‘Twilight’ newborn featured in novella NEW YORK – Attention “Twilight” fans: Stephenie Meyer has a new book coming out. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers will release “The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner” on June 5. The novella is told from the viewpoint of Bree, a newborn vampire featured in “Eclipse.” That’s one of […]
March 2010
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Will Yarmouth go with more flow? Dialogue to begin on removing dams
There have been dams on the Royal River since Europeans first settled in Yarmouth in the 1600s. the 1800s, the dams were powering textile and paper mills in Yarmouth’s thriving industrial center. Those industries shut down years ago, and now the community is considering removing the two dams that remain on the river. Removal of […]
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Bill Nemitz: The untold storyof offensive e-mail
It will, no doubt, be the biggest meeting the Casco Board of Selectmen has held in a long time. Maybe the biggest ever. There will be a crowd of people, some residents of the tiny town and some not, squeezed in to catch a glimpse of Barbara York, the selectwoman who eight months ago hit […]
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Nissan’s electric Leaf to sell for $25,000
Tax credits make the cost roughly comparable to a gasoline-powered vehicle.
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Inspiration for ‘Stand and Deliver’ is dead
Jaime Escalante, whose work changed a Los Angeles high school and inspired a film, was 79.
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Camera woes offer snapshot of New York safety
Placement, installation delays and staff cuts leave the city exposed to crime and terrorism, critics say.
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British lawmakers delay changes to libel laws
LONDON – Freedom of speech campaigners accused British lawmakers Tuesday of blocking attempts to reform the country’s tough libel laws. A committee of House of Commons legislators voted to delay proposed changes to current laws, which would sharply cut fees charged to both defendants and complainants by lawyers representing them in libel cases. Media organizations […]
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Claws go down to the wire
A recent slide has left Maine, one of the D-League’s best teams for much of the year, in danger of missing the playoffs.
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Budget to erase state shortfall wins approval
Legislators use extra federal money and improving revenues to help ease the painful cuts originally proposed.
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Kevin Thomas: Tons of poise and likely on the way
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. — Casey Kelly says he’s on the Portland Sea Dogs team for now. “I’ll keep pitching and whatever bus they tell me to go on, I’m going to get on,” Kelly said. However Kelly travels out of Florida next week — bus, plane or automobile — he can only be headed to […]