Non-binding resolution on property taxes gained traction at town meetings despite opponents’ claims that it is misleading and dishonest.
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New England’s Snow Becomes Too Much for Roofs
It has been a great winter for skiers in central and northern New England, but the heavy snowfall has become a nightmare for municipal budgets and the owners of dozens of buildings whose roofs have collapsed.
Riding the Rail to the Top, and Not Amused
The Mount Washington Cog Railway, which chugs up the side of New England’s tallest peak, has been called the Railway to the Moon. Some people have been taking that title a bit too literally.
In East Texas, a Lake-Eating Monster
How this one-time steamboat landing on Caddo Lake got its name is, well, uncertain — as uncertain as the fate that now clouds this natural wonder, often called the state’s only honest lake.
A Back to Basics Getaway
Few souls roamed the normally busy byways of Ossipee, N.H., earlier this month, as 65-degree temperatures and a complete lack of snow beset this mountainous, lake-rich territory near the Maine border.