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  • Published
    September 1, 2012

    M.D. HARMON: Film critical of Obama a pleasant surprise

    A new film, critical of President Barack Obama, went nationwide in nearly 1,100 theaters last weekend, and I dropped into a mid-afternoon showing, without high expectations.

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    September 1, 2012

    Winslow police station project may remain stalled for weeks

    WINSLOW -- It could take several weeks before a stalled police station construction project is restarted, and the final cost is still unknown.

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    September 1, 2012

    Solon women’s shelter expanding, adding beds, amenities

    SOLON -- Janice Giggey of Skowhegan is open about how she hit rock bottom on drugs, got arrested and ended up homeless.

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    September 1, 2012

    ‘Tick Lady’ has lead mosquito role

    BY NORTH CAIRN The Portland Press Herald Schoolchildren call her “the tick lady.” But Sherrie Juris, a biologist, does much more than teach about ticks and mosquitoes and how to be protected from the infections they carry — Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses, West Nile virus and eastern equine encephalitis. She’s on the front […]

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    September 1, 2012

    Summerhaven range cleanup is really the pits

    AUGUSTA -- Game wardens this summer put up a sign in the Summerhaven pits area, a longtime favorite for target shooting, saying it's a public shooting range and asking those who use it to "carry in, carry out."

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    September 1, 2012

    Emergency food, shelter money awarded

    Kennebec and Somerset counties have been awarded money under the Emergency Food and Shelter Program National Board Program.

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    September 1, 2012

    ALLEN AFIELD Knowing Latin helps catch salmonids

    In late summer and autumn, skilled fly rodders in Maine often choose two vastly different categories of flies for trout: 1. Large, dark nymphs and baitfish imitations or 2. micro mayflies and caddises to imitate specific bugs.

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    September 1, 2012

    RELIGIONBRIEFS

    NORRIDGEWOCK -- First Congregational Church of Norridgewock will begin Sunday school classes Sunday, Sept. 9.

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    September 1, 2012

    Waterville-Winslow Police Report: August 30-31

    IN WINSLOW, Thursday at 10 p.m., suspicious activity was investigated on Simpson Avenue.

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    September 1, 2012

    Easy-hearted people: Beware of scammers

    Caution to the easy-hearted people who could fall prey to a scammer: The latest scam we have discovered comes from an ad in the classifieds of this newspaper, which, by the way, was made aware of the scam and pulled the ad.