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Its their home that keeps them here.
That 1902 yellow Victorian on J Street, with its hardwood floors, vaulted ceilings and tiled stone fireplace, filled with collections of lanterns and Dutch mugs from the Sorenson familys heritage.
That Arcata home has seen the Humboldt State University Marching Lumberjack band, teachers, firemen, dairy farmers, car dealers and more pass through it. Its been the site of traditions of entertaining friends over breakfasts and gin fizzes, and has been the base each Christmas for family to reunite
This year, they will wait until the frigid winter has set in and they cannot take it anymore.
Sandy Asad, an administrative assistant in Johnston, R.I., is trying to wait until December, and even then she will keep the thermostat below 62.
Susan Greene, a mother of four in Bolton, is bundling her children in sweaters and trying to stay toasty by the fireplace to avoid using her home's oil heat.
Across New England, residents staring at rising fuel costs and the dismal economy are tapping a deep vein of Yankee thrift and holding off on heat to save money this year, planning to rely instead on wool, down, and fortitude.
'We just put on some more sweaters and put more layers on the bed,' said St. John, who works in information technology. 'We want to make sure that if any one of us gets laid off, we've got extra money.'
Every winter, New Englanders fret over how much heat they can afford
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