SPENCER - Because of the uncertain economy, the town has scuttled a $2 million request at Thursday's special town meeting to immediately renovate a deteriorating Town Hall. But a request to borrow $1.2 million for a firetruck remains on the warrant.

Question: I am an out-of-work land surveyor with skills in construction and fabrication. I'm on good terms with my former boss, but the business is too small to pay for tuition, even though it would greatly benefit me and the company.

Over the past year, the San Jose area has lost 2,500 construction jobs, leaving skilled laborers scrambling to find work. Statewide, builders are projected to pull permits on no more than 66,000 single- and multi-family units this year '” the lowest nu

Finally, the Port of Mombasa will be joining the big league in the world when it starts handling the larger ships that are now taking over the shipping business.

Jason Coleman, 50, used to be a middle manager at Chevron Corp. in San Francisco. But if you're looking for him now, you might find him scooping ice cream at the Baskin-Robbins that recently opened at the intersection of Manchester and McKnight in Rock H