Among the billionaire’s gifts: a stuffed cow toy and a $500 donation to Heifer International in her name.
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Holiday Cheer
Steve Davis of Mechanics Savings Bank in Windham and Deb McPhail of the Sebago Lake Rotary Club, delivered holiday gift bags filled with holiday cheer donated by local businesses for senior citizens to the Windham Food Pantry that the Rotary club. Special thanks go to Dr. Leslie Elston Dental, Walgreen’s of Windham, State Farm Insurance-Tricia […]
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Japan robot chats with astronaut on space station
Experiments with ‘Kirobo’ will continue until it returns to Earth at the end of 2014.
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Inside Raymond – 12/20
Women’s Friendship Group Established in 1974, the nonprofit Raymond Women’s Friendship Group was formed to spread acts of kindness throughout the community. Through the years they have delivered cookies to the elderly, meals to the sick, donated both money and goods to the food pantry, donated toward medical and travel expenses for ill children, visited […]
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Police say Maine man made threat with firearm
A Norridgewock man was arrested Thursday afternoon after threatening a stranger with a firearm outside the Athens Corner Store, police said.
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Sepulveda performs in St. Olaf Festival
Peter Sepulveda of Raymond recently performed in the annual St. Olaf College Christmas Festival in Northfield, Minn. Sepulveda is a music education major at St. Olaf and a member of the St. Olaf Choir. He is the son of Felix and Debra Sepulveda and is a graduate of Windham High School. The St. Olaf Christmas […]
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Unsettled weather continues through the weekend
A winter weather advisory is up for the morning as a result of some light freezing rain and drizzle. Some areas where the roads are untreated could be quite slick and your own driveway and walkway could have become a slipping hazard overnight. The good news is that coastal areas remained mild enough so icing […]
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Carbon monoxide leak in Lewiston sends 11 to hospital
The leak was traced to a vehicle left running in a garage attached to Bernard’s School of Hair Fashion.
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Spy panel wants duplicate oversight board replaced
The panel that recommended changes to NSA’s programs this week urges the White House to abolish the second panel and replace it with a new one.
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Congress sends sweeping defense bill to Obama
Drawing the greatest attention are provisions cracking down on perpetrators of sexual assault and rape.