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Verga faces two primary opponentsThursday, August 28, 2008 @ 2:25AMIn 14 years on Beacon Hill, state Representative Anthony J. Verga has gained influence as a committee chairman and leading voice on veterans and fishing issues.

Root of sewer line problem may not be rootsWednesday, August 27, 2008 @ 3:16AMQ: I am having a problem in finding a source for DNA testing of plants. (Everything I've found online is for determining human parentage.) My neighbor's large avocado tree, planted 3 feet from my property line and now 25 feet tall, has broken through my sewer...

Fay leaves behind a flooded Big BendMonday, August 25, 2008 @ 2:08AMThe rain slowed to sporadic showers. Residents picked up tree limbs and mopped up water. Life began to return to normal Sunday. But the Big Bend won't forget Tropical Storm Fay anytime soon.

Morning update: Back to schoolThursday, August 21, 2008 @ 7:39AMGood morning, Quad-Cities. At 6 a.m. it’s 71 degrees under fair skies in the Quad-Cities. Today there’s an 80 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1 p.m., with the temperature holding steady around 70 degrees. The chance of showers and thunderstorms drops to 50 percent tonight will a low around 67 degrees, according to the National Weather Service.

Man says a sewer line installation formed a sinkhole that is swallowing his propertyTuesday, August 19, 2008 @ 8:25AMA new sewer line installed at a home in Central has left one man watching part of his property slowly disappear. The sinkhole of sorts could now be turning into a battle of who's responsible and who's willing to fix it.