State Known as Anti-Tax Hears Calls for ReformMarch 22, 2008|Katie Zezima|New York Times|3 CommentsNon-binding resolution on property taxes gained traction at town meetings despite opponents' claims that it is misleading and dishonest.
New England’s Snow Becomes Too Much for RoofsMarch 7, 2008|Katie Zezima|New York Times|0 CommentsIt has been a great winter for skiers in central and northern New England, but the heavy snowfall has become a nightmare for municipal budgets and the owners of dozens of buildings whose roofs have collapsed.
Riding the Rail to the Top, and Not AmusedNovember 24, 2007|Katie Zezima|New York Times|0 CommentsThe Mount Washington Cog Railway, which chugs up the side of New England’s tallest peak, has been called the Railway to the Moon. Some people have been taking that title a bit too literally.
In East Texas, a Lake-Eating MonsterJuly 30, 2007|Ralph Blumenthal|New York Times|0 CommentsHow this one-time steamboat landing on Caddo Lake got its name is, well, uncertain — as uncertain as the fate that now clouds this natural wonder, often called the state's only honest lake.
A Back to Basics GetawayJanuary 26, 2007|Jeff Vandam|New York Times|0 CommentsFew souls roamed the normally busy byways of Ossipee, N.H., earlier this month, as 65-degree temperatures and a complete lack of snow beset this mountainous, lake-rich territory near the Maine border.
