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    April 30, 2012

    Maine convents use the Internet to search for new recruits

    BIDDEFORD — When Sister Elaine Lachance devoted herself to a religious life straight out of high school in 1959, her religious order had more than a dozen convents in the U.S. with nearly 260 sisters.

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    April 30, 2012

    Cianbro CEO stoked about green power

    MOSCOW — Cianbro Corp. CEO Peter Vigue says he’s all about producing green power — renewable energy.

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    April 30, 2012

    Osama bin Laden’s long shadow

    WASHINGTON — A year after the U.S. raid that killed Osama bin Laden, al-Qaida is hobbled and hunted, too busy surviving for the moment to carry out another Sept. 11-style attack on U.S. soil.

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    April 30, 2012

    MLB: Loss ends Sox win streak

    CHICAGO (AP) — The Boston Red Sox are headed home after a successful road trip, and manager Bobby Valentine feels the team is headed in the right direction after rocky start.

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    April 30, 2012

    Morning Sentinel police log: April 30, 2012

    IN BINGHAM, Saturday at 12:31 p.m., a complaint was taken from Milford Avenue.

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  • Published
    April 29, 2012

    Pump glitch becoming ‘nightmare’

    RANDOLPH — Sonny James is fed up with a continuing glitch in the alarm system at the town’s new pump station. The town’s sewer and pump station inspector said 18 alarms sounded last Monday at the Water Street station.

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    April 29, 2012

    14-year-old youth reigns as state chess champ

    CAPE ELIZABETH — The King of Maine is a kid. For the first time in the 54-year history of the Maine State Chess Championship, the championship plaque went home with someone who has yet to enter high school.

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    April 29, 2012

    Governor firm on public input for bond issues

    AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage says he has not changed his position that any bond issued by any state agency needs to be approved by voters at referendum. LePage said he is shocked at a vote by the Legislature’s Appropriations Committee to kill a bill requiring an advisory referendum on bonds sold by the Maine […]

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    April 29, 2012

    Mild winter could lead to huge honeybee die-off come fall

    Beekeepers need to be especially careful this year. A mild winter and unseasonably warm early spring have created conditions reminiscent of 2010, when beekeepers were caught off guard from an explosion of mite populations that killed off many honeybee colonies, according to a state expert. “The bees are coming out, but so are the parasitic […]

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    April 29, 2012

    Answers may rest in Fort Richmond soil

    Archaeologists digging up history at the site of a former Fort Richmond hope their work will help provide a glimpse into the life of a soldier in the 1700s and the answer to a long-standing question about the fort.