This Week in History October 5 -12
Skiers riding the T Bar and skiing down the main slope at Hogback Mountain Ski Area in this undated photo. A Texas developer purchased the now-defunct ski area 45 years ago and promised major improvements. Photo courtesy NewEnglandSkiHistory.com
10 years ago:
The Dover Selectboard signed another contract with KSE Partners to provide lobbying services for the 2014 legislative session, despite doubts raised by residents at a public meeting. The previous year, according to Dover School Board member Laura Sibilia, the lobbyists were able to stop an effort to eliminate the state’s small schools grant, which would have reduced Dover’s state education funding by $75,000 each subsequent year, and added as much as 5 cents to the town’s homestead tax rate.
15 years ago:
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