STANDISH – Saint Joseph’s College continues its 100th Anniversary celebration with a special Centennial Lecture on Wednesday, April 11, featuring longtime University of Notre Dame president and author Father Monk Malloy. A theologian and faculty member at Notre Dame who ran the nation’s premier Catholic University from 1987 to 2005, Malloy will deliver a talk […]
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Notre Dame president emeritus to speak at St. Joe’s College
STANDISH – Saint Joseph’s College continues its 100th Anniversary celebration with a special Centennial Lecture on Wednesday, April 11, featuring longtime University of Notre Dame president and author Father Monk Malloy. A theologian and faculty member at Notre Dame who ran the nation’s premier Catholic University from 1987 to 2005, Malloy will deliver a talk […]
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A growing trend
STANDISH – For those willing to put their money where their mouths are, Community Supported Agriculture is a growing trend in the effort to eat local – and often at an affordable price, too. In the Lakes Region, there are more CSA programs than ever, with new ones, such as the Pearson’s Town Farm at […]
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Windham man critically injured in Route 302 crash
NORTH WINDHAM – A Windham man was seriously injured Tuesday morning after striking a Fairpoint Communications utility truck at the intersection of Route 302 and Shore Road, close to Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in North Windham. James Callaghan, 47, was traveling eastbound on Route 302 when he suddenly accelerated and struck the rear […]
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Police ask for public’s help in finding missing woman / House: Don’t let governor keep more records private / Arundel man is third winner of $1 million in lottery game . . . and more Maine news.
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Blaze destroys home
TOPSHAM — Flames consumed a prominent colonial home on Lewiston Road on Thursday afternoon, drawing some 60 firefighters from eight area departments to quell the blaze. The Topsham Fire Department responded just before 1:30 p.m. Thursday to the three-story home at 1133 Lewiston Road (Route 196), where the fire had apparently ignited on a porch, Topsham […]
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Filling a $3M chasm
BRUNSWICK — The Brunswick School Department is considering cuts to its guidance counseling department as part of the answer to closing a nearly $3 million budget gap. Declining enrollment is among the factors triggering reduced state and federal subsidies. The move would eliminate the equivalent of one halftime employee at Brunswick Junior High School (BJHS) and […]
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Senate passes school reform
AUGUSTA — After a last-minute amendment, members of the Maine Senate on Thursday went against their House counterparts and voted for a standards based education bill. LD 1422 was first discussed at length, amended considerably and then approved unanimously several weeks ago by the Education Committee. The measure directs the Department of Education to develop a […]
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U.S. economy adds 120K jobs, jobless rate at 8.2%
WASHINGTON — Employers pulled back sharply on hiring last month, a reminder that the U.S. economy may not be growing fast enough to sustain robust job growth. The unemployment rate dipped, but mostly because more Americans stopped looking for work. The Labor Department says the economy added 120,000 jobs in March, down from more than 200,000 […]
