Harding served overseas from 1943 to 1946 and participated in the invasion of Normandy at Omaha Beach.
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WORLD SERIES: Cardinals win Game 1
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Nobody plays a hunch like Tony La Russa. Not this October, anyway.
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SNAPSHOT: Hands-on learning
HANDS-ON LEARNING: Ruby Dufour, 3 of Winthrop, holds a photovoltaic cell to a light bulb that powers the spinning fan in her other hand Wednesday morning at the Maine Energy Education booth during the Earth Science Day at the Maine State Museum in Augusta. About 1,000 visitors checked out the 15 displays, such as gold […]
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Treatment centers scramble to keep funds
Three of Maine’s residential treatment and shelter programs for drug addicts and alcoholics are scrambling to move dozens of adults into alternative services so the programs don’t lose the federal funding they need to operate.
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BRIEFS: LURC commission meets in Ashland
AUGUSTA — The LURC Reform Commission, established by the Legislature to recommend possible reforms to the Land Use Regulation Commission, will hold its next work session today in Ashland with two public listening sessions.
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Waterville council considers natural gas line
WATERVILLE — Officials proposing to build an $80 million natural gas pipeline through central Maine got both support and questions at Tuesday’s City Council meeting.
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LOCAL ROUNDUP: Cony tops Brewer, advances to semis
BREWER — Heather Leet and Chelsea Begin combined on a goal with 7:55 left in the game as fifth-ranked Cony knocked off No. 4 Brewer, 1-0, in an Eastern A field hockey quarterfinal Wednesday afternoon.
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Newest tool now newest drug choice
The newest drug to help treat opiate addiction is now being sold by drug dealers and abused by addicts in Portland and other Maine communities.
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Maine seeks early education grant
AUGUSTA — Maine is requesting a $32.2 million federal grant to improve the quality of and access to early childhood learning and development programs.
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Drug use impacts every level, even doctors
AUGUSTA — It’s disappointing that the hero doctor in the TV program “House” is addicted to Vicodin, said Dr. Lani Graham. Graham, however, knows doctors are not superhuman.