The focus is on lobbying to get the formula (for reimbursement) fully funded.

We lost our focus a little and they got some shooters loose, and they made shots to their credit. Then when we have some opportunities to score we didn't shoot the ball well. We don't have enough in the tank when Guillermo doesn't score and Anthony doesn't have some kind of night. It's going to be tough for us.

The ridges focus tsunami waves the way a lens focuses light. They form beams, and if those beams are aimed at coastal communities, the communities can experience high tsunami waves.

The bulk of the increase is due to salaries and benefits. But utility costs have become a major factor. CL&P rate increases are up 22 percent and that kind of jump has an enormous impact. And coupled with heating fuel increases of 138 percent, it's astounding.

Because of the complexity and difficulty of snow plowing at the high school, the arrangement worked out with the town is we hire a private contractor to do the snow plowing at the high school. It frees up public works to concentrate on the roads and the other five schools.

They went through everything, dollar by dollar, detail by detail. So the budget is as tight as it can get.