The retailer says no ‘serious confusion or conflict has ever arisen in the public mind’ between the stores and the volcanic nation.
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Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Kennebec Journal Nov. 24 police log
Augusta area police reports for Nov. 24, 2016.
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Posted inLife & Culture, Maine, News
Thanksgiving about family, food — and for some, fitness
Area organizations offer free meals for residents, while Kennebec Valley YMCA hosts ‘Turkey Warm-up’
Posted inLife & Culture, Maine, News
Annual Thanksgiving Day meals offer food, friends and fellowship in Oakland and Skowhegan
Free public dinners see smiling faces and full stomachs at Messalonskee High School and Skowhegan Recreation Center.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Obama finally meets 6-year-old who wrote to him about adopting Syrian boy
The president was so touched by the boy’s handwritten letter that he read it out aloud at a U.N. summit on refugees in September.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Maranacook schools, Readfield teacher sued by parents over alleged ‘head-bagging’ incidents
In response, the superintendent said the district never wants ‘students to be bullied, humiliated or embarrassed by anyone.’
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Morning Sentinel police log
Waterville area police reports for Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016.
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Wayne’s Friday Club reaching milestone
Although women’s lives have changed since the club was founded in 1892, its members maintain the tradition of self-improvement.
Posted inNation & World, News
Wildfire blamed on terrorists roars through Israeli city
In a rare move, Israel calls up hundreds of military reservists and makes use of an international fleet of firefighting aircraft sent by a slew of countries.
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At least 67 killed in scaffold collapse, as China builds hundreds of coal-fired plants
Work-safety accidents in recent years are blamed on weak regulatory oversight, systemic corruption and pressure to boost production amid a slowing economy.