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Smaller cities tighten belts

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WATERVILLE — While larger cities statewide shed dozens of government workers during the recession, many medium-sized communities avoided mass layoffs by taking drastic measures to cut government spending.

Posted inLifestyle

Child’s latest details how Reacher became drifter

by JERRY HARKAVY

Readers of the popular Jack Reacher thrillers have faced from the start the perplexing question of why the protagonist ended a 13-year career with the military police to begin a new life as a problem-solving drifter who dispenses justice in a brutally effective manner.

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Harris,Pelotte

by Kennebec Journal Staff

WINSLOW — Raymond Harris of Winslow and Amy and Miguel Govea of Vassalboro have announced the engagement of their daughter, Katherine E. Harris to Matthew J. Pelotte, son of Raymond and Barbara Pelotte of Waterville.

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HARLAN: Mom is shocked and disappointed to find daughter is smoking pot

by Kennebec Journal Staff

I found out that my daughter, who has been at college for less than one month, has started smoking pot. This from a girl who has always been strongly opposed to drug use. She is hanging out with a bunch of kids who smoke. I am shocked by her behavior. We talked at length about my expectations for her before she went away. I am paying for her private-school education at great personal sacrifice. Many employers make random drug testing a requirement to continue working. I am thinking of requiring her to submit to random drug tests or forfeit my financial support. What do you think?

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