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DAR Chapter announces new members in Madison

MADISON — Members of the Eunice Farnsworth-Ruth Heald Cragin Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution recently met at the Old Point Facility. Two new members, Maryilyn Dunlap and Mary Lou Holden Mollerus attended; one pending member, Cheryl West, whose application is in the process of being verified; and one prospective member Nancy Drew. The registrar reported several applications are being processed at the chapter level; with one nearing the final stage before being submitted to the registrar general in Washington.

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Gingerbread house competition results

MADISON — Weber Insurance of Madison recently sponsored the annual gingerbread house competition. There were 21 entries, the creations were judged by Michael Hunt, co-owner/cake decorator of The Bankery in Skowhegan for Decorators Choice and the public voted for their favorites.

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UMF theatre honored with major award

FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington was recently awarded a Moss Hart Memorial Award by the New England Theatre Conference — New England’s oldest and largest regional theatre association — for its March 2012 UMF Theatre production of Bruce Graham’s “Coyote on a Fence.”

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BRIEFS

BANGOR — Gov. Paul LePage says he agrees with an assessment by Forbes Magazine that Maine has the worst business climate in the nation.

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Cheverus High grad sentenced for insider trading

A Cheverus High School alumnus, former trustee and major donor was one of two former hedge-fund managers convicted Monday for their roles in an insider-trading scheme that illegally netted more than $72 million, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of New York.