"Among the Mad," by Jacqueline Winspear (Henry Holt, $25) ...more

February 15, 2009

First it was high credit card fees. Then came higher gas prices. Now, hundreds of gas stations around the state are shutting down because their insurance companies will not renew policies unless stations install new double-walled underground gas tanks, which can cost $400,000. ...more

January 24, 2009

Thieves have raided a cemetery, making off with 115 vases valued at about $42,000 in the last two weeks. ...more

October 4, 2008

Eight years ago, not long after 72-year-old Anne Beale Golsan had retired on disability from her job as a librarian, she put a stack of paid bills out for the mail, hung up a freshly pressed outfit and taped a note to the front of the house. ...more

September 21, 2007