After getting presents wrapped for him by volunteers, Bobby Miller walks out of the United Volunteers of Maine’s Santa’s Other Workshop, at the Marketplace in Augusta, on Sunday. The workshop is located between the Dress Barn and Home Depot and isopen from Monday to Friday from 4:30 to 8 p.m. this week. In addition to wrapping gifts in exchange for a donation, Santa’s Other Workshop offer pictures with Santa and is a dropoff point for several charity toy drives.
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STILL LIFE: School boards
Students broke out sleds and snowboards to enjoy the fresh snowfall on a hill at the Good Will-Hinckley grounds in Fairfield on Monday.
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Rockland woman charged with bank fraud
Shauna Quinn, 44, allegedly misappropriated $540,000 and faces as much as 30 years in prison if convicted.
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A day of Newtown shockwaves across US
A roundup of Newtown-related news: Colo. background check requests break records / Threats put several W.Va. schools on lockdown / Va. Sen. Warner says Newtown massacre has altered his gun stance . . . and more.
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Litchfield Town Office closing at 4 p.m. today
LITCHFIELD — The Town Office will close at 4 p.m. today because of road conditions, according to a notice from Town Manager Michael Byron. Road crews have been plowing and sanding continuously since Sunday at 9 p.m, Byron noted in the announcement.
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Windham Weaponry ‘sickened’ by Conn. murders
Windham Weaponry is the rifle company started after Bushmasters Firearms International LLC was sold to a private equity firm in 2006.
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Rep. Tim Scott picked to replace DeMint in Senate
The decision makes Smith the South’s first black Republican senator since Reconstruction and only the fourth black Republican ever in the U.S. Senate.
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Obama offers ‘fiscal cliff’ compromise to Republicans
The president says he will give less cost-of-living increases to Social Security recipients in hopes of striking a deal.
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Classes resume in Newtown, except Sandy Hook
Funerals were held for two more of the tiny fallen – a 6-year-old boy and a 6-year-old girl – as the long and almost unbearable procession of funerals continues.
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Schools in Maine, state officials put renewed focus on security measures
Some Maine school districts have beefed up security temporarily in response to the massacre, while others are calling for thorough reviews of security protocol.