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         <title><![CDATA[Legislators looking at taxing endowments over $1B]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Friday, May 9

 WILLIAMSTOWN -- Williams College  might see the state shave a yearly slice from its $2 billion endowment fund if a plan some legislators are supporting passes into law, but administrators are arguing the law would be unconstiutional.


 Legislators asked the Depart-ment of Revenue two weeks ago to study a plan that would place a 2.]]></description>
         <author><![CDATA[By Bonnie Obremski, North Adams Transcript]]></author>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[05/09/2008 06:46:33 PM GMT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Vandals attack Maple Street Cemetery]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Friday, May 9

 ADAMS -- More than 40 headstones have been toppled at the Maple Street Cemetery in a massive act of vandalism that mirrors incidents that have happened in Pittsfield and North Adams recently.


 Late last week, Cemetery Com-issioner David Nuvallie found that dozens of the grave markers had been knocked off their pedestals, broken in half or uprooted from the ground.]]></description>
         <author><![CDATA[By Ryan Hutton, North Adams Transcript]]></author>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[05/09/2008 03:34:46 PM GMT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Williams donates lab equipment to Mount Greylock]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Friday, May 9

 WILLIAMSTOWN -- Mount Greylock Regional High School now owns a foreign language learning laboratory thanks to a large donation of equipment from Williams College.


 "One of the real objectives of foreign language programs is to have kids become fluent in the speaking of a language, not just in the grammar and reading part of it," Superintendent William Travis said on Thursday.]]></description>
         <author><![CDATA[By Bonnie Obremski, North Adams Transcript]]></author>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[05/09/2008 03:34:24 PM GMT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[A helping voice]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Friday, May 9

 Former Gov. Jane Swift reads during National Record-A-Thon Week for Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic, Tuesday morning at the organization's Main Street location in Williamstown. The unit is always looking for volunteers to be trained in recording and reading for the organization.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[05/09/2008 03:34:23 PM GMT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Planning Board rivals outline varying stances]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Friday, May 9

 Editor's note: Due to an unfortunate production error, this story did not run its entirety in Thursday's paper. We are reprinting it here today.


 WILLIAMSTOWN -- Three incumbents are facing opposition in the town's first-ever Planning Board election, and voters will need to decide on Tuesday whether swapping experience for fresh blood is the best decision for the town.]]></description>
         <author><![CDATA[By Bonnie Obremski, North Adams Transcript]]></author>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[05/09/2008 03:34:22 PM GMT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Planning Board incumbents question new blood]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Friday, May 9

 WILLIAMSTOWN -- Three incumbents are facing opposition in the town's first-ever Planning Board election, and voters will need to decide on Tuesday whether swapping experience for fresh blood is the best decision for the town.


 Eight candidates are contending for one of five positions on the board.]]></description>
         <author><![CDATA[By Bonnie Obremski, North Adams Transcript]]></author>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[05/09/2008 03:34:16 PM GMT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Today in local history]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Friday, May 9

 May 9


 50 years ago today


 NORTH ADAMS -- Rudolph Benedetti, physical education teacher in city schools, has been reappointed to the Recreation Commission for a five-year term. Mr. Benedetti, of 55 Arnold Place, has been a member of the board since January 1957, when he was named to fill out the unexpired term of John Puppolo.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[05/09/2008 03:34:15 PM GMT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Mystery Photo solved]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Friday, May 9

 A slew of people called in to identify the late Robert E. Galipeau, seen here digging up carrots from his Kemp Avenue garden in North Adams on March 19, 1975. Mr. Gallipeau served 37 years with the city's water department, retiring as superintendent in 1983. A past commander of the American Legion in North Adams, he was instrumental in reviving the post's baseball team.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[05/09/2008 03:33:44 PM GMT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Jail guard admits to sex with inmates; gets one year in prison]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Friday, May 9

 PITTSFIELD -- In Berkshire Superior Court Wednesday, Raymond M. "Mickey" Dunham Jr.'s family and friends shared fond memories of a good boy who went on to become an even better father. But not even the support of a local Catholic priest or anecdotes about the big-hearted Dunham, who still shovels his grandmother's driveway each winter, could erase a critical mistake.]]></description>
         <author><![CDATA[By Conor Berry, Berkshire Eagle]]></author>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[05/09/2008 03:33:43 PM GMT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Adams calling out Ransford on taxes]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Thursday, May 8

 ADAMS -- Much like its neighbor to the north, Adams is using back taxes to go after some of its chronically lax landlords -- specifically Charles "Rusty" Ransford, one of North County's biggest landlords.


 Building Commissioner David Pelletier and Code Enforcement Officer Scott Koczela have denied any building permits or certificates of compliance to Ransford until he pays]]></description>
         <author><![CDATA[By Ryan Hutton, North Adams Transcript]]></author>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[05/08/2008 02:34:11 PM GMT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Student surprised by scholastic award presentation]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Thursday, May 8

 NORTH ADAMS -- Silvio O. Conte Middle School eighth-grader Max Quinn thought he was attending Tuesday night's School Committee meeting to lend a student voice in support of the full-language program at the school. Instead, he was presented with a trophy for taking the state's top honor in the American Scholastic Achievement League Scholastic Challenge.]]></description>
         <author><![CDATA[By Jennifer Huberdeau, North Adams Transcript]]></author>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[05/08/2008 02:33:58 PM GMT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Constable candidates await Pownal board's decision]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Thursday, May 8

 POWNAL, Vt. -- A new constable will be on the road in about a month, the Select Board predicts.


 After interviewing Sarah Bull, Jody Kocsis and Andy Weber for 15 minutes each on Tuesday, town officials said an appointment will be made within two weeks and the new constable will then be sent for training.]]></description>
         <author><![CDATA[By Andy McKeever, Bennington Banner]]></author>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[05/08/2008 02:33:57 PM GMT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Poetry Corner]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Thursday, May 8

 God's will


  Loved ones please don't cry,


 for it is God's will that I should die.


 Thank God for everything we had together,


 just hold the feeling in your heart forever.


 Remember me when I was living


 and all the things we were given.


 All the love that we shared together;


 will always be here forever!]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[05/08/2008 02:33:56 PM GMT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Planning Board incumbents question new blood]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Thursday, May 8

 WILLIAMSTOWN -- Three incumbents are facing opposition in the town's first-ever Planning Board election, and voters will need to decide on Tuesday whether swapping experience for fresh blood is the best decision for the town.


 Eight candidates are contending for one of five positions on the board.]]></description>
         <author><![CDATA[By Bonnie Obremski, North Adams Transcript]]></author>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[05/08/2008 02:33:55 PM GMT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Today in local history]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Thursday, May 8

 May 8


 50 years ago today


 NORTH ADAMS -- Philip Less, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hymon Less of 212 Corinth St., enlisted in the Air Force today through the North Adams Air Force Recruiting Corps and left for Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, where he will take basic training. He enlisted for training and duty in the administrative career field in the Air Force.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[05/08/2008 02:33:53 PM GMT]]></pubDate>
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