Need something to do? Thanks to the Friends of the Windham Public Library, the library offers passes to library patrons to the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine in Portland, the USM Southworth Planetarium in Portland, the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay, the Willowbrook Museum Village in Newfield, and several of the Maine State […]
February 2012
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Komen drops plan to cut Planned Parenthood grants
“We apologize to the American public for recent decisions that cast doubt upon our commitment to our mission of saving women’s lives,” a Komen statement said.
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Map pinpoints Lyme disease risk areas
Researchers dragged sheets of fabric through the woods to pinpoint the highest-risk areas across the country.
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LePage unveils anti-domestic violence ad
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage helped unveil a new advertising campaign today to reduce domestic violence. A newly produced video ad to be broadcast as a public service announcement features photos of murdered women and children and LePage standing with a group of men who denounce the violence. “The effects of the violence is devastating […]
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Factory orders up 1.1 percent
In the last month of 2011, orders for so-called core capital goods, which are viewed as a measure of business investment plans, rose 3.1 percent to an all-time high.
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Jobs report lifts Dow to highest mark since ’08
The Nasdaq composite index also closed at its highest level since December 2000.
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Divers find no new clues in search for Ayla Reynolds
“I’ll be candid,” police spokesman Steve McCausland said. “It’s been 48 days and our concern grows every day, but we remain hopeful that we’ll find Ayla.”
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U.S. adds 243,000 jobs in January, as economy begins to surge
Nearly every industry added jobs, including construction, manufacturing, professional services, tourism and retail. Unemployment dropped to 8.3 percent, the fifth straight month it fell.
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Maine town worker fired for recording colleagues
The woman who collected payments for hunting licenses, sewer bills and other services at Norridgewock Town Hall has been fired for making secret audio recordings in the building.
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Lewiston man accused of threatening to kill federal official
Harold Rowe, a convicted murder, threatened to kill again if his Social Security checks stopped coming.