PERHAPS it's the nature of human beings to want to invent government. The brief career of the town of Jefferson is evidence that this impulse should come with a standard warning: Be careful what you wish for.
RUMFORD ? Got any business at the town office on Wednesday? Better get there before noon. Rumford's fiscal year ends Wednesday, June 30, which is why municipal offices will be closed to close out fiscal year 2009-10 books.
The Fennimore Common Council has approved several budget adjustments that close out the books for last year. With a $100,000 deficit lingering from 2008, the city had to transfer money from several different accounts to cover the red ink. City Clerk Margaret Sprague said surplus funds were transferred from six different areas.
HAMDEN -- In an 8-6 vote, the Legislative Council approved a bid waiver late Monday that would allow the town to hire its auditors to close the books on the last fiscal year. At a special meeting that ended after 11 p.m., Mayor Carl Amento asked the council for the waiver to spend up to $14,000 to hire Levitsky & Berney of Woodbridge to help close out the town's books, a step necessary before the company can do the audit. In order to audit the town's financial records, Levitsky & Berney wants the books closed by Sept. 15.
NEW YORK - The stock market looked to end 2009 on a down note as institutional investors made some last-minute adjustments to their portfolios. News that weekly unemployment claims fell to the lowest level since July 2008 gave stocks an initial blip Thursday, but the market gave back the gains as the few traders on hand took some profits to close out their books. Many investors believe that the market, which has had its best year since 2003, has seen the best of its gains for a while. So those who were still at their desks were moving money out of some stocks.
NEW YORK - Buying a new car from a company that is about to go out of business can save you thousands of dollars, thanks to dealers and manufacturers eager to close out their books. Plymouth and Oldsmobile are two recent examples of car divisions that went out of business, writes Bankrate.com car columnist Terry Jackson. Yet they continued to sell off inventory until the day the last dealer closed its doors - proof that "orphan" status does not necessarily have a damaging impact on the value of the car, as some people assume.
Chet Robinson is a successful author with five published novels under his belt, but Robinson said that doesn't mean he's living in a mansion with a Lamborghini in the garage. With the exception of a handful of Steven Kings and John Grishams, authors aren't leading glamorous lives, though some people have that impression," Robinson said. "My life is the same as it's always been. I've got about 20,000 fans who buy my books when they come out, but I'm not close to being rich.
All this business about e-books has me worried about the local libraries. If libraries get rid of all their books -- you know, the kinds with pages and stuff -- and go strictly the e-book route, can't you close all those big, brick buildings and simply operate the library out of a closet with a computer server?
NEW YORK (AP) -- If you're joining the "staycation" craze this summer by taking your precious vacation days at home, you might find inspiration in "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Backyard Adventures. The $12.95 paperback by Nancy Worrell, part of the popular Idiot's Guide series published by Alpha/Penguin Books, promises "close-to-home activities for fun-focused families" from camping out to arts and crafts.
If you're joining the "staycation" craze this summer by taking your precious vacation days at home, you might find inspiration in "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Backyard Adventures. The $12.95 paperback by Nancy Worrell, part of the popular Idiot's Guide series published by Alpha/Penguin Books, promises "close-to-home activities for fun-focused families" from camping out to arts and crafts.
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