The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office reported the following activity Jan. 7:
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Waterville police log Jan. 7
The Waterville Police Department reported the following activity Jan. 7:
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Augusta apartment building fire displaces six
AUGUSTA – An early morning fire at a Drew Street apartment building left six residents homeless today.
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Obama to promote insourcing of jobs
President Obama is calling attention to companies that have brought jobs back to American soil, offering it up as another way of putting people back to work.
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LePage opposes renewable-energy initiative in Maine
Gov. Paul LePage is urging residents not to sign a referendum petition aimed at requiring at least 20 percent of Maine’s electricity come from new renewable energy sources by 2020.
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SNAPSHOT: Hay there
Jasmine Cotton offers a bale of hay Thursday to members of the llama herd in the grazing pens at her family’s Gardiner farm. Cotton’s family has been operating Mystic Run Farm since the mid-19th century and are raising llamas for show in the 21st century.
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HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL: Shepherd leads Bulldogs in OT
FARMINGDALE — Sam Shepherd’s fingerprints were all over Hall-Dale’s victory against Wiscasset on Friday night.
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SNAPSHOT: Measures of our times
A pedestrian walks past the flood gauge in the Arcade Parking lot on a snowy Friday afternoon in Gardiner. A snow gauge would have measured less than two inches.
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HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Plummer’s balanced game paces Bobcats
RICHMOND — Jamie Plummer had 18 points, nine rebounds, four assists and five blocked shots as Richmond defeated Forest Hills 57-29 in East-West Conference girls basketball action Friday night.
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Surge in hiring trims unemployment rate
WASHINGTON — Four painful years after the Great Recession struck and wiped out 8.7 million jobs, the United States may finally be in an elusive pattern known as a virtuous cycle — an escalating loop of hiring and spending.