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Natural Gas Boom Drives Pipeline Upgrades
3 May 2012, 1:04 pm
Calls are rising for more domestic natural gas and crude-oil transmission infrastructure, but environmental and safety reviews are also mounting.
Helium Shortage Deflates Business
1 May 2012, 3:55 pm
A national helium shortage has become a rising concern for some Wisconsin retailers. But the shortage is doing more than deflating parties. Manufacturers use the gas as a cooling source. Liquid helium chills superconducting magnets like those used in MRI scanners at hospitals.
Thomaston's Literary Peonies: Cricket Hill Is Site of Library Fund-Raiser
30 April 2012, 9:05 am
Without a doubt, there will be a whole lot of social networking and plain old chit chat—perhaps about the latest novel by James Patterson or what’s new in audio books—at Cricket Hill Garden in Thomaston on May 5, from 5 to 7 p.m. But the real star of the Wine and Cheese Garden Party being held to raise funds for the Friends of the Thomaston Public Library won’t say a word all evening.
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