FORT WILLIAMS – There was one word that every one of the 6,177 TD Beach to Beacon participants uttered en masse as they crossed the finish line at Fort Williams Saturday hot. With temperatures in the 70s, the humidity oppressive and absolutely no wind to speak of, even an early 8 a.m. start couldn’t stave […]
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Reporter, family visiting Russian Far East
Portland Press Herald Staff Writer Tom Bell and his wife and daughter are traveling this month to a remote mountain village in the Russian Far East that was once his wife’s home. Svetlana Bell, a dressmaker who lives in Yarmouth, hasn’t been to the village of Krasny Yar since she immigrated to the United States […]
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Husson let chaplain join events after he quit
An allegation of abuse against the Rev. Robert Carlson didn’t lead to Carlson’s being banned from campus, the college’s ex-president says.
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When waste from humans taints waters, towns call in sniff squad
Canines with high-powered snouts and special training are set to play detective in Maine.
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In Maine, Sikhs see confusion, but not hostility
Members of Maine’s small Sikh community say they’ve never felt unwelcome here.
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FACES AT THE FAIR
Pam Farrar: I live right here in Topsham. I am not a quilter. I am a volunteer. I work with Marie Brillant at Mt. Ararat Middle School. She’s the vice president of the fair. We work in the lunchroom. This is what lunch ladies do on their summer vacation. I just come in and do […]
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GOP’s Summers goes on attack against King
PORTLAND Republican Senate candidate Charlie Summers on Monday accused independent Angus King of being hypocritical by complaining about an outside group’s harsh ads because King ran attack ads in his first campaign for governor 18 years ago. King’s campaign says what’s important is that he now disavows such tactics. Lance Dutson, Summers’ campaign manager, suggested […]
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Contracts, student rep building on docket
BRUNSWICK In its final summer meeting before classes start anew, the School Board will on Wednesday consider what to do about administrative contracts and proposed new construction, too. In executive session at 6:30 p.m., the board will eye administrative contracts and any action on them. Following that, the board will take on the first reading […]
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Maine officials keep eye on lobster protests
PORTLAND Maine officials are hoping for a resolution to a simmering dispute in New Brunswick after Canadian lobstermen blocked shipments of low-priced Maine lobsters to processing plants in their country. New Brunswick fishermen last week blockaded several processing plants, forcing them to close and shipments containing tens of thousands of pounds of lobsters to be […]