FARMINGTON — The University of Maine has banned tobacco products on campus, joining colleges and universities across the country.
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Oakland dog license deadline approaching
OAKLAND — Dog licenses must be purchased no later than Tuesday, Jan. 31. A $25 late fee per dog will be added to the license fee after that date. License fees are $6 for spayed/neutered dogs and $11 for unaltered dogs.
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SKOWHEGAN DISTRICT COURT
SKOWHEGAN — The following cases were closed Dec. 1-23, 2011 in Skowhegan District Court.
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Shannon earns commander position
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Carrier Strike Group 1 recently held a change of command ceremony on board USS Carl Vinson. Rear Adm. Thomas K. Shannon relieved Rear Adm. Samuel Perez as commander, CSG-1.
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Full bellies and warm hearts
WINTHROP — Free lunch was served to about three dozen diners Wednesday as the Winthrop Hot Meal Kitchen ended a seven-month hiatus and resumed serving daily mid-day meals at St. Francis Xavier Church Hall.
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Monmouth women work to boost town’s fuel aid
MONMOUTH — With the price of oil increasing and help from the government reduced from previous years, two local women are trying to bridge the gap.
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Shooter claims he, family were threatened
AUGUSTA — With a wound to his stomach, Rafael Encarnacion, 22, crawled out of a back bedroom of a Vassalboro home early Tuesday, shot with a homemade gun by the homeowner, who said it was in self-defense.
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PARTY OF TWO: What if it were cancer?
“It’s probably nothing,” the doctor told me over the phone.
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WANDERING ELDERLY MAN SAFE
WILTON — An elderly man is lucky to be alive after he was found wandering in the street without a jacket amid frigid temperatures early Thursday morning, said Wilton Police Chief Heidi Wilcox.
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New Skowhegan shelter open house is Saturday
SKOWHEGAN — Smoke curls from the chimneys of two outdoor wood furnaces that heat the new 60-bed homeless shelter on McClellan Street and Trinity Evangelical Free Church next door.