Horror author Stephen King’s efforts to raise money to help low-income Maine residents pay their heating oil bills this winter have raised more than $240,000.
December 2011
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LL Bean employee adopts LL Bean the dog
A homeless dog in Wisconsin named L.L. Bean has found a new home in Maine, thanks to the company he’s named after.
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Christopher Hitchens, militant pundit, dies at 62
Hitchens, an author and polemicist who waged verbal and occasional physical battle on behalf of causes left and right, died Thursday night of complications of cancer.
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HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL: Hall-Dale starts fast, rolls to victory in home opener
FARMINGDALE — You don’t see this every day: Mt. Abram kept Hall-Dale from going to the free-throw line even once during Thursday night’s game.
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Project appeal gains traction
FARMINGTON — A resident’s claim that a condominium project is violating town ordinances gained traction this week and renewed a debate over what kind of development should be allowed on Main Street.
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Head Start proposal concerns local mother
AUGUSTA — Angela Krehbiel Vancil’s two children have benefited from Head Start, the federal early childhood intervention program for low-income families.
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Wreaths placed to honor town veterans stolen
WINTHROP — Al Godfrey was excited last week when he visited the veterans’ monument at Norcross Point park and saw the adorned wreaths placed in honor of each branch of the military service.
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Council to firm: Scale down plan
AUGUSTA — The city has told a company that proposes to use the sun and wood to help heat and power some city and school buildings to come back with a watered-down project.
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STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) method being used at Cony
AUGUSTA — In a room at Cony High School, textbooks were piled on the floor, stools were lying on their sides and yardsticks formed the span of a bridge.
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Authority, Violette reach settlement
PORTLAND — The Maine Turnpike Authority and Paul Violette have reached a settlement to resolve a lawsuit that alleged misconduct by the quasi-state agency’s former executive director.