SACO — William Stevens, 32, of Saco, died on Tuesday, June 16, 2015. There are no services scheduled at this time. Arrangements are by Cote Funeral Home, Saco.
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Maine briefs
Bill to increase minimum wage dies AUGUSTA (AP) — A bill that would have raised the state’s $7.50 per hour minimum wage has been defeated in the Legislature. The bill died Friday because the Democratic-controlled House and Republican-led Senate couldn’t agree on it. The House supported a version that would’ve raised the minimum wage to […]
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Growing in the greenhouse
SANFORD ”“ How does a garden grow? With lots of love, attention and care, that’s how. Ever since the seniors at the Y Trafton Center had a greenhouse installed in May, growing things has been a popular pastime. For Gibbie Michaud, who gardened until she moved to an apartment with grounds that can’t accommodate gardening, […]
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Poulin convicted of grandmother’s murder
ALFRED — It took only a few hours for a jury to find Derek Poulin guilty of killing his grandmother and setting her house on fire. Poulin, 26, stabbed and beat to death his grandmother, Patricia Noel, at her 44 Wesley Ave., Old Orchard Beach home and set it on fire on Oct. 23, 2012. […]
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Prince Harry ends decade of army service
LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry has formally ended his full-time military service in Britain’s army, wrapping up a career in which he qualified as an Apache helicopter pilot and completed two tours of duty in Afghanistan. The announcement that Friday was Harry’s final day was widely anticipated. The fifth in line to the throne had […]
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Route 1 project on break for the summer
OGUNQUIT — The $13.5 million U.S. Route 1 Improvement project that will reconstruct the main throughway in Ogunquit will paused for the summer Sunday in order to accommodate tourism and summer traffic, according to the Maine Department of Transportation. The project is slated to make a number of improvements to transportation in Ogunquit, including adding […]
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Supporting the survival of society
Can you feel summer? I can. She is a saucy flirt bathing us in bright sunlight while beckoning us with warm days to enjoy simple pleasures. I hope that you savor the summer days and allow yourself to soak in the pleasures that life offers. Channeling our time with fun, our smiles deepen, our laughter […]
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Kashmir rattled by targeted killings after period of calm
SOPORE, India — Four assassination-style killings since last week have shaken this town in Kashmir just as the Himalayan region claimed by both India and Pakistan seemed to be slowly emerging from decades of violence. There’s strong suspicion in the Sopore area, where most of its 500,000 residents want independence or union with Pakistan, that […]
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Strawberry picking season has arrived
STRAWBERRY SALT WATER TAFFY 2 cups sugar plus 1 tablespoon 2 tablespoons cornstarch 1 cup corn syrup plus 2 tablespoons 41â„2 tablespoons butter 1â„4 teaspoon salt 1 cup water Strawberries, either 21â„4 tablespoons jam OR 2â„3 cup smushed and strained strawberries but ALSO decrease water by 1â„4 cup Butter Combine all ingredients except strawberries or […]
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A true evangelical left begins to emerge
One moment defined old-school evangelicalism more than any other: The altar-call ritual in which the Rev. Billy Graham urged sinners to come forward and repent, accept God’s forgiveness and be born again. For decades, crusade choirs sang “Just As I Am,” which proclaims: “Just as I am, and waiting not to rid my soul of […]