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Dont miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   ARLINGTON — The Arlington Select Board voted unanimously to request an additional six months to make up its mind about whether or not to purchase the 420 acres of Red Mountain property for conservation and recreation. The property has been at the center of a dispute in town for the past couple of months as the years-long project has come to a head with a deadline this month to make a decision about the purchase. The board, after hearin...

USGS Researchers Travel to Florida Keys to Conduct Reef Bioerosion Surveys Release Date: February 4, 2021 Staff from the St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center will collect measurements from long-term coral-reef monitoring sites in the Florida Keys to assess historic rates of reef bioerosion, from February 2–7, 2021. Lauren Toth (Research Physical Scientist, SPCMSC) and collaborator Mike Colella (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission) collect measurements of ree...

Dreamstime The investment-grade corporate bond market has largely returned to pre-pandemic levels. Strategists at CreditSights say that is a bad sign for investors looking for strong returns next year. The independent credit-research shop downgraded the market to Underperform from Outperform. CreditSights argues that while the risk of an increase in defaults remains low, the market’s current yield of 1.9% offers insufficient income. The market yields 1.1 percentage points more th...