Geraldine Waterhouse sets up a $1.5 million endowment to help create the Waterhouse Center, an open-air pavilion with an ice rink.
October 2014
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Owners seek landmark status for Munjoy Hill house
The request contrasts with tensions between development and preservation as Portland becomes a hot real estate market.
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Ebola fear gripping Liberians in Dallas
People close to the stricken man, who is ‘fighting for his life,’ say they’re being shunned by their terrified community.
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Health officials oppose ban on travelers from West Africa
They say a travel embargo on countries struggling with Ebola would make it harder to control the virus.
Posted inNation & World
Rich are giving less to charity, study concludes
However, the charitable-giving analysis sees donations spike among income-gap bottom-dwellers.
Posted inNation & World
Memorial honors disabled veterans
President Obama says the memorial will remind the U.S. of its debt to veterans and those still serving.
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Analysis: West isn’t fanning fear of China
Protests in Hong Kong and Taiwan reveal anxiety over threats to hard-won rights.
Posted inMaine, News
Maine teen sets sail for college – in 2015
Sally Gardiner-Smith of Woolwich plans to end her odyssey at Eckerd College in Florida just in time for freshman orientation – next fall.
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Nation/World Dispatches
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. Abortion waiting period taking effect unhindered A new Missouri law requiring a 72-hour abortion waiting period is set to take effect this week, and the state’s only licensed abortion clinic isn’t planning to try to stop it. Although Planned Parenthood officials have denounced the Missouri law as “onerous” and “burdensome” for women, […]
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Brazil president faces runoff with dark horse
Sunday’s vote determines that Aecio Neves, not Marina Silva, will run against Dilma Rousseff on Oct. 26.