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Tax hikes in plan to balance Pentucket budget
WEST NEWBURY — Hikes in elementary-school class sizes, athletic fees and the cost of school lunch — and another teaching cut at the high school — are some solutions the Pentucket Regional School Committee is looking at to cover a $ 1.5 million increase in next year’s budget.
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Bond issue, new city tax on agenda
Last week’s annual Dunwoody City Council retreat put meat on the bones of outlines to raise the city’s hotel-motel tax and ask voters to approve an expansion of the city park system.
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Who are you calling past it?
The Miriam O’Reilly case exposed ageism at the BBC – but what’s it really like for older women working in broadcasting? From Joan Bakewell (77) to Jennie Bond (60), we ask the women who know Joan Bakewell, 77 I was taken aside recently by a famous woman television figure: “I’m getting on for 50: do you think I should worry?” I was appalled to be asked the question and unsure how to answer. There …
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