Persons lacking self-respect are incapable of imparting respect. They lack “inner means of support.” Although the space between the ears may earn a passing grade, the belly and heart fail to possess self-worth, inspiration for self-achievement; a sort of “four-wheel” internal drive to succeed. Following attendance at a local basketball game, topped off with dinner, […]
March 2012
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County prisoner transport van hit from behind
CHELSEA — A Kennebec County Sheriff’s deputy and six inmates escaped serious injury Wednesday when the county jail van they were in was hit from behind by a distracted driver on Route 9.
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Event taught sixth-graders about caring people, hope
In an age where the dollar bill is being stretched like never before, where business owners are working longer and harder to stay afloat, a child learns that the world in which she lives is still filled with caring people and hope. To quote a sixth-grade Farrington student, “The world needs nice people like those […]
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‘SHAME’ is a thirsty evil
Michael Fassbender is with us again, fresh from playing Carl Jung in “A Dangerous Method,” and the imprisoned Irish rebel Bobby Sand in Steve McQueen’s “Hunger.” Here, in McQueen’s “Shame,” Fassbender once again gives us a fierce, throttling performance as Brandon Sullivan, a midtown denizen of the 123rd-floor high-finance world. Brandon is a handsome, chilling piece of work. A man who has arranged his life in neat circles and cubes free of dirt and debris.
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Boogie2Shooz
Boogie2Shooz is an Augusta-based duo made up of Patti-Jean Cousens and Pamela Jenkins. Both singer/musicians are in education in the Capital area. Jenkins teaches in the University of Maine at Augusta’s music department and Cousens works at Cony High School in Augusta. The duo will perform at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 11, at UMA’s Jewett Hall. The concert will be presented by and benefit the UMA Senior College.
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NBA: 76ers rout Celtics
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Evan Turner scored a career-best 26 points, helping the Philadelphia 76ers rout the Boston Celtics 103-71 Wednesday night to maintain their lead in the Atlantic Division.
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76ers rough up Celtics
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Evan Turner scored a career-best 26 points, helping the Philadelphia 76ers rout the Boston Celtics 103-71 Wednesday night to maintain their lead in the Atlantic Division.
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COMMENTARY — ON HOCKEY: Original Six always a threat
PHILADELPHIA — The Original Six is pushing hard to make it the Big Three.
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No Senate run for Pingree
WASHINGTON — Democratic U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree said Wednesday that she won’t run for the U.S. Senate, a move that appears to boost the candidacy of independent former Gov. Angus King.
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Maine facing Medicaid debt
AUGUSTA — Maine will likely have to repay the federal government for providing Medicaid coverage to as many as 19,000 ineligible patients during the past year and a half, Health and Human Services Commissioner Mary Mayhew said Wednesday.