Halloween is coming: Let’s choose a punkin! Concord (3)


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Concord, MA, USA.
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Halloween s’acosta: anem a triar una carbassa!

Diamondbacks strike in 2nd game of twin bill
The Redding Diamondbacks split two games against the U-18 Vacaville Bees, falling 10-5 in the first game and winning 5-0 in the second, on Saturday in Vacaville.
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Mortgage Investors Turn to State Courts for Relief
Aiming to recover losses in the housing crisis, buyers of soured mortgage-backed securities are using state law to sue big banks.
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Crisis leads to Sellout
Macy Gray’s unusual-sounding raspy voice found mainstream success with her Grammywinning soulful balladI Tryfrom her 1999 debut,On How Life Is.Sadly, she would never reach the same career heights again and was in danger of becoming a one-hit wonder.[...]
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Antioch baby fighting a brave battle with cancer
ANTIOCH — At 4 p.m., Karen Blake is fighting the washing machine. She can’t figure out where to pour the soap. She’s sought enlightenment from two nursing stations at Oakland Children’s Hospital with no luck. She is frazzled. Her voice sags with exhaustion.
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NH utility to shut off power briefly Sat.
Public Service of New Hampshire is shutting off the power for about a half hour early Saturday to 1,200 customers in Litchfield and Merrimack. New Hampshire – United States – Merrimack New Hampshire – Merrimack – Business and Economy
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GOP straw poll puts Lamontagne, Stephen on top
Manchester attorney Ovide Lamontagne topped a field of U.S. Senate Republican candidates in a straw poll that also made winners of John Stephen, Frank Guinta and Jennifer Horn two months before the state’s primary.
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Holy Horology
Everything began by a ‘mass’ or ‘service’ on Tuesday April 10, the day before the opening of BaselWorld. At the end of the day, a small el-egant crowd gathered at the Elizabethan Kirche in Basel, squeezing together on the church benches under the high and colourful stained glass windows.
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Portable water alternatives, without the plastic
Drinking water doesn’t just come in plastic bottles. Here are four other ways Concord residents can get and transport their drinking water.
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Police: Angry driver accosts another at traffic stop
An angry driver picked a bad place to confront the driver of another vehicle and ended up in jail yesterday, according to police.
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PETS OF THE WEEK
“McGyver,” a 6-year-old, fawn, neutered male pug mix, is strong, active and friendly. He gets along well with cats, dogs and children, and likes going on walks, riding in the car. He’s house trained but could use some reinforcement since he’s been kept outside.
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Hopeful’s support of gun ownership is targeted
Sure, Republican Senate candidate Ovide Lamontagne had a pretty good National Rifle Association rating when he was the 1996 nominee for governor. And he has a Second Amendment Coalition of supporters in this race that include some of the leading defenders of firearm rights. But there sure is one gun-rights protecting organization, the New Hampshire Firearms Coalition, that has its sights trained …
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Cooling summer dress codes
The leadership at ThenDesign Architecture held a series of deliberations four months ago regarding an aspect crucial to the company’s future success.
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Holy Horology
Everything began by a ‘mass’ or ‘service’ on Tuesday April 10, the day before the opening of BaselWorld. At the end of the day, a small el-egant crowd gathered at the Elizabethan Kirche in Basel, squeezing together on the church benches under the high and colourful stained glass windows.
Read more on Europa Star

Crisis leads to Sellout
Macy Gray’s unusual-sounding raspy voice found mainstream success with her Grammywinning soulful balladI Tryfrom her 1999 debut,On How Life Is.Sadly, she would never reach the same career heights again and was in danger of becoming a one-hit wonder.[...]
Read more on Cornwall Standard Freeholder

Library Corner
All Contra Costa County library branches offer programs for children, teens, adults and families. For library hours and updated information, call the local branch or 800-984-4636 or visit www.ccclib.org .
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Greenville police investigating assaults
1100 block Masters Lane, 3 a.m. July 4; 32-year-old man assaulted during domestic dispute with ex-girlfriend. 100 block Shiloh Drive, 2 a.m. July 3; 19-year-old woman assaulted with cutting instrument; injuries, arrest not indicated.
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Seattle: Greg Anderson Saturday report
The second day of qualifying for the NHRA Northwest Nationals provided racers and fans with much more favorable conditions than those encountered on Friday, with the cooler temperatures creating wholesale changes in the Pro Stock starting line-up.
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Looking inside from the inside
In May last year, in a moving ritual that entailed me kneeling on the floor before my Editor-in-Chief whilst he ceremoniously dropped ash on my shoulder from his hand-rolled cigarette, I was dubbed Roving Editor in the hope was that I would make some dramatic, eye-catching horological discoveries during my international roving.
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Local band releasing CD
Without Cause, a Jefferson City-based band, is releasing its first full-length album “Side by Side” during a release party at 6:30 p.m. Friday at Concord Baptist Church in Jefferson City.
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