The owner of an island that will host educational programs says the task is trickier than you may think. Students at Monmouth Academy are competing to come up with the best design.
March 2012
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Dispatches
Several Portland-area schools advance to drama-festival finals / Maine group forms to promote responsible gambling … and more news from around the state.
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Whitney Houston’s daughter: ‘She’s always with me’
NEW YORK — In her first interview since Whitney Houston’s death, daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown said she’s “doing as good as I possibly can” and recalled the tender last moments she shared with her superstar mother before her sudden death last month. “She’s always with me,” said Houston’s only child and sole heir. “Her spirit […]
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Japan remembers victims of disaster
Exactly one year after the quake and tsunami, the nation pauses to recall more than 19,000 victims.
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Maine Colleges: Huskies rally for baseball victory
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. – Chris Bernard tied the game with a pinch-hit home run in the eighth inning and David Ricker singled home the go-ahead run as Southern Maine earned a 7-6 baseball win Sunday over Farmingdale State. Tucker White doubled and scored the winning run for the Huskies (3-1) on Ricker’s one-out single in the […]
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Smart meters case deadline looms
A group has until Tuesday to submit a response on an appeal to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.
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Peter Bergman, 72, founder of radio’s Firesign Theatre
The group’s stream-of-consciousness comedy spoke to a generation in rebellion in the 1960s.
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Coast Guard halts search for four missing from fishing trawler
SEATTLE – The Coast Guard suspended its search Sunday for four men missing from a 70-foot fishing trawler off the Washington coast, saying it’s unlikely the men are still alive. Rescue crews had searched through the night after the Lady Cecelia sent a distress signal early Saturday. The beacon led crews to a debris field, […]
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Santorum suggests Gingrich should quit
Gingrich predicts big wins on Tuesday and calls Romney the weakest GOP front-runner since 1920.
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High School Notebook: Future looks promising for Greely
Greely may not have to wait another four years before it wins another Class B boys’ hockey state championship. In 2009, when the Rangers captured their first state title, the roster was tilted toward the senior class. The makeup of the squad that skated to a 6-2 win against Messalonskee on Saturday is much different. […]