The fall bicycling season begins in earnest now, a grand time of year for this crowd. Days often stay cool enough, so pedalers don’t sweat a gallon, but the September sun offers enough warmth to allow us to bicycle in shorts and a short-sleeve shirt — except at dawn and during cold snaps.
September 2013
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Somerset Criminal Court cases June 17-21
The following cases were closed June 17-21, 2013, in Somerset Superior Court and Skowhegan District Court.
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State receives seven applications for new charter schools
The state Charter School Commission will consider seven new applications for charter schools to fill up to five slots available next year.
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SNAPSHOT: Round up
Megan Kelley walks through the herd of horses Thursday in the 100 acre pasture at Maine Lee Morgan Horse Farm in Manchester during the afternoon inspection of the equines. Proprietors Trudie Lee and Deborah Plengey check on the four Morgans and ten Icelandic grazing in the fields twice a day, often with the assistance of their neighbors, Megan Kelley, 9, and her brother, Derek, 12.
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Man convicted of sexually assulting toddler gets ten years in prison
Lester House Good, 36, of Troupsberg, N.Y., was sentenced to 10 years in prison for sexually assaulting a 2-year-old girl in 2009.
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Farmington man injured in fall from university building faces charge
A local man is facing charges after he was injured falling 40 feet from the roof of a University of Maine at Farmington building earlier this week.
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STILL LIFE: Move it or lose it
Thomas Bickfords, 13, of Clinton, attempts to coerce a mini-donkey named Maggie over the gate as they practice for the jumping portion of the donkey and mule show at the Clinton Lions Agricultural Fair on Friday.
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Eliot Cutler calls for health care reform
Cutler criticizes Gov. LePage for not expanding Medicaid under the federal health care overhaul.
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US: Chemical attacks make Syria top security risk
Officials say not acting will embolden countries like Iran and North Korea that are hostile to the United States.
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Kennebec Journal area police log, Sept. 5, 2013
At 4:03 p.m., there was an accident at the intersection of Stone and East Chestnut streets.