You feel great by helping others, not to mention the free food that will be available for those involved and the fact that the Red Cross almost always has giveaways or raffles for prizes for donors.

As of right now we have 450 appointments scheduled which is really low. We need a lot of walk-ins.

It's hard to turn down high-fat food, which is all around us.

will be on the minds of every legislator when they come in for the next session.

We'll be ready once the selectmen see the proposal. Then we will contact Mr. Donahue and take it from there.

Further complicating any assessment of the dynamics of reinsurance markets and how those dynamics will affect primary insurance markets, the unprecedented losses caused by this year's hurricanes may change insurers' perceptions of the amount of risk they've taken on and the amount of reinsurance they need.