AUGUSTA (AP) — Eliot Cutler, an independent who ran for Maine governor in 2010, says he plans to run again for the state’s top office. Cutler had registered a candidate committee with the State Ethics Commission on Thursday for the 2014 race. His filing does not commit him to run for the office. In 2010, […]
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NASA testing vintage engine
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Like vinyl records and skinny ties, good things eventually come back around. At NASA, that means looking to the Apollo program for ideas on how to develop the next generation of rockets for future missions to the moon and beyond. Young engineers who weren’t even born when the last Saturn V […]
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Pope on social networking: the virtual is real
VATICAN CITY Pope Benedict XVI put church leaders on notice Thursday, saying social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter aren’t a virtual world they can ignore, but rather a very real world they must engage if they want to spread the faith to the next generation. The 85-year-old Benedict, who tweets in nine languages, used […]
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Dinner and a movie on tap at South Freeport
FREEPORT — South Freeport Congregational Church will be hosting dinner and a movie on Feb. 2 at 5:30 p.m. And what better movie to watch on Feb. 2 than the classic Bill Murray comedy, “Groundhog Day.” Dinner includes shepherd’s pie, baked macaroni, salad, beverage and dessert. Following dinner, enjoy some popcorn and the movie. The […]
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Scouts serving up spaghetti supper
BRUNSWICK — Boy Scouts from Troop 648 will be hosting a spaghetti supper on Friday, Feb. 1, from 5 to 7 p.m. at St. Charles Borromeo Church. The dinner includes large helpings of spaghetti and meatballs, salad, roll and dessert. The cost is $7 for adults, $4 for ages 12 and younger, and free for […]
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Rev. Boutan is guest at Islands Community
HARPSWELL — The Islands Community Church on Bailey Island has invited the Rev. Marc Boutan as guest minister during the 9:30 a.m. service on Sunday. The church is non-denominational and based on the teachings of the Bible. The church is led by a board that invites ordained ministers, lay people and chaplains to celebrate the […]
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Helping patients, one penny at a time
BRUNSWICK — Students at St. John Catholic School have developed some interesting new hobbies, like persistently looking under car seats and flipping over couch cushions in the search for pennies. Their motivation is not personal gain. The St. John students are helping to save lives. Pennies for Patients is a program in which students collect […]
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Warm up this winter, spiritually speaking
BRUNSWICK — What is a Winter Spiritual Warm-up? You know what it feels like to come in from shoveling in five degree weather to sit by a fire with a cup of something hot. The Winter Spiritual Warm-up is like that, only it’s for the spirit. All Saints Parish is hosting the warm-up on Feb. […]
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Food for thought
New, more stringent food safety rules ordered by Congress in 2010 are a step closer to reality. But it still will be at least three years before they can begin to affect the number of outbreaks, illnesses and deaths from salmonella and other food-borne pathogens. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that […]