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Byline: The Register-Guard Cottage Grove MONDAY City Council/School Board - 6 p.m., District Service Center, 455 Adams St. Joint session to discuss fiber and pool project updates, sustainability initiatives, city vision 2037, new high school graduation requirements, sesquicentennial events. 942-3381. School...

Health insurance co-pays imposed; City's union members promised lower costs.
Byline: Nick Kotsopoulos WORCESTER - As part of City Manager Michael V. O'Brien's ongoing effort to reduce the city's health insurance costs, he is implementing some co-payment changes for those municipal employees who are members of Local 495, National Association of Government Employees. Mr. O'Brien...

Conn. man gets top position; Selectmen pick administrator.
Byline: Jim Esslinger WEBSTER - After months of searching, the Board of Selectmen has chosen a Norwich, Conn., resident to fill the post of town administrator. Brian M. Palaia, the current director of planning and development for Ledyard, Conn., was chosen by a 3-0 vote...

Gladys J. (Pinkus) Augello, 66.
CHULA VISTA, CA Gladys J. (Pinkus) Augello, 66, died Wednesday, July 30 in Lakeview Hospice Center, La Mesa, CA. She leaves two daughters, Lisa Marie Duchow and her husband, Patrick of San Diego, CA, and Pamela Haas and her husband, Jeffrey of El Cajon, CA; two brothers, Richard Pinkus...

Massey honours Margaret Bazely.
Past NZNA president Margaret Bazely (pictured right) received an honorary doctorate from Massey University in May this year, in recognition of her distinguished career in the public service. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A former matron at Sunnyside Hospital in Christchurch and director of the Health Department's Division...

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Byline: The Register-Guard Creswell TODAY South Lane County Fire & Rescue Board - 7 p.m., Creswell Community Center, 99 S. First St. Executive (nonpublic) session may follow regular session. Elkton TODAY City Council - 1 p.m., City...

Russia's invasion of Georgia was preceded by computerized attacks on Georgian Internet sites.
* Russia's invasion of Georgia was preceded by computerized attacks on Georgian Internet sites. The website of Georgian president Mikhail Saakashvili was non-functional for more than 24 hours, and the National Bank of Georgia's site was defaced. Media, transport, and communication websites were also disrupted. The cyber attacks raise...

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Byline: The Register-Guard Coburg TODAY City Council - 6 p.m., Grange, 32663 E. Mill St. Employee insurance benefits, work session on police department options. 682-7852. Eugene TODAY Police Commission Police Screening/Review Committee - 5:30 p.m., McNutt Room,...

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Byline: The Register-Guard Coburg TUESDAY City Council - 6 p.m., Grange, 32663 E. Mill St. Employee insurance benefits, work session on police department options. 682-7852. Elkton TODAY School Board - 7 p.m., Library, High School, 739 River...

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Byline: The Register-Guard Eugene TODAY City Council - Noon, McNutt Room, City Hall, 777 Pearl St. Work session on police auditor recruitment, municipal court judge evaluation. 682-5882. Intergovernmental Relations Committee - 1 p.m., McNutt Room, City Hall, 777 Pearl St. 682-5049....