Rannon Rines, 3 of Greene, turns the handle on a cider press during Applefest events on Saturday morning at The Monmouth Museum. The events included fresh apples and apple pie for sale and a 5K road race earlier in the morning.
September 2012
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ON MAINE POLITICS: Maine League of Young Voters skips Senate endorsement
The Maine League of Young Voters has released its slate of political endorsements, ranging from President Barack Obama to Nisha Swinton for the Portland Water District Board of Trustees.
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National Republican Committee leader stumps for Raye
LEWISTON — The deputy chairman of a national Republican committee said Kevin Raye’s bid for Maine’s 2nd Congressional District is just warming up, and TV advertising support could follow. Meanwhile, a poll released today from MaineToday Media shows Raye trailing Democratic incumbent Mike Michaud by 15 percentage points.
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Banda, Maloney seek to be top prosecutor
AUGUSTA — The divide could hardly be wider in the race to be the next top prosecutor in Kennebec and Somerset counties.
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Running for office? There’s an app for that
AUGUSTA — Corey Wilson is sitting at a downtown bar, but he has his legislative campaign with him.
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Alzheimer’s walk raises money, awareness
AUGUSTA — Jeannie Conley lost her father to Alzheimer’s disease in February.
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Lack of action on Farm Bill imperils state’s dairy industry
A partisan stalemate in Washington, D.C., has left one of Maine’s largest industries in limbo.
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HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP: Waterville’s Brown wins Festival
BELFAST — Waterville’s Bethanie Brown was the only runner to break 18 minutes in winning the Maine Cross Country Festival of Champions girls race Saturday at Troy Howard Middle School. Brown finished the 5-kilometer race in 17 minutes, 56.69 seconds, more than half a minute ahead of Jillian Forsey of Stephenville, Newfoundland. Erzsebet Nagy of Lawrence High School place third in 18:33.67 followed by Samantha Cox of Bonny Eagle and Brittany Bowman of Camden Hills.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL ROUNDUP: Oak Hill gets by Lisbon
LISBON — Kyle Flaherty rushed for 88 yards and a touchdown on 12 carries to lead the Oak Hill football team past Lisbon 21-14 in a Western C Campbell Conference game Saturday at Thompson Field.
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Maine can’t stop Villanova’s run
ORONO — They stopped the penalties.