“I want your life.”
December 2011
Students to compete in geographic bee
WATERVILLE — The first round of the National Geographic Bee will begin at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 10, at Mount Merici Academy, 152 Western Ave.
Skowhegan area DAR sets January meeting
SKOWHEGAN — The Eunice Farnsworth-Ruth Heald Cragin Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, recently met in Solon at the home of Barbara Merrill.
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL NOTEBOOK: Lawrence misses a chance
Lawrence basketball coach Mike McGee likes what he’s seen so far from a team he calls “the quickest, most athletic team I think I’ve had here in 30 years.”
DENIS THOET: Take a good look at Forbes survey, focusing on what’s really important
“Thank God for Mississippi.” That’s what we used to be able to say when any national survey would show that Mississippi was always last in the nation — economy, health care, obesity rates, etc.
OUR OPINION: Too little info about probe of tainted meat
A week after Hannaford supermarkets pulled suspect ground beef from their shelves, Maine consumers still have questions.
Warm winter delays rinks
WATERVILLE — Ken Walsh is eager to be able watch skaters drop a puck or execute a lutz on an ice sheet outside his window at Alfond Youth Center.
Another promising sign for economy
WASHINGTON — In the latest sign that the economy is surging at year’s end, unemployment claims have dropped to the lowest level since April 2008, long before anyone realized that the nation was in a recession.
CMP planning coal tar clean-up
AUGUSTA — Central Maine Power Co. plans a major project to clean up and contain coal tar left next to, and likely underneath, Bond Brook at the site of the former Augusta Gas Works.
NFL: Plenty of wins, but doubt remains for Patriots
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The wins keep coming for the New England Patriots. Yet each one seems to spark doubts about whether they’re as good as their 11-3 record suggests.