After failing by eight votes in August, a 0.75 percent local-option restaurant meals tax was approved by voters at the Oct. 7 Special Town Meeting. The tax, estimated to net the town about $207,000 in annual revenue, passed by a 443-295 vote. Full Article at Boston Globe
Published: 10/16/2009 2:19 AM Last Modified: 10/16/2009 2:19 AM D EATH NOTICE POLICY The Tulsa World publishes free death notices. Funeral homes may submit death notices from 4 to 10:30 p.m. For information about news obituaries, call 581-8325. Full Article at Tulsa World
The Best American Comics, 2009 Edited by Charles Burns, Jessica Abel and Matt Madden Houghton Mifflin, $22 (352p) ISBN 978-0-618-98965-2 The Incredibles: Family Matters Mark Waid and Marcio Takara Boom! Full Article at Publishers Weekly
Today is the opening of the first Louisville International Festival of Film, an ambitious effort that will screen some 80 new films. Full Article at Louisville Courier-Journal
I suppose it'll be added to the 'to-be-ignored' list of the Ibrox club's felonies in Dons-Rangers encounters that remain notable by their absence in the Aberdeen-biased 'hate lists' often printed by newspapers, alongside everything from Willie... Full Article at The Scotsman
News Death Notice POPE, Allen N. age 66, of Dayton departed this life Tuesday, September 22, 2009. Full Article at Dayton Daily News
These students qualified for the National AP Scholar Award by earning an average grade of 4 or higher on a 5-point scale on eight or more AP exams. Full Article at Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
With the bulk of the fall shows on the major networks ready to either debut or make their season premieres this week, we here at NiceGirls thought it would be a good idea to focu... Full Article at NiceGirlsTV.com
Raul Padron hit .266 with seven homers and 45 RBIs at three levels this season. Full Article at MLB.com
Raul Padron's only hit of the Texas League playoffs was the biggest of the postseason. Raul Padron's championship-winning homer was his only hit of the playoffs. Full Article at Minor League Baseball News