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    December 30, 2011

    Sears closes 79 Kmart and Sears stores; Maine locations spared

    Florida will be hit the hardest by the closing of Sears and Kmart stores, losing 11, according to a preliminary list of 79 planned closures.

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    December 30, 2011
    Maine Shrimp

    Gulf of Maine shrimp season to be a short one

    Due to new restrictions, shrimp fishermen can only catch about 4½ million pounds, down sharply from the 13 million pounds they caught last year. The season begins Monday.

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    December 30, 2011

    Bellavance found guilty of topless coffee shop arson

    AUGUSTA – A jury found Raymond Bellavance Jr. guilty Friday of two charges of arson related to a June 3, 2009, fire that destroyed the Grand View Topless Coffee Shop in Vassalboro.

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    December 30, 2011

    Once an afterthought, Romney eyes Iowa with hope

    Mitt Romney, watching as Republican efforts to find a not-Romney alternative have failed, is suddenly making a play to win Iowa.

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    December 30, 2011

    Maine ocean lab to get $600K grant

    The National Science Foundation has awarded Bigelow Laboratory in Boothbay Harbor a $603,631 grant to study iron oxidizing bacteria.

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    December 30, 2011

    HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP: Spruce Mountain sinks Hall-Dale

    LIVERMORE FALLS -- Nathan Shink scored 18 points to lead Spruce Mountain to a 64-45 victory over Hall-Dale in Mountain Valley Conference boys basketball action Thursday night.

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    December 30, 2011

    87-year-old hurt in car accident

    NORRIDGEWOCK -- A woman was rushed to a hospital by helicopter Thursday afternoon after her car struck a driveway embankment.

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    December 30, 2011

    Maine photographer dies

    Maine's photographic community is mourning the death of Madeleine de Sinety, just days before her first solo exhibition in the United States is scheduled to close at the Portland Museum of Art.

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    December 30, 2011

    Chilly temps deplete camp

    Cold weather and holidays are taking a toll on Occupy Maine. Only five people attended the daily general assembly at 6 p.m. Thursday in Lincoln Park, far fewer than the two dozen people who were attending earlier this month, and the 30 to 40 people in November and October.

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    December 30, 2011

    Police Log

    At 1:02 p.m., theft was reported at Mid Maine Maintenance Inc. on Northern Avenue.