AUGUSTA — Lawmakers this week will visit several central Maine destinations — including Madison Paper, Thomas College and the New Balance shoe factory in Skowhegan — as part of a tour sponsored by the Maine Development Foundation.
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HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING: The Wrestling Del Gallos
When Adam Del Gallo came home from first grade with a signup sheet for Gardiner youth wrestling, his family had no inkling where his participation in the sport would lead them.
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Frustrated moms urge LePage to extend BPA ban
AUGUSTA — Megan Rice and other mothers gathered at the State House Wednesday to protest a LePage administration recommendation that they say doesn’t go far enough to protect young children from the chemical bisphenol-A.
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BACKYARD NATURALIST: A mind of snow and ice
This is the time of year when it’s easy to believe that 25,000 years ago, our part of the world was covered by 8,000 feet of ice. Ice a mile and a half deep. So much ice that the ocean was frozen over 180 miles offshore. So much ice that its weight depressed the earth surface hundreds of feet beneath where it is today.
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NHL: Owners approve deal, await players’ vote
NEW YORK — NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman secured unanimous ownership support for the pending labor deal, then apologized to everyone hurt by the long lockout and said he isn’t going anywhere.
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SKIING: CVA’s Morse not your typical kid
Chip Cochrane thinks, stammers, thinks some more. “It’s hard to describe Sam,” Cochrane says. “He’s a great kid. He isn’t even like a typical kid.”
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LePage lashes out at ‘double-dipping’ employees
Public employees who collect a salary as well as a retirement pension draw the governor’s ire, though his own budget officer employs the same practice.
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SNAPSHOT: Stuck sled
Larry Murphy moves a snowmobile off a patch of tar in a driveway Wednesday while commuting home from his job in Augusta. Murphy said he hit a soft patch of snow, forcing him to detour across the driveway.
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SNAPSHOT: Hearing tests
Christine Gay, of Vassalboro, gets her hearing checked Wednesday by Lisa King, of Beltone, during the Maine Agricultural Trades Show in Augusta. The free hearing checkup for guests was provided by Maine AgrAbility, which assists farmers with chronic health issues across the state.
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SNAPSHOT: Double dry
Phyllis Wing collects a bed spread Wednesday from a clothes line outside her Manchester home. Wing said damp weather forced her to bring the spread inside for a turn in the dryer.