Groton Names Full Committee to Study Town's Form of Government
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By Heidi Smith, The Sun, Lowell, Mass.  Sep. 19--GROTON -- Selectmen unanimously approved the appointment of the final four members for the committee charged to research whether Groton should hire a town manager during their meeting last night.
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By Jefferson George, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Feb. 11--Gaston County leaders have compiled an extensive list of goals they want state legislators to pursue in this year's General Assembly.   Each year that the N.C.
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By Daniel Wagner, Newsday, Melville, N.Y.  Jun. 20--With the state legislature expected to wrap up business by the end of Thursday and take a recess, a Long Island group is still working to advance its priorities of environmentally sustainable growth through several bills.
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By RICK COLLINS  BRAINTREE - A town meeting advisory panel surprised selectmen by unveiling a blistering preliminary report critical of how the board has handled the debate over whether to build a regional water treatment plant.
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New York's attorney general on  Thursday named a legislative leader for a nonpartisan  public-interest group to create an Internet database to track  links between elected officials and lobbyists and campaign  donors.
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In his "My View" (Aug. 25), Washington County commissioner, Alan Gardner, made some excellent points about the incorrect notion that the federal government can better control public lands than can the local counties. Also, a Sept. 7 article, "N.Y.
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By CAIN BURDEAU  NEW ORLEANS - A group of residents called Monday for Congress to set up an independent, bipartisan panel similar to the Sept. 11 Commission to investigate why levees failed during Hurricane Katrina.
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By Carolyn Y. Johnson, The Boston Globe  May 28--At Nantucket's Town Meeting last month, Selectman Michael Kopko  kept one eye on the crowd in the high school gymnasium and the other on the  town forum's online chat room.
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By Fraser Sherman, Destin Log, Fla.  Dec. 9--On Monday night, Destin's housing committee will find out whether its year of study was enough to ace the big test -- winning City Council approval.
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A panel discussion on stem cell research brought a variety of experts on all sides of the issue to the Capital Region Thursday. It was sponsored by Albany Law School and Albany Medical College.
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By JEN LYNDS; OF THE NEWS STAFF  HOULTON - After a three-week delay, the Town Council is scheduled tonight to decide whether to enact an ordinance crafted to further protect the town's drinking water from any potentially crippling contamination.  The council will meet at 6:30 p.m.
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Robert Saquet says he wants to contribute to Middleborough history by restoring a 155-year-old former schoolhouse next to his store, Eggers Furniture. But he needs the state's help.
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The best-kept secret on the Hill -- the full membership of the new committee on global warming -- is no longer secret. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has announced the 15 members of the committee, formally known as the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming.
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By Donna Porstner, The Stamford Advocate, Conn.  Feb. 22--STAMFORD -- The Board of Representatives' Transportation Committee will hold a public hearing tonight on whether the city should put video feeds from traffic cameras on its Web site.   City Rep.
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While some Southeastern Massachusetts towns weigh the effect of a luxury casino in their backyard, the local Chamber of Commerce is forming its own committee to examine the benefits and costs of the plan.
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By A.J. Higgins, Morning Sentinel, Waterville, Maine  Mar. 7--MANCHESTER -- Town residents who want to weigh in on a proposed  150-foot communications tower could get their chance next month as the  Planning Board wraps up its preliminary review of the project.
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