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Pickup trucks lead big surge in sales by automakers
DETROIT — Ford sales rose 13 percent in June from a year earlier, while Chrysler’s increased 8 percent and General Motors’ were up 6 percent as pickup trucks continue to be the big showroom attraction. Buoyed by rising consumer confidence and easier credit, automakers expected to post the strongest month since 2007. Sales increased 12.9 […]
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Craft beer in a can? Can do!
With some tweaks, cans are making a comeback among large and small craft brewers.
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SMAA hands out softball awards
The Southwestern Maine Activities Association presented the following awards for the 2013 high school softball season: League Awards Peter J. Meagher Award: Nicole Lanoie, Noble Coach of the Year: Kristy Cochin, Sanford Pitcher of the Year: Samantha Adams Player of the Year, Offensive Player of the Year, and Defensive Player of the Year: Danica Gleason, […]
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SMAA hands out softball awards
The Southwestern Maine Activities Association presented the following awards for the 2013 high school softball season: League Awards Peter J. Meagher Award: Nicole Lanoie, Noble Coach of the Year: Kristy Cochin, Sanford Pitcher of the Year: Samantha Adams Player of the Year, Offensive Player of the Year, and Defensive Player of the Year: Danica Gleason, […]
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NY, Augusta men arrested in Monday drug raid; crack, cash seized
Matthew Jepsen, 29, of Augusta, and Robert Lonnie Dixon, 34, and Kenneth Floyd, 21, both of the Bronx, were arrested Monday in a Glenridge Drive apartment search that netted $1,700 worth of crack cocaine and $8,192 in cash, according to police.
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South Portland teen finds alternative path to a bright future
SOUTH PORTLAND – Stephanie Henderson was suspended from South Portland High School 63 times and no, that’s not a typo. She was suspended from school. Sixty. Three. Times. But on Friday, Henderson walked across the stage in cap and gown at the Portland Public Library’s Rines Auditorium, to collect her certificate of completion from the […]
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South Portland teen finds alternative path to a bright future
SOUTH PORTLAND – Stephanie Henderson was suspended from South Portland High School 63 times and no, that’s not a typo. She was suspended from school. Sixty. Three. Times. But on Friday, Henderson walked across the stage in cap and gown at the Portland Public Library’s Rines Auditorium, to collect her certificate of completion from the […]
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CURRENT AFFAIRS: History – Old, recent and in between
The annual meeting of the Friends of the Scarborough Library featured well-known author Monica Wood as speaker, and she held her audience captive as she described her childhood in Mexico, Maine. Her book, “When We Were the Kennedys: A Memoir from Mexico Maine” has received rave reviews, has won the 2012 May Sarton Memoir Award […]
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LOOKING BACK – Issue of July 2, 2008
Issue of July 2, 2008 Times are tight, and taxes are due. Wouldn’t it be convenient if you could just put your tax bill on your credit card? From excise taxes to parking tickets, Maine municipalities are beginning to accept credit card payments for a variety of expenses. But convenience – and higher collection rates […]