‘Sunday Valley News’ Named Newspaper of the Year
West Lebanon — The Sunday Valley News was recognized as the 2015 New England Newspaper of the Year by the New England Newspaper & Press Association at its annual awards banquet in Natick, Mass., last month. The press association confers the award based on newspaper circulation, with four awards for Sunday newspapers. The Sunday Valley News won the award among newspapers with a circulation up to 20,000. The runners-up were The...
How the New Chip Cards Work
You might have already noticed the minor change at the register. Instead of swiping credit cards and debit cards, more retailers are asking consumers to dip them into new card readers that are supposed to be more secure. The technology uses cards with chips embedded in them, and is supposed to cut down dramatically on incidents of thieves stealing card information and making fake copies. Businesses have been installing the new readers...
