Some quick thinking and a little detective work by the Department of Health and Human Services put thousands of dollars into the hands of parents who had not been receiving child support in Maine. More than 7,500 former inmates of the York County Jail successfully sued the county last year over what they considered illegal […]
2006
Posted inAmerican Journal
Inmate settlement pays child support
Some quick thinking and a little detective work by the Department of Health and Human Services put thousands of dollars into the hands of parents who had not been receiving child support in Maine. More than 7,500 former inmates of the York County Jail successfully sued the county last year over what they considered illegal […]
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Gorham mourns McKinney
Friends and family are remembering Christina Faye McKinney of Gorham as loyal, a hard worker, team player and a role model. “She was the shining star of our life,” said her grandmother, Pat Pond of Windham. McKinney, 20, died on Friday when a pickup truck she was driving collided head-on with a Gorham school bus […]
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Expansion allows native to stay
After Idexx’s announcement last week, Chris Lewis knows he won’t have to leave his home state again. A native of Unity, Lewis left the state in 1991 after graduating college because he couldn’t find a job here. He spent the next six years trying to get back. “When I graduated, I looked everywhere to find […]
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Expansion allows native to stay
After Idexx’s announcement last week, Chris Lewis knows he won’t have to leave his home state again. A native of Unity, Lewis left the state in 1991 after graduating college because he couldn’t find a job here. He spent the next six years trying to get back. “When I graduated, I looked everywhere to find […]
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Stronger tourism advertising urged
Business people gathered at the Governor’s Conference on Tourism Tuesday were told to lobby their legislators for a bigger promotional budget to attract more visitors to the state and turn around a trend that shows the number of tourist trips to Maine has been flat since 2002. “The return on investment is proven in tourism,” […]
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Scots top field second week in a row
Joe Bailey won a pair of events to lead Bonny Eagle’s boys track team to victory in Saturday’s SMAA meet at the Portland Expo. The Scots collected 101.5 points, edging Thornton Academy (98.5), while Scarborough (88) took third ahead of Cheverus (35). Bailey took first in the jr. 400 and the jr. hurdles, winning the […]
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Scots top field second week in a row
Joe Bailey won a pair of events to lead Bonny Eagle’s boys track team to victory in Saturday’s SMAA meet at the Portland Expo. The Scots collected 101.5 points, edging Thornton Academy (98.5), while Scarborough (88) took third ahead of Cheverus (35). Bailey took first in the jr. 400 and the jr. hurdles, winning the […]
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Gorham weighs rezoning for beer distributor
Townspeople will have a chance to be heard on a proposed zoning change in Gorham, which would allow Nappi Distributors of Portland to build a $13 million warehouse on lower Main Street. Nappi, a distributor of beer and wine, has put a deposit on a 22-acre farm owned by John and Marlene Merriman. A sale […]
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Heart disease Maine women
On a cold January night, 10 years ago, I was in the back of an ambulance, with a police escort, on my way to an emergency room where I would be cautioned not to fall asleep. I had absolutely no idea what was wrong. All I knew was “something” told me I needed help. I […]