Why aren’t college football programs and the NCAA doing more to curb massive steroid use by players? The answer has been before us all along: money. The story goes something like this: With steroids cheap and easy to buy, college football players across America are packing on significant weight — sometimes 30 pounds or more […]
2012
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Five simple steps to reform ‘entitlements’
Out of every $1 spent by the federal government, 47 cents is spent on “entitlements.” Entitlements are things that people paid taxes specifically to support, such as Social Security and Medicare, as well as lowincome supports such as Medicaid. Because people are living longer, combined with a blip in Baby Boomer demographics, funding for these […]
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Wiscasset thinks ‘outside the box’
To the Editor: While economic times remain challenging for many people and businesses, it was uplifting to see the amount of support for local businesses from community members in the Wiscasset area throughout our holiday buy-local campaign, Think Outside the Box. With more than 40 businesses participating in Think Outside the Box, nearly 300 passports […]
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Storm whips into Northeast
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A powerful winter storm was expected to drop one to two feet of snow on parts of the Northeast just a day after it swept through the nation’s middle, dumping a record snowfall in Arkansas and ruining holiday travel plans for thousands. The storm, which was blamed for six deaths, pushed […]
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Burnette Bailey Wallace
WOOLWICH — Burnette Bailey Wallace passed away in her 99th year on December 23, 2012. She was born October 3,1913 on her family farm in Woolwich to Bernice Blair Bailey and Franklin Reed Bailey. Burnette attended the single room Naquassett school and both the old and new Morse High. Each day she rode the Kennebec […]
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Police issue warning on apartment scam
BANGOR (AP) — Bangor police have issued a warning about an apparent scam targeting people looking for apartments advertised on Craigslist. Police say a woman last week replied to an ad and received a call back from a number that later appeared to be from Nigeria. She told police the man said he wanted the […]
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Homer exhibit in final days at museum
PORTLAND (AP) — The Portland Museum of Art is keeping extended hours today and Saturday for the final week of its record-setting exhibition of Winslow Homer works. Record numbers of museum goers have viewed the exhibit, “Weatherbeaten: Winslow Homer and Maine,” since it opened in September. The exhibit, which ends this Sunday, features 38 of […]
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Sonar used in search for missing students
KENNEBUNKPORT (AP) — A state police dive team is using sonar to search for two boat-building students who went missing last week and whose clothing was found on an island off Kennebunkport. The Maine Marine Patrol says two boats and an airplane were used in Wednesday’s search for 21-year-old Zachery Wells of Burlington, Vt., and […]
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Maine heating oil prices unchanged
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine energy officials say the average statewide price of home heating oil remains unchanged for the second consecutive week. The Governor’s Energy Office says heating oil prices were averaging $3.64 a gallon Wednesday in its weekly price survey. Rates ranged from a high of $3.88 in eastern Maine to $3.38 in southern […]