Good Deeds The Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation recently donated $10,000 to Camp Sunshine, a one-of-a-kind national retreat for children with life-threatening illnesses and their families. Harvard Pilgrim selected Camp Sunshine as a result of a survey of its Maine employees who were asked which local charity meant the most to them. The Center for […]
February 2012
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Portland's neighborhood associations seek shared voice, agenda
PORTLAND — Neighborhood association leaders are grappling with reshaping their relationship with the city, collectively questioning not just how they want to structure their interaction with City Hall, but what issues they want to work on, too. Consensus, however, has been elusive for the city’s many neighborhood groups, and solidifying the evolving relationship between them […]
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School spending will be key to Cumberland tax rate
CUMBERLAND — Next year’s municipal budget could cause a tax increase of half a percent. The impact of the School Administrative District 51 budget remains to be seen, although Town Manager Bill Shane on Monday suggested school spending could boost the tax hike to a combined 4 percent to 6 percent. Shane presented his recommended […]
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‘I wrote this because I had to’
BATH — “I tell people it’s a love story,” playwright Cassia Tirrell said Monday afternoon. “The fairies are breaking free and they’re into this other world now, able to explore this different life … They’re much more magical and light than a normal human being. They’re so much happier. Except for the harpies, who are very […]
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Brunswick enacts overnight parking ban
BRUNSWICK — The town of Brunswick has declared a parking ban from 12:01 a.m. to 7 a.m. Thursday for all public streets and municipal parking lots. Parking in restricted areas during the ban could result in a vehicle being ticketed and towed at the owner’s expense. The town issues notices of parking bans through its […]
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Snowe’s surprise
BANGOR U. S. Sen. Olympia Snowe stunned Maine’s political establishment on Tuesday by announcing she would not seek re-election in a decision likely to have ramifications on both congressional races here and on the battle for control of the U.S. Senate. Snowe, a moderate Republican who wields considerable power on Capitol Hill, said she reluctantly […]
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Parkview president Ted Lewis retires
BRUNSWICK Parkview Adventist Medical Center President Ted Lewis announced his retirement Tuesday. Lewis led the downtown Brunswick hospital for almost 10 years. He succeeded Jon Gepford in October 2002, coming to Maine after a stint as president and chief executive officer of Riverside Medical Center in Franklinton, La. Randee R. Reynolds will serve as Parkview’s […]
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Twin wins give Romney momentum
TOLEDO, Ohio A relieved-sounding Mitt Romney hopes to parlay twin victories in Arizona and Michigan into Super Tuesday momentum as the GOP presidential race sweeps across 10 states at once next week. After falling short of a Michigan upset, rival Rick Santorum faces stiffer competition for the conservative vote as he moves into Newt Gingrich […]
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BIW wins OK to start building DDG-116
BATH Bath Iron Works received the go-ahead Tuesday from the U.S. Navy to begin spending $663 million on construction of a second destroyer in the restarted DDG-51 line. BIW was notified in September that the shipyard had secured an option to build the next Arleigh Burke- class destroyer, known as DDG-116. The General Dynamics subsidiary […]