METAIRIE, La. (AP) — A day after Sean Payton helped Drew Brees break the NFL’s single-season passing record the coach wouldn’t divulge whether he’d enable his star quarterback to maintain that distinction.
December 2011
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Program at Winthrop High School benefits volunteer firefighter
WINTHROP — Meg Bateman joined the Winthrop Fire Department as a junior firefighter because she wanted to help people.
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Spectrum Generations hires one, promotes another
WATERVILLE — Spectrum Generations recently announced the hire of Rachel McAllian as a personal services supervisor for its Bridges Help at Home program. McAllian has a bachelor of science degree in health care management from Husson University and has volunteered for the Red Cross and was involved with organizing relief packages to Haiti.
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United Way of Mid-Maine celebrates campaign
WATERVILLE — Community volunteers and business people recently gathered at the Waterville Elks Club to celebrate United Way of Mid-Maine’s 2011 fundraising campaign.
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Downtown Farmington businesses report burglaries
FARMINGTON — Business owners are offering a $1,000 reward to help catch whoever is behind a series of burglaries at their downtown shops and eateries over the Christmas weekend, police said.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Thanks to honest person who returned purse
On Dec. 16, I absentmindedly left my purse in a shopping cart in the Walmart parking lot with money, credit cards, ID, etc. I didn’t discover my loss until I returned home some time later. I immediately called Walmart to report it. While talking to a woman there, she said someone had just brought it […]
Posted inOpinion
GEORGE SMITH: Maine is unique in its blessings, in spite of its few deficits
It’s time for us Mainers to feel good about our state and ourselves. The year 2011 may be one to delete from the memory bank, but as it comes to a close, we have much to be thankful for.
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‘It’s everything we had’
OAKLAND — Despite burns on his hands, shoulders, arms, back and the soles of his feet, Ryan Shuman returned Tuesday afternoon to sort through the charred wreckage of his mobile home after a fire swept through it early that morning.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Highland Wind, Iberdrola have ignored petitioners
Last month, residents of Highland, Lexington and Concord went to Augusta with a petition. The majority of the residents in these three communities asked Highland Wind and Iberdrola to abandon their plans to turn the rural communities into a sprawling industrial zone. We also asked Gov. Paul LePage to use his powers to protect us, […]
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HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY: Panthers knock off Raiders
WATERVILLE — J.T. Whitten had two goals and four assists as the Waterville Senior High School boys hockey team beat Winslow 10-3 in the consolation game of the 2011 Annual Christmas Tournament at Alfond Rink at Colby College on Tuesday.