PORTLAND — The mustache – and the ‘Stache Pag, a growing annual event that celebrates it – is many things to many people: A cure for winter boredom, an excuse to raise funds for charity, a medium of self expression. Now in its fifth year, the ‘Stache Pag is both tongue-in-cheek and fiercely competitive, and […]
March 2012
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Longtime high school basketball coach retires
Jim Bessey is stepping down after 479 career wins in 37 years as head coach – 33 of those years at Mount Blue High School and four at Madison Area Memorial.
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Physical burden can't deter Portland ballerina
FALMOUTH — Caitlin Bernard knew she wouldn’t leave when she first set foot inside Maine State Ballet. Sixteen years and dozens of performances later, she will take the stage this weekend as the company presents a rare performance of the classic ballet “Swan Lake” at Portland’s Merrill Auditorium. Bernard, a company member, will dance in […]
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Summit seeks to deter nuclear-armed terrorism
Nearly 60 world leaders who gathered today in Seoul for a nuclear security summit agreed to work on securing and accounting for all nuclear material by 2014.
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Police arrest 5 linked to alleged Maine meth lab
Seth Hinkley of Strong; Joshua Bartlett of New Portland; David Coffren of Kingfield; Charity Haines Christopher of Farmington; and Isaac Moody of West Farmington face charges ranging from drug trafficking to arson.
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Wind may delay dismantling of NH-Maine bridge
A float-out of an 800-ton section is planned by the end of the week, but the strong winds may interfere.
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Military academies hold first gay pride events
Cadets in uniform at Norwich University, the nation’s oldest private military academy, participate in sessions about handling bullying and harassment as part of the school’s first gay pride week.
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FBI says man stole identity of Microsoft co-founder
A federal criminal complaint says 28-year-old Brandon Lee Price called Citibank and changed the address on Paul Allen’s account from Seattle to one in Pittsburgh.
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Maine’s 2011 wild blueberry harvest up slightly
The good news for farmers, however, was that the crop’s value was up 42 percent from 2010.
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200 pigs die in blaze at Maine farm
The farm supplied pork products to about 70 Maine grocery stores.