Natalie Stillings, 12, of Augusta, recently returned from a Dwight D. Eisenhower People to People Student Ambassador Trip to France and England.
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CORRECTION
A photo caption on page B1 in Wednesday’s newspaper should have identified landlord Halsey McDonough’s lawyer, who appeared in the photo, as Madeline Malisa. It was an editing error.
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COMMENTARY: In wake of Colo. shooting, we can’t let our fear of violence win
Murders — especially random mass murders — are frightening. And when we’re frightened, we look for explanations that will restore some sense of safety to the world.
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COMMENTARY: Olympics once sported tug of war, croquet
Why do the Olympics have the events they have? Why don’t they have swimming obstacle races, croquet, rugby or native mud fighting? The answer is that they once did.
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COMMENTARY: Rational health care is far different from rationing
The Affordable Care Act remains in Republican cross hairs and very much in the news. In recent days, several patients have asked me what the law will mean for them. Many of the people I care for are incurably ill and need expensive medical care to stay alive.
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Ethics commission needs sworn testimony from Rosa Scarcelli and stepfather to sort through conflicting claims
At issue is whether former Democratic gubernatorial candidate Rosa Scarcelli reported two campaign donations of $850 from her stepfather, Karl Norberg, and his then-21-year-old son without their permission. Norberg, who is married to Scarcelli’s mother, filed the complaint earlier this month.
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Augusta superintendent Cornelia Brown resigns after 13 years
Cornelia Brown will stay on the job until Dec. 31, when she will leave to become executive director of the Maine School Management Association.
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AUTO RACING NOTES: ‘Ducktona’ highlight of mini cup season
Cameron Folsom has enjoyed quite a summer driving a mini cup car in the kid’s division at the Pit Stop in Kingfield.
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TRUTH TEST: US Chamber of Commerce TV ads against Angus King ring true
In ads that began running in the Portland television market Thursday, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce dubs independent Angus King, the former Maine governor running for U.S. Senate, the “king of spending” and the “king of mismanagement” with graphics that make him look like a court jester.
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Rufus wins dog costume contest
PITTSFIELD — Rufus, an 18-month-old pug of Boise, Idaho, recently received Best in Division (small breeds), Best in Show and a blue ribbon at Pittsfield’s Annual International Egg Festival dog costume contest. Rufus’s owner, Racheal Hummel of Boise, Idaho, created the egg costume with the help of some of her student ballerinas. Dressed as an egg, the dog posed for the panel of Pittsfield judges.