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Controversial financier George Soros hosts ‘Crisis and Renewal: International Political Economy at the Crossroads’ BY TOM EASTMAN THE CONWAY DAILY SUN
BRETTON WOODS — National and international press are expected to join a high profi le of international economists at what is being billed by some as the “second Bretton Woods Economic Monetary Conference,” to be held at the grand Omni Mount Washington Resort Hotel, April 8 through 11. Entitled “Crisis and Renewal: International Political Economy at the Crossroads,” the conference is to be held at the the 1902-built grand hotel, which hosted the fi rst Bretton Woods Economic Monetary Conference in July 1944. This weekend's event is sponsored by the Institute for New Economic Thinking — a non-profi t founded in 2009 with a $50 million pledge from controversial world financier George Soros. According to the Institute for New Economic Thinking website, more than 200 academic, busi-
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TAMWORTH — The county's Blue Loon transit system has gained momentum since starting in December, and the system manager hopes to have more transportation services online soon. Currently, the Blue Loon operates like a taxi service within three zones between the Mount Washington Valley and Ossipee. As of the end of March, the Blue Loon gave about 1,200 rides, said Carroll County Transit System Manager Ted LaLiberte. About 225 people use the service on a regular basis. Riders schedule rides in advance, and then a bus will take them places they need to go. The bus service operates Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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CONWAY — Kennett High School has its fi rst National Merit Scholarship fi nalist. Henney Sullivan, the
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