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Strong showing for local runners at state meet

BELFAST — The Maine state cross country championships were held last weekend in Belfast and three local runners punched their ticket to the New England meet. Kennebunk’s Ethan Eickmann and Wells’ Griffin Allaire both qualified on the boys’ side and Kennebunk’s Hannah D’Orso earned a trip to New Englands on the girls’ side of things. […]

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Mourning and protests as Pittsburgh begins victims’ burials

PITTSBURGH (AP) — As thousands in Pittsburgh’s Jewish community began burying their dead President Donald Trump encountered hundreds of protesters when he arrived to pay his respects. Funerals were held Tuesday for a beloved family doctor, a pillar of the congregation, and two 50-something brothers known as the Rosenthal “boys.” Thousands of mourners jammed a […]

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James Burns: Happy Birthday, Miss Merz

Happy Birthday, Miss Merz.  My former teacher will be celebrating her 105th birthday in late October.  I’m nearing 80 myself but am still learning life’s lessons from my teacher. My family’s ties to teaching began in 1808 when Dan Hosbrook turned a log cabin into a subscription school (parents paid a penny a day or some […]

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Andy Young: Preparing for the year’s biggest weekend

This past weekend began on a high note.  Florida law enforcement officials arrested the person they believe had been mailing homemade pipe bombs to various individuals and entities he found objectionable. Those hoping the FBI had eliminated a diabolical criminal along the lines of Professor Moriarty or Hannibal Lecter were undoubtedly disappointed. The suspected domestic […]

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Election’s Dark Side

Editor, They’re assaulting our intelligence again — negative ads on TV. The black and white blurred photos of opponents that make them look like Halloween ghouls. The false statements that don’t reflect what the candidates truly stand for. They would be laughable if it weren’t true that they are effective. They place a grain of […]

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Absentee ballot requests soar in Waterboro

WATERBORO – With 5 p.m. Thursday as the deadline, the community of Waterboro with about 8,000 residents, including  5,165 registered voters, was well on its way to having 1,000 or more absentee ballot requests. That is because town officials put the word early that the Massabesic East school building on the grounds of Massabesic High […]