FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Josh Beckett was just happy to be on the mound.
March 2012
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HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS: Forest Hills excited about future
Forest Hills played in its first Class D boys basketball state championship game Saturday afternoon, losing 83-45 to a loaded Jonesport-Beals team. On the bus ride back to Jackman after the game, the Tigers players — all of whom return next season — were already talking about what they can do to improve for next season.
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Morning Sentinel correction: March 5, 2012
A Friday story about Anson’s upcoming Town Meeting should have said that selectmen were seeking to replace an old firetruck, not the one that plunged into the Kennebec River in June. The one that sustained water damage has been repaired. It was a reporter’s error.
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Feeding frenzy for signatures in Portland
PORTLAND — Three signature-gatherers stood outside the First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church on Congress Street and stopped fellow parishioners headed into the Sunday morning service.
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Medical bills, even when paid, can wreck credit
CHICAGO — Mike and Laura Park thought their credit record was spotless. The Texas couple wanted to take advantage of low interest rates, so they put their house on the market and talked to a lender about a mortgage on a bigger home in the Dallas-Fort Worth suburbs.
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Charter school officials studying
AUGUSTA — Groups hoping to start Maine’s first public charter schools are still waiting for a request for proposals, but they say they’ll be ready for classes this fall.
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Embden to take ownership of community center
EMBDEN — During a six-hour annual Town Meeting on Saturday, residents agreed to take ownership of the Embden Community Center indefinitely and put $80,000 into an account that could be used for bat removal, dam replacement and community center renovations.
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Mercer budget climbs
MERCER — Residents voted at their annual Town Meeting on Saturday to increase the 2012 budget from the amount originally proposed by town officials, and they approved converting the Mercer Community Center to a heating system fueled by wood pellets.
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A symphonic farewell
WATERVILLE — A most pleasurable chapter of Jonathan Hallstrom’s life is about to come to a close.
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Observers report serious voting problems in Putin win
“Abuse of government resources ensured that the ultimate winner of the election was never in doubt.”