Its Mill Days Gone (and Not Coming Back), a Small Town Tries Plans B and C
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Berlin, N.H., is trying to offset the loss of its economic base, paper mills, with a new federal prison and New Englandâs first all-terrain vehicle park.
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By Matt Christensen, The Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho  Feb. 11--JEROME -- For decades, small and large dairy owners have banded together to protect their industry, but those days might be over.
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Divided by a twist of history 26 years ago, this remote town straddling the Gaza-Egypt border has been reunited in just as haphazard a fashion.
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When the local government announced it was going to confiscate their homes and businesses to make room for a new development, residents of this village in southeastern China fought back.
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More retired people are rejecting unfettered leisure in favor of starting up small businesses.
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COTTENHAM, England -- A brutal killing, cigarette smuggling, a tax revolt, and a human rights dispute -- the last things one would expect to find in an English village.
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Montgomery County's elected officials retreated yesterday from a plan to temporarily freeze dozens of development projects, passing a weaker version that they said would still open the door to ensuring that roadways and schools in the state's largest jurisdiction keep pace with growth.
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By Karen Lovett, The Telegraph, Nashua, N.H.  Dec. 13--HOLLIS -- A community farm project hit a snag Monday as Hollis  selectmen rejected putting town money towards its development.
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At a time when local governments are in a whirl of planning for aging baby boomers, folks in one Montgomery County community have mastered the art of delivering senior-friendly services.
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MACKENZIE, B.C. -- For a time, the snow-dusted forests ringing this picturesque mill town might as well have been made of gold.
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Most communities that lose business in spite of offering companies tax breaks walk away, but one town is fighting back.
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If you spend time looking back, you'll miss what's coming up.
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A tidy German town that  has long flourished above its underground treasure of  subsidized coal is struggling to cope with the shock after the  government decided last week to shut down the mine.
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Big city's WLAN okay. Little towns not so lucky
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When farmer Greg Bryant first heard about plans for windmills along a swath of mountain ridges in this northeastern Vermont hamlet, he was all for it. The idea of tapping a plentiful natural resource for power was appealing.
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Facing the loss of jobs and civic prestige, Boston turns to institutions that won't leave.
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KANNAPOLIS, N.C.  - After a more than a century of  churning out towels, sheets and bedspreads for American homes,  there's no future for textiles in this self-proclaimed "city of  looms," and many other North Carolina towns fear the same fate.