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.
SKOWHEGAN DISTRICT COURT
SKOWHEGAN — The following cases were closed Dec. 1-23, 2011 in Skowhegan District Court.
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.
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.
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.
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.
PARTY OF TWO: What if it were cancer?
“It’s probably nothing,” the doctor told me over the phone.
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.
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.