November 15, 2008

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Given the economic downturn and the way financial markets on Wall Street are affecting pocketbooks on Main Street, are you still planning to buy a Christmas tree this year? Or will the Christmas tree, like other luxuriesin life, also get cut from the family budget? Or get shrunk? Would you consider buying a smaller tree this year to save money? E-mail Keith O'Brien at KOBrien@globe.com.
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Turnpike OK's hefty toll hikes

Daily commuters from the western suburbs would be forced to spend $250 to $500 more a year to help pay off Big Dig maintenance and debt under a set of steep toll increases approved yesterday by the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, (By Noah Bierman, Globe Staff)

Boston police official denies he interfered

Boston Police Superintendent in Chief Robert P. Dunford, under investigation by the department's Internal Affairs Division and on an abrupt leave, denied yesterday that he interfered with a supervisor's decision to discipline a friend of Dunford's within the ranks. (By Maria Cramer, Globe Staff)

Surf, turf - and strife

More than an hour's drive from the bustle of Bar Harbor and the well-trodden trails of Mount Desert Island lies a secluded part of Acadia National Park. Here, the loudest sound is the surf as it crashes against the craggy granite rocks of the Schoodic Peninsula. (By Bina Venkataraman, Globe Correspondent)

For employers, a quandary:
speak of woes or wait?

Drivers for DHL Express recently learned they would be losing their jobs next year, but many of them didn't learn it from their employer. They heard the news while dropping off packages in the Boston area. (By Robert Weisman, Globe Staff)

Trimming the trimmings

Oh, Christmas tree. Not you, too. In the latest sign of gloomy economic times, some Christmas tree vendors are worrying about their bottom lines this holiday season, wondering whether consumers looking to save money might cut wreaths, garland ropes, and, yes, maybe even Christmas trees from their family budgets. (By Keith O'Brien, Globe Staff)

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