2008-2009 Charity Register calendar.
As the curtain rises on another packed social season, it's time to decide which events will take center stage in your schedule. Our exclusive Charity Register calendar shines a spotlight on the year's brightest parties and most noteworthy fund-raising events, all of which benefit local nonprofits. Whether...

Let me tell you about "my" park ... With many state parks threatened by budget cuts, some famous Californians--Alice Waters, Isabel Allende, and others--are speaking up.
Tomales Bay State Park, Inverness ALICE WATERS, FOUNDER OF CHEZ PANISSE RESTAURANT, ADVOCATE, AND AUTHOR '"I've been going to this park for more than 20 years--it's close to Bolinas and I can take long walks along the coast. I like to visit the oyster farms...

OUTDOORS BRIEFLY.
Byline: The Register-Guard NEWS & NOTES Telemark ski, snowboard film to be screened this week Two snow sport films will be shown in separate Eugene screenings this week. Absinthe Films' "Ready," featuring more than a dozen snowboarding heavy hitters, will be shown Wednesday...

Donations rolling in for town's skate park.
Byline: Jill Aho The Register-Guard HARRISBURG - When a $220,000 state parks and recreation grant fell through, it appeared that Harrisburg's hopes of building a skate park near Harrisburg Middle School had stalled. But that's before an anonymous donor stepped up to keep the project...

Regulations frustrate town.
Byline: Michael Kane WEST BOYLSTON - Though positive in tenor, the message West Boylston officials received at a meeting with the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) last week left frustrated Chairman Allen Phillips asking: "Why are we here?" The meeting among selectmen, parks commissioners,...

BRIEFLY.
Byline: The Register-Guard Masked gunman robs Mexican restaurant A man who used his T-shirt to mask his face robbed a Burrito Boy restaurant at gunpoint Sunday night, Eugene police said. The man pulled a handgun on an employee and left the restaurant at...

More than just Friends; `Knights in shining armor' boost a full array of library programs.
Byline: Lynne Klaft LUNENBURG - Seven year old Joe Maki wrote, illustrated and presented his book, "Mission to Mars," to the Lunenburg Public Library this past week, thanks to the generosity of the Friends of Lunenburg Public Library. "The Friends are awesome, they work so...

A road less traveled; Scenic Route 122 steeped in history.
Byline: BJ Hill Not far from the monotony of the Massachusetts Turnpike and the frenzied development of Route 9 lies a sliver of road that offers a perfect drive for unhurried Worcesterites heading to Route 2, Vermont or even Amherst. This is the northern stretch of Route...

Thrifty, brave, clean, and persecuted: across the country, the Boy Scouts are under attack.
THE Boy Scouts of America have been dragged onto the front lines of the culture wars. "It started 20 years ago with lawsuits complaining girls and atheists were being excluded," says Robert Bork Jr., spokesman for the BSA in Washington and son of the former Supreme Court nominee. "Then...

PA DCNR: Most State Parks Open for Winter Goose Hunting.
HARRISBURG, Pa., Jan. 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Most Pennsylvania state parks will be open for the extended resident Canada goose hunting season in January and February. As some parks are closed to hunting, hunters should contact individual park offices for specific information. The extended Canada goose season will...