What is the local headline in your town today?
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Lothlorien
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a lot of the news here, in NJ has been about Corzine raising the tolls and adding tolls to major highways. Locally, there's been a lot of car crashes, especially involving young drivers and many deaths.
3rd largest Meth lab in state found, 128 Marijuana plants worth $128,000. One person arrested.
Lots about our public schools due to recent change in Superinetnedant.
Missing baby found - with relative.
Shootings and other deaths.
These are the main stories on 3 of the local internet news sites.
Lots about our public schools due to recent change in Superinetnedant.
Missing baby found - with relative.
Shootings and other deaths.
These are the main stories on 3 of the local internet news sites.
Momslittleangels
New Member
I live in Southern California, so I suppose we will be on "Storm Watch" all evening, since we MIGHT get a sprinkle of rain.......
I quit getting the paper because they can't spell anything correctly and they can't even get the basic facts correct in most anything. Heck, even the grocery ads end up with multiple corrections due to the paper staff "fixing" them. Drives me nuts.
But the weather is ALWAYS a big story here.
Susie
But the weather is ALWAYS a big story here.
Susie
PonyGirl
Warrior Parent
Our local paper (weekly) has a front page story celebrating 10 Year Anniversary of Kinship (mentor adult/child) matches. Nice picture of local woman with her Kinship match girl when they first met, side by side with the current picture of the same two people. Heartwarming.
Also an article about possible Wisconsin Wolf Hunt season. Hmmmmmm.....
Under the fold (our town isn't THAT small, I guess) runs the story of how our local County board owes the State $501K!!!! They're calling it an "unintentional error". The section of the County board who made the mistake is the Developmental Disabilities Services! That's not who I work for, but it's who FUNDS who I work for!!!!!!!! (A separate, non-profit entity)
My boss attends their Board Meetings (I'm allergic, WAY too much politics) and she keeps explaining to me that it's all an "Auditing Problem" She tries to tell me it's all about billing rates and under-reported expenses. Yeah. Whatever.
I've thought for YEARS that their accounting procedures were hinkie. WE bill THEM for our services. But THEY tell US what our billing rates will be! Say what?
:check_writer:
Will be quite interesting to watch this play out. Hopefully, none of this can come back to bite me! We have different auditors, and I've been assured year after year that all is well with our books.
Peace
Also an article about possible Wisconsin Wolf Hunt season. Hmmmmmm.....
Under the fold (our town isn't THAT small, I guess) runs the story of how our local County board owes the State $501K!!!! They're calling it an "unintentional error". The section of the County board who made the mistake is the Developmental Disabilities Services! That's not who I work for, but it's who FUNDS who I work for!!!!!!!! (A separate, non-profit entity)
My boss attends their Board Meetings (I'm allergic, WAY too much politics) and she keeps explaining to me that it's all an "Auditing Problem" She tries to tell me it's all about billing rates and under-reported expenses. Yeah. Whatever.
I've thought for YEARS that their accounting procedures were hinkie. WE bill THEM for our services. But THEY tell US what our billing rates will be! Say what?
:check_writer:
Will be quite interesting to watch this play out. Hopefully, none of this can come back to bite me! We have different auditors, and I've been assured year after year that all is well with our books.
Peace
DammitJanet
Well-Known Member
Well these are our top headlines for today!
Top Stories:
Top Stories:
- Teenager charged with assaulting man
- Grant funds fight against diabetes
- Keep pets warm during the dog days of winter
- Watts takes his seat
hearts and roses
Mind Reader
Today's top news stories up here in our area of CT were:
Ex-Governor Rowland (AKA Jailbird indicted of corroption) has been offered a lucrative position in Waterbury by it's city's Mayor. The job, ironically, would place Rowland into a position where he would be negotiating contracts with outside vendors for services within the city - the very thing he was indicted for as Governor of our state. Hmph!
and
A 19 year old man was arrested after he hit and young girl and ran last January, killing a student at UCONN. Apparently, his difficult child encouraged him to 'just keep going!" and when he told his parents, back in NYS, they also encouraged him to keep the hit and run a secret and even provided an alliby for him! He was sentenced yesterday (one day after the one year anniversary of the girl's death) to 3 years and 1 month in jail, 5 years probation, $500/year payment to a memorial fund for each year of probation, and 100 hours of community service for each year of probation. His girlfriend is up for trial shortly as are his parents. He started the first day of his sentence today.
and
There is a group of resident waging war in a nearby town over a company's plans to build a biodiesal plant in an already industrialized area of their town.
Ex-Governor Rowland (AKA Jailbird indicted of corroption) has been offered a lucrative position in Waterbury by it's city's Mayor. The job, ironically, would place Rowland into a position where he would be negotiating contracts with outside vendors for services within the city - the very thing he was indicted for as Governor of our state. Hmph!
and
A 19 year old man was arrested after he hit and young girl and ran last January, killing a student at UCONN. Apparently, his difficult child encouraged him to 'just keep going!" and when he told his parents, back in NYS, they also encouraged him to keep the hit and run a secret and even provided an alliby for him! He was sentenced yesterday (one day after the one year anniversary of the girl's death) to 3 years and 1 month in jail, 5 years probation, $500/year payment to a memorial fund for each year of probation, and 100 hours of community service for each year of probation. His girlfriend is up for trial shortly as are his parents. He started the first day of his sentence today.
and
There is a group of resident waging war in a nearby town over a company's plans to build a biodiesal plant in an already industrialized area of their town.
Shari
IsItFridayYet?
The headline in town where I work today is that a chain saw attack on counselors at a work rehab center for homeless people was premeditated by a schizophrenic man.
And there's a place online to post comments about the story - the comments from the people in this community are hideous.
And there's a place online to post comments about the story - the comments from the people in this community are hideous.
totoro
Mom? What's a difficult child?
Shari that is so sad... much like our headlines...
But we had an added bonus of...
The School District is projecting a loss of $2,223,500. A reduction of 33.43 staff positions. Of course Special Education and Para-professionals will be effected...
We only have around 10,000 people in our community!!!
Oh and in our other town down south, Couer DAlene, a kid brought guns, rifles, loaded to the high school....
But we had an added bonus of...
The School District is projecting a loss of $2,223,500. A reduction of 33.43 staff positions. Of course Special Education and Para-professionals will be effected...
We only have around 10,000 people in our community!!!
Oh and in our other town down south, Couer DAlene, a kid brought guns, rifles, loaded to the high school....
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