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    October 31, 2011

    SNAPSHOT: Bundled up

    Zoe Goehring weighs peppers Sunday while attending to a customer at the Hallowell farmer’s market in temperatures, with the wind chill, below freezing. The temperature is expected to rise moderately this week with lots of sun, according to forecasts. Goehring and Dalziel Lewis of Dig Deep Farm, in Dresden, were the only vendors at the […]

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    October 31, 2011

    Halloween treats hazard for dogs

    Halloween mischief isn't solely the province of hobgoblins and ghouls -- opportunistic dogs can hardly resist the piles of sweets collected by their families and often deposited within easy reach.

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    October 31, 2011

    Converted climate change skeptic may feel some heat

    WASHINGTON -- A prominent physicist and skeptic of global warming spent two years trying to find out if mainstream climate scientists were wrong. In the end, he determined they were right: Temperatures really are rising rapidly.

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    October 31, 2011

    Group bringing back historical property’s lost privy

    FREEPORT -- There was a time when every backyard in Maine had a privy.

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    October 31, 2011

    Workshop sessions for small business owners to be offered

    GARDINER -- Gardiner Main Street and Maine Small Business Development Centers are sponsoring workshop sessions in the next month for small business owners.

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    October 31, 2011

    Program helps troubled offenders turn lives around

    AUGUSTA -- Most defendants in court normally don't get to hug the judge.

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    October 31, 2011

    Proposal for grant less costly

    VASSALBORO -- Recreation Director Nicole Wasilewski has selectmen's approval to apply for a grant for improvements at the town ball fields on Bog Road.

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    October 31, 2011

    DISTRICT COURT

    AUGUSTA -- The following cases closed between Oct. 13 and 26 in Augusta District Court:

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    October 31, 2011

    Maine college costs keep rising

    AUGUSTA -- Increases in college costs continue to outpace inflation and stagnant incomes -- in Maine and around the country.

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    October 31, 2011

    Annual Kibbles ‘N Bids Auction provides boost

    MANCHESTER -- People mingled around tables laden with items to be auctioned off at Kennebec Valley Humane Society's 13th annual Kibbles 'N Bids Auction held Sunday at the Augusta Country Club.