Peace prized (The Newburyport Current)
They did the math recently, and according to their best estimates, the Newburyport Sunday Vigilers have been out in Market Square demonstrating for peace every Sunday for more than 200 weeks. And they’ll be there for another 200 if that’s what it takes.

The challenge of puzzle-solving motivates director Rita Giomi (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
As a theater director, Rita Giomi likes solving puzzles.

Stories That Made Headlines in 2008 (Plainview - Old Bethpage Herald)
Continuing with tradition, here are the Plainview-Old Bethpage Herald's top stories of 2008, as selected by the editor. They are listed here in no particular order. Due to space constraints, not all information can be included in this list.

It’s not just a man’s world anymore (The Pasadena Citizen)
For many years, careers in automotive technology, construction and welding have been dominated by males.

Students figure numbers game (The Republican)
It's called a three-by-three-by-three generalized arithmetic progression. It is a particular pattern of prime numbers, and two senior math majors at Westfield State College - Jeffrey P. Vanasse, of Chicopee, and Michael E. Guenette, of Easthampton - have found the first known example of it.