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Hundreds of Gallons Missing from Town's Oil Reserves

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John Eagan

Story Created: Sep 16, 2008 at 3:36 PM EST

Story Updated: Sep 19, 2008 at 1:00 PM EST

The squeeze on Wall Street is only adding to the pressure on local homeowners already pinched by high food and gas prices.  Now people are worried about heating their homes for the winter.
    
Heating aid agencies from here to Alaska are afraid they may have to actually turn people away this year.  That is part of the reason why people in one local town are so outraged.  Hundreds of gallons of heating oil are missing from the Acushnet Community Center's tank.

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