DAMARISCOTTA — Edward Donohoe loved to share stories of his travels and his work. To educate youths about the seas and life as a sailor, especially in the shipping and fishing industries, he wrote down the stories, said his daughter Elena Shaw. He dressed up as the character of Jediah Peabody, taking his listeners right […]
March 2010
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Bill puts payments at $4,000 per turbine
The benefit standard would be comparable to what wind farm developers have agreed to pay several host communities.
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Beckett back from illness, Lowell gets some at-bats
Josh Beckett isn’t sharp after flu-like symptoms, and Mike Lowell gets plate time with minor leaguers.
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Philanthropist will enhance donations to local ministry
PORTLAND — Grace-Street Ministry, a nonprofit organization working through Stevens Avenue Congregational Church, has been selected to participate in this year’s Feinstein Challenge. For 13 years, Alan Feinstein, a Rhode Island philanthropist, has divided $1 million among agencies serving the hungry and poor. Through April 30, any donation to Grace-Street Ministry will be enhanced by a […]
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Lead-paint poisoning case settled
Eighteen children were exposed before age 6 in Rhode Island apartments.
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Boyfriend, 19, pleads not guilty in death of year-old baby girl
The prosecutor says autopsy results indicate the baby “died of blunt injury to her head.”
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Bay State town has seven open posts, no candidates
HAWLEY, Mass. — There are seven elected positions up for grabs in the small western Massachusetts town of Hawley this spring – but no candidates. Town Clerk Cynthia Stetson tells The Recorder of Greenfield said she has posted notices in several newspapers and sent them to the town’s e-mail list, but no nomination papers were […]
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Rockies’ closer has good news
TUCSON, Ariz. — Colorado Rockies closer Huston Street received encouraging news when the MRI on his ailing right shoulder revealed no structural damage. The MRI was done Wednesday after Street felt tightness in his shoulder. He felt fine after throwing 25 pitches Monday in a simulated game but felt tightness in the shoulder while playing […]
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News from Greece, India worries investors
The Dow Jones sheds 37 points after advancing for eight straight days on rising optimism.
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Living their dreams in Vancouver
Two athletes – one from Cumberland and another from Cape Elizabeth – are in the Paralympics.