The Rams capture the championship for the sixth consecutive year, and Trebor Lawton of Cheverus is the top performer.
February 2012
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Maine Voices: ‘Takings’ bill would reward big landowners at taxpayers’ expense
L.D. 1810 is an effort to thwart the environmental laws that protect Maine’s water and wildlife.
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New England Dispatches, Feb. 22, 2012
DERBY LINE, Vt. 30 students carrying drugs, alcohol charged at border Thirty Boston-area college students returning from a ski trip in Quebec are facing charges after federal agents found alcohol and drugs in their bags as they tried to enter the United States from Canada at the Derby Line border crossing, Vermont State Police troopers […]
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Military officials, U.S. apologize, calling burning of Qurans a mistake
KABUL, Afghanistan — The U.S. apologized Tuesday for the burning of Muslim holy books that had been pulled from the shelves of a detention center library adjoining a major base in eastern Afghanistan because they contained extremist messages or inscriptions. The White House echoed military officials in saying that the burning of Qurans and other […]
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Letters to the editor, Feb. 22, 2012Help keep kids’ school meals healthy
I was delighted to read the new USDA guidelines requiring schools to serve meals with twice as many fruits and vegetables, more whole grains, less sodium and fat, and no meat for breakfast. The guidelines were mandated by the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act signed by President Obama in December 2010 and will go into effect […]
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Another View: Collins is right to seek delay in boiler emissions regulation
It’s critical to have extra time to review a rule that will have a big impact in Maine.
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Strauss-Kahn questioned in suspected escort ring
The former IMF chief is held in Paris in connection with a prostitution ring in France and Belgium.
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Greg Kesich: Senate Dems finally stand up against governor’s overreach
Sometimes the best deal you can reach through compromise is still not good enough.
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SHAZAM!! Rare comics collection up for bid
The 345 comics, which includes 44 of the golden age’s top 100, is expected to fetch more than $2 million.
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Mogul hints he could give ‘$100 million’ to pro-Gingrich PAC
WASHINGTON — The billionaire casino mogul whose massive donations to a “super PAC” have kept alive the presidential ambitions of Newt Gingrich is finally speaking publicly about his role in this presidential race. In a cover story interview with Forbes magazine, Sheldon Adelson suggested he might give as much as “$100 million to Gingrich.” He […]