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    April 18, 2011

    HIGH-ROPES COURSE will teach you about reaching new heights

    FARMINGTON -- Alex Robinson sat frozen in a climbing harness, suspended 25 feet above the gym floor at the University of Maine at Farmington's Fitness and Recreation Center.

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    April 18, 2011

    Snowe has robust advantage for 2012 vote

    There's been a lot of talk lately about potential re-election troubles for U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe.

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    April 18, 2011

    HARLAN: Lesbian teen shouldn’t feel the need to rush coming out

    I am a 17-year-old girl who has accepted the fact that I am a lesbian. However, I am afraid of coming out -- not for fear of what my peers will think, but for fear of my family. I come from a very strict Christian household, and both of my parents are pastors of a church. They are constantly demeaning and bad-mouthing the gay community. They claim that God didn't make anyone that way, but rather it was Satan that did this. I choose to believe otherwise. The biggest problem is that I want to go to a college that is accepting of gays, so that I would at least be able to go to my college and be open. But I am afraid that if I came out, my parents would cut off all funding of my education and would want nothing to do with me. What would be the best solution for my problem?

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    April 18, 2011

    Dogs in focus at Vassalboro hearing

    VASSALBORO -- Resident David Jenney was not sure Vassalboro needs the "pooper-scooper" provision included in the proposed animal control ordinance.

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    April 18, 2011

    PARTY OF TWO: Respect will win this war

    Princess Leia is sitting on my kitchen cupboard, next to the pomegranate tea and the English muffins. She's all dressed up in her white hooded gown, blaster rifle in hand, ready to fight the bad guys.

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    April 18, 2011

    Maine GOP needs to start playing offense

    You know what Maine Republicans need? More Jimmer.

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    April 18, 2011

    J.P. DEVINE: Actors, daddies, comrades

    There haven't been many graduations in my life that came with a red ribbon, but the recent birthday of my oldest brought back a memory long put away. It's a story worth telling.

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    April 18, 2011

    ANNIE: How, or why, friend got pregnant is absolutely none of your business

    Dear Annie: My good friend "Lara" is three months pregnant with her third child. She recently confided in me that she purposely didn't use birth control. She told her husband, "Joe," that the pregnancy was "an accident."

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    April 18, 2011

    Fort Halifax blockhouse to open again in Winslow

    WINSLOW -- Memorial Day will mark a new beginning for the historic blockhouse at Fort Halifax Park.

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    April 18, 2011

    TRAVELIN’ MAINE(RS): LOVELY LUBEC: A lively summer destination

    Lubec is lovely and lively in the summer, a top spot for a short or long vacation. We've been "summering" there for -- well, for our entire lives. We often get "down" to Lubec in June and always for a week in August.