MADISON — Seven-year-old Jack Theriault loves reading, and it’s not just because he might win a new bicycle.
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HOCKEY NOTEBOOK: Depth carrying Hawks
The top two lines are producing and an improved defense is coming together. The starting goalie, Tyler Plante, has elevated his play as well.
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POLICE
AUGUSTA SATURDAY At 8:19 p.m., there was a disturbance on White Rice Lane. 11:53 p.m., there was a hit-and-run accident at the intersection of Memorial Circle and Western Avenue. SUNDAY At 12:11 a.m., there was a disturbance on Oxford Street. 12:20 a.m., there was a disturbance on Riverside Drive. 12:48 a.m., there was a disturbance […]
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Winthrop registering for kindergarten
WINTHROP — Winthrop Grade School will hold early registration for the 2012-13 school year.
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Towns asked to contribute to keep ambulance running
BINGHAM — Since 2008, the Upper Kennebec Valley Ambulance Service has seen a 30 percent decrease in the number of requests to take people to the hospital.
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Ayla’s father: ‘It’s gone on long enough’
WATERVILLE — Justin DiPietro sat in the sunlit living room at 29 Violette Ave., the home where his missing daughter was last seen, and pleaded for her return.
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Time ripe for new Waterville hard cider business
WATERVILLE — Ben Manter wrote the book on hard cider. Sort of. Manter, who grew up in Vassalboro with an orchard, is a recent graduate of Bates College and a self-described farm boy.
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Church members reaffirm desire to rebuild after fire
THORNDIKE — The fire that destroyed the Thorndike Congregational Church did not stop the parishioners from holding Sunday services.
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State legislator mulls US senate run
WASHINGTON — After winning a state Senate seat last year, Democrat Cynthia Dill of Cape Elizabeth says she is considering a run this year for the U.S. Senate seat held by Republican Olympia Snowe of Maine.
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Book donations benefit inmates
Family Violence Project seeks donations of new or gently used books for its Books Behind Bars program at inmate libraries at Kennebec County Correctional Facility and the Somerset County Jail.