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Locals Resist New Jail in Westmoreland

By Donna Moxley on Monday, October 25, 2004.

Residents in southwestern New Hampshire are fighting over the location of a new Cheshire County jail.

The county already runs a jail in Westmoreland and wants to expand that facility.

But local residents feel the county is dumping another jail on them because they have less political clout than property owners in Keene.

The Keene Sentinel's Donna Moxley reports.

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Vermont's Race for Governor

By Kevin Forrest on Monday, October 25, 2004.

Most political polls still show President George Bush and Senator John Kerry neck and neck in New Hampshire.

Some days show Bush ahead, others Kerry.

But across the Connecticut River, Vermonters have pretty much decided which way their state will go.

It's been a safe Kerry state for some time.

But while voters are expected to approve a Democrat for President, they also seem quite happy with a Republican for Governor.

The Vermont Standard's Kevin Forrest has more.

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