic, dies at 70
The most famous and beloved film critic of his generation has died after a recurrence of cancer.
Posted inNation & World, News
2nd lost hiker rescued from Calif. forest
Kyndall Jack, 18, had been missing after setting out on a hike with her 19-year-old companion, Nicolas Cendoya, who was found Wednesday night in serious condition.
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Facebook moves to home screens of Android phones
The new software called “Home” makes Facebook the hub of any smartphone running Google’s Android operating system
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Laws, rumors have ammo flying off store shelves
The nation’s 100 million firearms owners are driving the market for some 10 billion rounds annually, with demand and gun purchases both increasing during the past several months.
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Lead poisoning toll revised to 1 in 38 young kids
The increase is the result of the government last year lowering the threshold for lead poisoning, so now more children are considered at risk.
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Possible deal could reduce ex-Enron CEO’s sentence
Jeffrey Skilling, 59, was the highest-ranking executive to be punished for the energy giant’s collapse, which put more than 5,000 people out of work, and wiped out more than $2 billion in employee pensions.
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Union plans action against Portland marijuana dispensary
The AFL-CIO will rally Saturday in Portland to air its complaints about Wellness Connection.