LISBON — The Lisbon Community School Parent Teacher Organization is accepting donations in preparation for its spring auction fundraiser to be held May 4 at the Lisbon Community School. The organization funds five to seven field trips per year for hundreds of students, and about a half dozen free special events throughout the year for […]
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Topsham VFW lauds Brunswick student
TOPSHAM — Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2197 of Topsham recently presented a certificate and check to Evelyn Atwood of Brunswick as the winner of the Voice of Democracy Contest. Atwood attends Brunswick High School. Presenting the certificate was Post Commander Frank Leavitt and Quartermaster Roger Stevens. Evelyn was also presented with a certificate and […]
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Bowdowinham woman on youth group board
Maine Youth Leadership recently appointed five individuals to its board of directors, including a Bowdoinham woman. Wendy Cunningham, a graduate of Central Connecticut State University, worked with adolescents out of college and has worked to establish a mediator program at the Bowdoinham Community School. She lives in Bowdoinham and works at Unum. Maine Youth Leadership […]
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Mainer’s stroll with assault weapon sparks uproar
PORTLAND (AP) — A man who strolled through Maine’s largest city with an assault weapon similar to the one used in the Connecticut elementary school shootings is drawing fire from both gun control and gun rights advocates. Portland police received more than 65 calls Monday reporting that a young man was walking through the Parkside […]
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Search suspended for 2 missing students
KENNEBUNKPORT (AP) — The water search has been suspended for two Maine students who went missing last week, with the only evidence being some clothing discovered on an island off Kennebunkport. Police Chief Craig Sanford says divers completed their search operations on Wednesday, and that searches would resume only if there’s new information. Zachery Wells, […]
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Aide: Stow ‘harps,’ Bush in good hands
HOUSTON (AP) — Former President George H.W. Bush is unlikely to leave the Houston hospital where he’s being cared for anytime soon but would tell well-wishers to “put the harps back in the closet,” a longtime aide said. Jean Becker said in a statement Thursday evening that the 88-year-old, who has been hospitalized for longer […]
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Military Update
House-Senate conferees have agreed to the more modest House-passed plan for raising drug co-payments on military family members and retirees who fill prescriptions at Tricare retail outlets or through mail order. The fee increases are scheduled to take effect Feb. 1, Tricare officials said as the fiscal 2013 defense authorization bill, with many other provisions […]
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We remember
The Department of Defense announced the death of a Navy sailor supporting Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. Cdr. Job W. Price, 42, of Pottstown, Pa., died Dec. 22 of a non-combat related injury while supporting operations in Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan. The department also announced the death of an Army soldier supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Sgt. […]
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Financial Peace University provides hope to families
BRUNSWICK — More than one and a half million families have positively changed their financial future through Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University. Updated in Summer 2012, the now nineweek course provides families and individuals with practical tools to gain control of their finances and set themselves up for long-term financial success. The course meets once […]