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July 2, 2011

Marine with Maine ties killed in Afghanistan

When Marine Cpl. Mark Goyet returned from Iraq last winter, he spent a month with his grandparents in Westbrook.
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July 2, 2011

NBA: All is quiet after NBA locks out players

NEW YORK -- No free agency now, maybe no games later.
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July 2, 2011

Six arrested after Portland standoff

PORTLAND -- Police arrested six people at gunpoint Friday after a six-hour standoff at the Riverton Apartments complex off Forest Avenue.
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July 2, 2011

Minnesota’s shutdown affects the most vulnerable

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The blind are losing reading services. A help line for the elderly has gone silent. And poor families are scrambling after the state stopped child care subsidies.
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July 2, 2011

Prison deal sparks review

AUGUSTA -- Legislative oversight committees will review the state's sale of property near the former state prison in Thomaston to the current prison warden for $175,000 -- a figure that's below its $458,000 town-assessed value.

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July 2, 2011

Wacome earns Eagle Scout rank

ANSON -- A North Anson boy was recently bestowed with Boy Scouting's highest rank, Eagle Scout. Raymond Wacome, III received his Eagle Scout patch, medal, kerchief and plaque at a Court of Honor ceremony on June 18 in Anson.
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July 2, 2011

BRIDGE RESULTS

WATERVILLE -- The Waterville non-sanctioned bridge club winners on June 30 were: Connie Begin and Pat Nutt, Paul and Judy Jones, Connie Fedorovich and Jeanette Wiggins, Willie Pouliotte and Jimmie Bradeen, Betty Perry and Steve Gass.
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July 2, 2011

RELIGION BRIEFS

FARMINGTON -- Farmington Baptist Church will host Pandamania Vacation Bible School at the church, 194 Whittier Road. Bible school will be held from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. July 11-15.
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July 2, 2011

Laptops needed at history House

SKOWHEGAN -- The Skowhegan History House Museum and Research Center is in need of additional technology to assist in cataloging collections and other curatorial activities.
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July 2, 2011

INDEPENDENCE DAY EVENTS

Celebrate America's Independence at Old Fort Western, 1-6 p.m; 1 p.m. public tours; 4 p.m. Fourth of July Parade starting at the Capitol Parking Lot. Traditional reading of the Declaration of Independence followed by the replacing of the British colors with the "new" American flag. Then the cannon will be fired with lots of rousing cheers and well wishes for this wonderful country. This ceremony was first performed in 1776 and has been re-enacted at Fort Western for more than 50 years.