To the Editor: Heidi Tucker, coordinator of Communities Against Substance Abuse, posed a thought-provoking question to the community: “Can we count on you to help every young person in our community feel supported in 2013?” (“2013 Resolution: Positive climate for youths,” page A8, Dec. 28). I’d like to suggest one way folks might extend a […]
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Obama taps Hagel for Pentagon, Brennan for CIA
WASHINGTON President Barack Obama today will nominate Chuck Hagel as his next defense secretary and counterterrorism adviser John Brennan to lead the Central Intelligence Agency, two potentially controversial picks for his second term national security team. Hagel, even before being nominated, has faced tough criticism from congressional Republicans who say the former GOP senator is […]
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Prosecutors to outline theater deaths case
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — Nearly six months after a bloody rampage in a Colorado movie theater left 12 people dead, prosecutors will go to court today to outline their case against the suspect, James Holmes. Holmes is charged with more than 160 counts including murder and attempted murder. Investigators say he was wearing body armor […]
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5 dead, 2 missing in Turkish mine accident
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — An official says a gas leak inside a coal mine in northern Turkey has killed five workers and injured one. Two other miners are missing and feared dead. Burhan Inan, head of Turkey’s mining authority, says the leak occurred today and that rescuers have recovered the bodies of five miners and […]
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Clinton scheduled to return to work today
WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department says Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will return to work today, a little over a week after she was hospitalized with a blood clot in her head. The department on Sunday released a schedule which has Clinton meeting with assistant secretaries this morning. The most significant items on […]
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Annual Maine farm show set in Augusta
AUGUSTA (AP) — More than 5,000 farmers, woodland owners, livestock breeders, equipment suppliers and others interested in farming will be in Augusta this week for the 72nd annual Maine Agricultural Trades Show. The three-day show, held Tuesday through Thursday at the Augusta Civic Center, is one of the state’s largest agricultural events and is hosted […]
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Grounded oil-drilling ship now under tow
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A Shell oil-drilling ship that ran aground near a remote Alaska island was under tow again early today, officials said. The Kulluk was being towed at about 5 mph to shelter in Kodiak Island’s Kiliuda Bay, but officials wouldn’t estimate its arrival because of weather conditions — winds of about 18 […]
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Raynaldo L. Saucier Jr.
LEWISTON — Raynaldo L. Saucier Jr., 92, of Bath, formerly of Lewiston, passed away on Monday, December 17th, 2012 at Mid Coast Hospital. He was born in 1920, the son of Raynaldo Sr. and Emma Saucier. He grew up in Lewiston and graduated from Lewiston High School class of “38”. Ray met the love of […]
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Rev. Richard B. Adams
OGUNQUIT — The Rev. Richard B. Adams, a retired Anglican priest, died December 30, 2012, at Maine Medical in Portland. Fr. Adams was born on November 30, 1923 in Alberta Lea, Minnesota, son of the Rev. Harold B. Adams and the former Hildred C. Babcock. Fr. Adams was educated in Meadville, PA schools and graduated […]
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Arthur A. Spencer Jr.
WOOLWICH — Arthur A. “Arbie” Spencer Jr., 73, resident of Mountain Road in Woolwich, died Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012, at his residence. A complete obituary will follow at a later date. Arrangements are under the direction and care of Brackett Funeral Home, Brunswick.