Companies trip over themselves to make their brands household names. But only a few brands become so engrained in the lexicon that they’re synonymous with the products themselves.
April 2012
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Warden known as ‘The Coyote’ named warden of the year
Dave Georgia Jr. of Milford is known for his relentless pursuit of poachers.
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Mass. man dies after falling in ocean in Ogunquit
Police say the 57-year-old man fell this morning while walking along the oceanside foot path known as Marginal Way.
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Police seek armed robber in Farmingdale
State police are looking for an armed robber of a Farmingdale barbershop, who they believe would have been on the Kennebec Rail Trail early Saturday morning.
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Plenty to smile about: Photo op and a sweet $500
Dozens of Maine babies – and their parents – attended today’s “Future Faces of Maine” casting call, where they got a free professional photograph, $500 set aside for their higher education and, just maybe, a chance to be in a television commercial.
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In Washington County, kindness getting positively catchy
The county’s Positively Kind Week will culminate with a “kindness explosion” next Saturday in Calais.
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App aims to spare right whales from Gulf of Maine ships
The Whale Alert app takes real time information from underwater microphones to identify the whales’ location for any mariner using an iPad or iPhone.
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Scientists predict ‘moderate’ red tide this year
The algae doesn’t harm shellfish, but it can cause potentially fatal poisoning in humans who eat the shellfish that absorb it.
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Maine company making White House easter eggs
This year’s batch includes a custom red egg showing Bo, the Obama family dog, with his paw print on the other side.
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NBC fires producer over 911 audio in Fla. shooting
The edited recording of George Zimmerman’s call on Feb. 28 suggested that he volunteered that Trayvon Martin was black.