CHELSEA — Residents approved all 55 warrant articles at Thursday’s Town Meeting, including new municipal rules for soliciting bids and making town purchasing decisions.
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‘Silver alerts’ find elderly
AUGUSTA — Maine is using a new “Silver Alert” system to search statewide for a missing elderly person suffering from dementia, Alzheimer’s disease or other illness.
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MLB: Sox rally to beat Astros
HOUSTON (AP) — Adrian Gonzalez hit a go-ahead two-run double after Dustin Pedroia drove in a pair of runs during Boston’s six-run seventh inning, helping the Red Sox rally for a 7-5 win over the Houston Astros on Friday night.
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AMY CALDER: The infamous July 4, 1990
There will never be a Fourth of July celebration like the one Waterville saw in 1990.
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AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL: Warren helps Post 51 earn win
WATERVILLE — Devin Warren hit a two-run home run in the fourth inning as Post 51 scored six times on its way to a 16-4 win over Amato’s in an American Legion Zone 2 baseball game Friday.
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STILL LIFE: Summertime blue
Children jump into the deep end of the Alfond Municipal Pool in Waterville to cool off from Friday’s warm summer temperatures.
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Marine with Maine ties killed in Afghanistan
When Marine Cpl. Mark Goyet returned from Iraq last winter, he spent a month with his grandparents in Westbrook.
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NBA: All is quiet after NBA locks out players
NEW YORK — No free agency now, maybe no games later.
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Six arrested after Portland standoff
PORTLAND — Police arrested six people at gunpoint Friday after a six-hour standoff at the Riverton Apartments complex off Forest Avenue.
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Minnesota’s shutdown affects the most vulnerable
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The blind are losing reading services. A help line for the elderly has gone silent. And poor families are scrambling after the state stopped child care subsidies.