Sen. Susan Collins cites U.S. flaws, plus corruption and poor record-keeping in many foreign countries.
2011
Posted inNation & World
Should parents of obese kids lose custody?
Foster care is preferable to surgery, experts say.
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Burglaries were a lot of work, say Skowhegan victims
Burglars broke through three doors, a padlocked gate and cut a hole in a sheetrock wall to get into and rob a downtown rafting and kayak supply business this week.
Posted inNation & World
Phone-hacking taints Murdoch’s media expansion bid
All of a sudden, Britain’s political power brokers are lined up to oppose the mogul’s $12 billion plan.
Posted inClose to Home
Regional Events, July 13, 2011
SPRINGVALE ‘World focus’ at the library Springvale Public Library, 443 Main St., will offer several “world focus” activities this week. “Stories From Around the World” will celebrate the World Bread Festival with a bread-tasting party, served potluck-style, from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday. Volunteers are needed to make and donate a variety of breads. Recipes […]
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Greater Portland Events, July 13, 2011
PORTLAND ‘Mad Science of Maine’ The Portland Public Library will present, “Mad Science of Maine: Fire and Ice,” from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Thursday in the children’s room at the library. Children can watch impressive science demonstrations, such as foggy dry ice storms and gravity-defying beach balls to a Mad Science burp-flavored potion. The program […]
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Briefly, July 13, 2011
BIDDEFORD THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND’S Office of Citizenship and Service Learning recently received a $4,035 grant from the Community Building Grant Program of the Maine Community Foundation to establish a literacy and math tutoring program in which UNE students with Federal Work Study will be recruited and trained to tutor elementary and middle school […]
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School Notes, July 13, 2011
Charlie Lehmer, a recent Freeport High School graduate and member of the school’s National Honor Society, has been named one of nine regional winners of a National Honor Society scholarship which had 6,000 applications nationally. Each regional winner received a $3,000 college scholarship. Lehmer plans to attend Goucher College in Baltimore this fall. Anne Vogt […]
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Reunions, July 13, 2011
HIGH SCHOOL Sanford High School, Class of 1981, 6:30 p.m. July 16, at the Town Club, Sanford. Contact Cyndi (Sprague) Zinderman at (954) 785-6206. Camden-Rockport High School, Class of 1971, 2 to 10 p.m. July 16, at Beaver Lodge, Alford Lake, 128 Beaver Lodge Road., Hope. Admission is $15 for classmates; $10 for guests; teachers […]
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Don Perkins: Public can dig some Freeport history
Freeport is literally unearthing its history. The public can get its hands dirty July 25-29 at Pettengill Farm as part of “Digging History: Piecing Together Pettengill Farm’s Past.” Participants age 18 and older will have the opportunity to work alongside professional historical archaeologists from Crane & Morrison Archaeology of Freeport. The diggers will learn how […]