Plastic bags are described alternately as environmental hazards and a convenience for shoppers, and more places are opting to keep them out.
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Posted inReligion and Values
Weight control helps improve spirituality
Helping members stay healthy is an essential part of the church’s mission, an Ohio pastor says.
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Maine woman promoted to Cabinet level
But her promotion could be wiped away by a consolidation of federal trade agencies.
Posted inNews
Dispatches
Maine Inmate threatens to kill president / Minister met with sex-abuse accuser before suicide / Police investigate “punk” … and much more news from around the state.
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Bay State rivals may work together against attack ads
Elizabeth Warren suggests a pact with Sen. Scott Brown to keep out the third-party advertising.
Posted inNation & World
Marines to probe circumstances of video
All four Marines filmed urinating on dead Afghans have been interviewed, but no decisions made.
Posted inNews
New England Dispatches
BARNSTABLE, Mass. Court reassigns clerk after alleged tyranny The state’s highest court has reassigned a Barnstable District Court clerk magistrate, pending an investigation into allegations that he showed “unpredictable, disrespectful, and sometimes aggressive conduct” toward judges, lawyers and the public. The Supreme Judicial Court on Thursday ordered that clerk magistrate Robert E. Powers be moved […]
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Feature Obituary: George ‘Bill’ Orcutt Jr., 85, coached, inspired many kids
CAPE ELIZABETH – George “Bill” Orcutt Jr., a dedicated youth basketball coach in Cape Elizabeth, who also was active in South Portland High’s football and basketball boosters, died on Wednesday. He was 85. Mr. Orcutt coached thousands of kids during his 30 years as director of Cape Elizabeth’s youth basketball program. He started the program […]
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Teen brothers get a kick out of aiding storm cleanup
MONSON, Mass. – After the tornado struck Monson, 13-year-old Shane A. Chase told his dad, Alan, that they had to help. Since then, Shane and his older brother McKinley A. Chase, 16, have spent most weekends somewhere in Monson, armed with their seven chain saws, and ready to help wherever they can. Jan. 7 was […]
Posted inBusiness
Pro-business groups challenge Obama recess appointments
They say the president cannot legally bypass the Senate to appoint new members of the NLRB.