GEORGETOWN, Texas — Tim Tebow drew about 15,000 people to an outdoor Easter service Sunday, telling the gathering it’s important to be outspoken about faith while admonishing athletes for not being better role models. “In Christianity, it’s the pope and Tebow right now,” Celebration Church pastor Joe Champion said. “We didn’t have enough room to […]
2012
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State House Notebook: A bill ‘Richard Nixon could have loved’
A bill that would have allowed the governor and all future governors to shield their working papers from the public was soundly rejected by the House last week, 98-47. Even opponents of the bill were surprised by the margin of the vote, which showed bipartisan opposition to the idea. Gov. Paul LePage’s office supported the […]
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Events
FALMOUTH Dollhouse event Hannah Russell and Andrea Hawkes will discuss crafting, and collecting and displaying dollhouses and miniatures at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Falmouth Memorial Library, 5 Lunt Road. The displays will include the front section of the Deacon Bailey Dollhouse on loan from the Maine Historical Society as well as other dollhouses and miniatures. […]
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Dispatches for 04/09/2012
PORTLAND Bowling for charity Students at Cheverus High School raised $4,300 for the Maine Parkinson’s Society through the annual bowl-a-thon at Yankee Lanes in Portland. Ten teams of four from Cheverus participated in the event. All of the money raised will stay in Maine to help families caring for loved ones with Parkinson’s disease. Bryan […]
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Births
Bridgton Hospital McKenna Rose Coll, born March 12 to James II and Ainsley (Edwards) Coll, Casco. Grandparents: Ruth-Ann and Howard Edwards Jr., Rockland; James and Paula Coll, Pittsburgh. Great-grandparents: Jane Johnston, Cushing; Howard and Vivian Edwards, Owls Head. Annalee Mae Johnson, born March 17 to Timothy Johnson and Tara Carlton, Bridgton. Grandparents: Harley Carlton and […]
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Reunions
HIGH SCHOOL Bangor High School, Class of 1972, July 7 in Bangor. Contact BHS Class of 72, P.O. Box 47, Bangor, ME 04402. Sanford High School, Class of 1982, 7 p.m. July 20, “pay-as-you-go” informal social event at Train’s Tavern, Lebanon; and catered reunion, 7 p.m., at the Sanford Town Club. Per person: $25. For […]
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Potlucks
Wednesday Free meal, 5 to 6 p.m., at Mission Possible Teen Center, Foster Street entrance, Westbrook. Offered in collaboration with Wayside Food Program, Trinity Lutheran Church and the Center. Salisbury steak, macaroni and cheese, dessert, 5 to 7 p.m., VFW Post 832, 50 Peary Terrace, South Portland. Per person: $6. Thursday Community meal with baked […]
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Don Perkins: Ospreys a sure sign of spring in Freeport
For the past 28 years, Wolfe’s Neck Woods State Park manager Andy Hutchinson has known spring has arrived when the frolics of the ospreys are at hand. On March 27, a male osprey claimed its old haunt in a big pine on Googins Island, which has hosted osprey about as long as anyone can remember. […]
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Military Notes
• Marine Corps Pvt. Evan T. Ouellette recently completed basic training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, S.C. He is the son of Karen James and Alan Ouellette, both of Cornish. • The Tibor and Anna Doby Veteran Support Fund at the Maine Community Foundation is seeking applications for grants of up to $25,000 […]