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This is a follow-up to a story written Aug. 13, 1993, entitled, "AIDS shatters dreams, future." It was a story of children living in the Greater New Bedford community infected with HIV through perinatal transmission and how their chances of survival into...

Freetown budget should live within

ASPEN, Colo. — I've come to this sybaritic playpen of the rich and semi-famous for the annual Ideas Festival, put on by the Aspen Institute. The idea I'm having at the moment is that I would like to ride in Mr. and Mrs. Fiji Water's swan boat.

As a Massachusetts resident who is now interning on Capitol Hill, I find that many of our elected officials in Washington, both Republican and Democrat, are concerned about pursuing alternative energy policies and reducing our dependence upon foreign...

The underground economy has long been with us; at the start of this decade it was estimated to represent about 9 percent of the national economy, and who knows what it is now.

There certainly has been plenty of whining about "Big Oil" and the price of gas. But 99 percent of Big Oil is owned by regular people such as individual stockholders, state pension funds, retirement accounts, etc.

Padraic Tynan, who wrote the July 3 letter on the folly of yielding to drivers, has his signals crossed.

Three recent Wellfleet Zoning Board of Appeals meetings regarding expansion of the house at 1440 Chequesset Neck Road were of epic dimensions.

Having read your July 7 editorial about violating a trust in the preservation of historic sites, I remembered being at the National Mall in Washington, D.C., during the Christmas holidays a few years ago.

I enjoyed reading your recent coverage of the cleanup at John Simpkins Elementary School. As a former student and staff member at Simpkins, I would like to thank the Sears family for their recent efforts at the school.

Note to the Brewster tax assessor: Ocean Edge Resort claims 1,700 feet of Cape Cod Bay as privately owned land, and it has approximately one half-mile of beachfront. That calculates to a little more than 100 acres. Mr. Tax Assessor, do your duty.