State tourist officials defended their new Internet advertising campaign last week against charges it is diverting Web traffic away from local chamber sites, saying the program will benefit more businesses in Maine and help boost flagging visitor numbers. Since last July the state has been outbidding competitors for prime positions on search engines like Google […]
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Bunnies for our Standish Buddy
Joshua Conley is 10 years old. He likes hockey. He likes video games, Bionicles and Star Wars. He likes school, likes to read and likes to play with his brother, James. Joshua Conley is 10 years old. And he has cancer. When he was first diagnosed with T-Cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma, in mid-January, he couldn’t even […]
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Lakes Region Weekly editorial, Apr. 7
Praising initiative Initiative may not be an American invention, but initiative, defined as starting and getting things done, is what makes America great. This week in the Lakes Region and around the state we witness acts of initiative both large and small. Who has initiative worthy of praise? For starters is Joshua Conley, the boy […]
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Windham remembered 0407
The Rogers-Fogg house has stood at the corner of Windham Center Road and Route 202 for nearly 200 years. Built in 1808, it has changed little over time. The village of Windham Center is filled with historic buildings including the original library, a former grain store (now a museum), town hall built in 1833, a […]
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Lakes Region Voices 0407
Do you think athletes should lose their records if it’s proved they took steroids? Laurie Best, 41, Standish “If there is a way to find out exactly who took steroids and who didn’t, then, yes, they should lose their records. But don’t just target a few notable players and strip them of their records.” Joshua […]
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Blacktop basketball lessons cutline
Scarborough High Boys Varsity Basketball Coach Matt Townsend and Scarborough Middle School Assistant Coach Tom Sullivan work with a group of first, second, third and fourth graders at a Saturday morning “Blacktop Basketball” session. The coaches worked on basics with the kids. Later, l9 boys and girls played in a two-on-two tourney as part of […]
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Meet the Easter bunny
The Maine Mall is inviting children and parents to come meet the Easter bunny. The Easter bunny will be at center court in the mall until April 15. Children and adults can come in to get their picture taken with the Easter bunny between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon and […]
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Meet the Easter bunny
The Maine Mall is inviting children and parents to come meet the Easter bunny. The Easter bunny will be at center court in the mall until April 15. Children and adults can come in to get their picture taken with the Easter bunny between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon and […]
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Thai teacher visits Cape
If Makaranon Wichaiphan could blend the best of Thai and American educational culture, he’d unite the casual expressive American learning environment with the formal respect Thai students show their teachers. Makaranon or Mark, as he is calling himself in the United States, is an exchange teacher from Thailand spending the remainder of the school year […]
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Mahoney welcomes familiar coach
Mahoney Middle School might have a new track coach this year, but he seems very familiar. That’s because Mike Towle, who teaches social studies at the South Portland school, returned to his old job: for 26 years, from 1970 to 1996, he was Mahoney’s track coach. His effort and success apparently attracted attention because the […]