FARMINGTON (AP) — A plan to bring a natural gas pipeline from Jay to Farmington is getting a boost from the University of Maine at Farmington, which has formally announced its interest in becoming a customer. Summit Natural Gas of Maine says it needs to have enough “anchor” customers lined up before committing to building […]
2013
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DHHS: Pot can’t be used for Tourette’s
PORTLAND (AP) — Public health officials have denied an Ellsworth man’s request to use marijuana legally to treat his Tourette’s syndrome. The Maine Department of Health and Human Services this week denied a request by Dr. Dustin Sulak to add Tourette’s syndrome to the list of qualifying medical conditions that marijuana use is allowed to […]
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Police file on Newtown shooting to be released
NEW HAVEN, CONN. The planned release today of thousands of pages of police documents from the investigation into last year’s school massacre in Newtown could shed light on the world of the 20-year-old gunman. State police said their report totaling several thousand pages would be released at 3 p.m. The report “has been redacted according […]
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Police: 4 dead after La. shootings, 3 injured
RACELAND, LA. A southern Louisiana man attacked his former inlaws, his current wife, and the head of a hospital where he’d worked, killing three before killing himself, authorities said. The shootings happened about 45 miles southwest of New Orleans on Thursday, the first reported by Lafourche Parish Councilman Louis Phillip Gouaux about 6:40 p.m. at […]
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Vets return to streets to reach the homeless
CONCORD, MASS. Not far from where the Boston Massacre helped sow the seeds for the Revolutionary War, David Dyer points toward the underpass where he’d score crack cocaine by day and the train depot where he’d sleep some nights. Now, he has a family, a home and a job — helping homeless veterans get off […]
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IN MEMORIAM
The Department of Defense announced Dec.24 the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Sgt. Daniel M. Vasselian, 27, of Abington, Mass., died Dec. 23, while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C. […]
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Merrymeeting Winter Concert
BRUNSWICK — Merrymeeting Singers, directed by Larry Lemmel, will present a concert of choral music on Saturday, Jan. 11 at 7:30 pm. The concert will benefit the rebuilding of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Brunswick, which was destroyed by fire in June 2011. A wide variety of choral music, from Schubert to Gershwin, will be […]
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Church buys, renovates Mich. roller skating rink
MONROE, MICH. Saying they were inspired by their creator, scores of energetic folks at Crosswalk Community Church have turned a former roller skating rink into a new worship center. The 200-member congregation used a bank loan to buy five acres that includes the sprawling 25,000-squarefoot complex for $350,000. The former Great Lakes Skateway has sat […]
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Pope prays for Christians persecuted for their faith
VATICAN CITY Pope Francis is urging people to speak out against persecution of Christians, whom he likened to the Church’s first martyrs. His denunciation of discrimination suffered by Christians came a day after three Christmas day bombings targeted Christians in Iraq. Francis didn’t cite any countries in his remarks to tourists and pilgrims in St. […]