The day ends with a town hall-style meeting, where the governor and members of his Cabinet will meet with citizens from Madison and surrounding towns.
February 2012
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Mail processing to leave Hampden
The U.S. Postal Service says it plans to move the operation to a processing facility in Scarborough after mid-May.
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Police rule out foul play in baby’s death
The 7-month-old girl was found unresponsive by her parents on Tuesday morning in Patten.
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Report shows disaster hit every Maine county
Environment Maine says global warming could cause extreme weather events to become even more common and severe in the future.
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Website warns of sharp rise in gasoline prices
A GasBuddy.com analyst says he expects stations to increase prices from 5 to 20 cents per gallon by the end of the weekend.
Posted inAmerican Journal
New cancer treatment gives Westbrook family hope
WESTBROOK – Ever since Dianne Brazier, a well-known Westbrook barber, was diagnosed with non-Hodgkins lymphoma in 2009, friends and family have to make sure they do everything they can to prevent Brazier from getting an infection through a weakened immune system. “I have to wipe down the house before she visits,” said her daughter, Melissa […]
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New cancer treatment gives Westbrook family hope
WESTBROOK – Ever since Dianne Brazier, a well-known Westbrook barber, was diagnosed with non-Hodgkins lymphoma in 2009, friends and family have to make sure they do everything they can to prevent Brazier from getting an infection through a weakened immune system. “I have to wipe down the house before she visits,” said her daughter, Melissa […]
Posted inAmerican Journal
Last call for beloved call captain
WESTBROOK – In the summer, when the Westbrook Fire Department runs its rookie training school for new recruits, Deputy Chief Wayne Jones supervises while the newbies, in full turnout gear, cut their way through vehicles to practice extrication. Eugene Dunn, the longtime call captain, would sit on the tailboard, or the rear platform of a […]
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Coulombe's dominance helps McAuley neutralize Gribbin, beat Windham in semis
PORTLAND—While Windham senior Meghan Gribbin was recently named the Southern Maine Activities Association’s Player of the Year, McAuley senior Alexa Coulombe left little doubt Wednesday night that she’s the premier girls’ basketball player in the state of Maine. The defending state champion Lions, ranked first in Western Class A, got a good test from the […]
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Do you believe in miracles? Scarborough saves season again
“The art of fiction is dead. Reality has strangled invention. Only the utterly impossible, the inexpressibly fantastic, can ever be plausible again.” Red Smith, New York Herald Tribune sportswriter, after Bobby Thomson’s home run gave the New York Giants the 1951 National League pennant. PORTLAND—Who needs fiction when you have the Scarborough girls’ basketball team? […]