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.
April 2012
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.