CUMBERLAND – When she couldn’t beat them, Eleanor Mae Copp joined them instead. “My father was a very avid hunter, so she was a good sport and went along with us,” including a moose hunt when she was 70, said her son Howell Copp. Mrs. Copp won a moose permit in the state lottery in […]
March 2010
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Obama to outline final health care package today
He is considering several Republican ideas, more to give Democrats political cover than to woo GOP votes.
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New state plan to borrow, boost jobs proposed
Democrats believe their $99 million bond package would speed the recovery, but others are skeptical.
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Jailed Baptists await ruling after testimony
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Two Americans still jailed on kidnapping charges in Haiti will have to wait for their freedom, Judge Bernard Saint-Vil said Tuesday. The judge had said earlier that testimony from three witnesses about the missionaries’ efforts to set up an orphanage in the neighboring Dominican Republic would allow him to free Laura Silsby, […]
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Iraq’s Sunnis see election as an act of hope
Better representation in parliament by Sunni Arabs is seen as a way to defuse tensions with Shiites.
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Claws put on spurt to bury Mad Ants
Maine heats up in the fourth period, pulling away to a 124-108 victory at Fort Wayne.
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Bruins fade in third, fall to Canadiens
Boston takes a 1-0 lead into the final period, but Montreal rallies to pull out a 4-1 victory.
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Military Notes, March 3, 2010
Dionna A. Hemingway has enlisted in the Iowa Army National Guard. Hemingway is a heavy construction equipment operator assigned to the 831st Engineer Company, Burlington, Iowa. She is the daughter of Dale Hemingway, Harrison, and Tina Cary of Otisfield. Marine Corps Pvt. Michael S. Pilz, a 2009 graduate of Bonny Eagle High School, Standish, recently […]
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Cormier’s ‘La Souillonne’ delightful
Marie Cormier delighted the largely Franco-American audience with her solo performance of ‘La Souillonne’ at the University of Southern Maine Lewiston/Auburn last week. Souillonne is a fictional character created by Biddeford writer Norman Beaupre. He wrote the monologue when Cormier agreed to play the part. Cormier introduced Souillonne by entering the stage through the center […]
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On the Beach – for cleanup
A York High School sophomore’s project wins a grant from a national environmental organization.