Dora Anne Mills remembers the buzz on the Bowdoin College campus on a spring day in 1979, when fellow student Joan Benoit won the Boston Marathon.
June 2012
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Appalachian Trail hiker drowns in pond
BOWTOWN TOWNSHIP — A man who was through-hiking the Appalachian Trail drowned while swimming in Pierce Pond in Bowtown Township Friday night, the Maine Warden Service said Saturday. His name was not being released pending notification of his family.
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Captain honored for his sacrifice
DEXTER — U.S. Army Capt. Jay Brainard was mourned, honored and buried Saturday, three weeks after the helicopter he was piloting crashed while on patrol in Afghanistan.
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Gardiner featured in Down East
GARDINER — The city’s development efforts recently were highlighted with the publication of an article in Down East magazine.
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Robbers demand pain medications
AUGUSTA — An Augusta man was injured Friday when three men reportedly forced their way into his Water Street apartment in a bid to steal his prescription pain medication.
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Maine part of oil flow trend
Maine has been a transit point for crude oil flowing west to Canada for 72 years.
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Fight for State House grows hotter
AUGUSTA — A state senator elected just four months ago faces a challenge from an aggressive campaigner.
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Being animist isn’t easy
I confess. I am an animist. Animism is simply a belief that all inanimate objects, such as rocks and plants, have souls, and therefore have feelings. This includes glass beads, drift wood and old soccer balls.
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No spark in bid for fireworks ban
LITCHFIELD — A bid by selectmen to ban the use and sale of fireworks in town went down in flames at Saturday’s annual town meeting.