Waiting could cost town $450,000
EDITORIAL
      We hope the Board of Selectmen will reconsider their decision not to hold a Special Town Meeting before August 31 to adopt the local meals tax and raise the room tax. By waiting until after August 31 to vote on these taxes, it will cost $450,000 in revenue.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
      To the Editor: Beginning last July, I felt pressure in my chest when walking and working. I would stop and rest and it would subside. On the insistence of my wife, family, and friends, I went to the Cottage Hospital Emergency Room that weekend where I was seen by Dr. Chase. He was ready to medivac me to Boston, but waited for my own physician, Dr. Lepore, to return. Dr.
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Correction:
      In the July 22 article on "Covering the waterfront, much more than a one-man job," it was incorrectly reported that Tim Russell of Towboat U.S. is not operating his marine towing services this season. Russell is operating his towing services this year.
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