The Maine Legislature last month approved LD 597, An Act To Inform Persons of the Options for the Treatment of Lyme Disease, after considerable debate on the diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease, a condition that is becoming more prevalent in Maine and throughout the United States. Lyme disease comes from a bacteria spread through […]
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South Africans pour out their hearts to Mandela
At two makeshift shrines, they celebrate the ailing ex-leader’s life with letters candles and flowers.
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DOWN THE ROAD A PIECE – Towering figure in history
Ever hear about someone starting up the kind of business that no one around here had ever thought about before and after hearing about it you said something like, “Why didn’t I think of that?” Or, maybe you had thought of it, but you were among the many who never take their bright ideas beyond […]
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AL DIAMON: In Freeport, a brewery tour for people who can’t stand brewery tours
I hate brewery tours. They’re all the same (“this mixture is called wort, and blah, blah, blah”). They take too long (“now, we just have to wait a few weeks for the beer to age properly”). The jokes are always the same – and always lame (I’ve toured breweries in countries where I didn’t speak […]
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Pownal News – 7/2
Upcoming meetings Pownal selectmen will meet on Mondays, July 15 and 29, at 7 p.m., at Mallett Hall. The Solid Waste Committee will meet Monday, July 8, at 6 p.m., at Mallett Hall. Church hosting bean, spaghetti supper The North Pownal United Methodist Church, 851 Lawrence Road, will be holding a public baked bean and […]
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Freeport News – 7/2
‘The 39 Steps’ coming soon The Freeport Players will present “The 39 Steps,” with Chris Holt, Chelsea Cook, Bill McDonough and Eric Worthley, and directed by Dan Burson. The production will run from July 18-Aug. 4 at the Freeport Performing Arts Center. Tickets are available online at www.fcponline.org and cash sales are available at the […]
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Murder-suicide claims two lives
FREEPORT – Maine State Police say the deaths of a father and son inside a Durham Road home in Freeport June 25 were a result of murder-suicide. Stephen McCausland, spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety, identified the victims as John Dorrington, 66, and his son, Nicholas Dorrington, 32. “We believe it was a […]
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Full slate for the Fourth
FREEPORT – Freeport will once again play host to a full schedule of July Fourth activities, with the annual L.L. Bean 10K road race, parade, pancake breakfast, concert, and fireworks all scheduled for Thursday. Through the years, the town has become the central meeting spot for tri-town residents eager to celebrate the country’s birth and […]
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Egyptian protesters demand Morsi’s ouster
Fears grow that backers of President Morsi could be on a collision course with the demonstrators.
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Pierce era over for Celtics
The Celtics will miss Kevin Garnett, but it’s Paul Pierce who has been the face of the franchise for so many seasons.