Road Worriers: Millions of Dollars in Bridge and Highway Repairs Are Underway, but Officials Say Millions More Are Needed
We rarely think about it, except when it fails. Such as when our car hits a pothole and the muffler falls off. Or a once-in-a-century summer rainstorm dumps an ocean over the Green Mountains, causing roads and bridges to be wiped out by flooding. Or when we open the winter heating oil bill and feel our temple throb. Or when we can’t replay the final scene of Mad Men on YouTube because our Internet service is circa 2005 and doesn’t...
Back to Work: In the Upper Valley, a long recession finally winds down
Things are getting better. Nearly six years after the Great Recession was declared over, the national unemployment rate has fallen to about 5.5 percent, its lowest level since the 2007 economic downturn. The U.S. economy is growing at 2.2 percent annually, not as robust as 2014, but both the World Bank and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimate it will reach 3 percent through 2016. However, the economic news is a mixed bag...
