EDUCARE CENTRAL MAINE: The nation is watching Waterville
WATERVILLE -- Little Jia-Li Kao, 2, rolls play dough out into a pancake and then shapes it into a ball and presents it to her mother.
"A tomato!" she exclaims.
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Time to expand Cony-Gardiner fundraiser
The Drive Out Cancer Challenge involving high school teams from Cony and Gardiner last week was an unqualified success.
Most importantly, it raised $15,000 for the Harold Alfond Center for Cancer Care in Augusta. It encouraged fans and athletes from both communities to become involved in raising awareness for a disease that affects nearly every family in America.
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GORDON L. WEIL: Talking about doing good or just doing good: a tale of two rallies
Two big crowd events took place last Saturday.
One was Glenn Beck’s “Restore Honor” rally in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, and the other was the American Folk Festival in Bangor.
There were hundreds of thousands in Washington and tens of thousands in Bangor.
Beck issued a call for America to recapture what was “good” in American history. The Folk Festival exemplified what is good in America today...
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Skowhegan Main Street earns recognition
SKOWHEGAN — The Maine Office of Community Development recently named Skowhegan as recipient of the Community Spirit Award for its work with Main Street Skowhegan.
Each August the Maine CDBG Program holds Community Development Day to celebrate the communities and projects the organization worked with.
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Photo contest: Week 1 winners announced
Winners for week 1 are available online. It's time to vote for your favorite entries in our weekly photo contest. Winners will be published on Monday, September 6th. You also can enter photos now for Week Three of the contest now.
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'We're all just stunned'
FAIRFIELD -- Longtime Fairfield Town Manager Paul E. Blanchette died unexpectedly Saturday, town officials said Sunday.
GOVERNOR'S RACE: Teens grill hopefuls
WESTBROOK -- The five candidates for governor sat down together at a forum Sunday afternoon hosted by the TV program Youth in Politics.
ON MAINE POLITICS: Why negative ads work
HARMONY FREE FAIR: Competition dominates day
HARMONY — When Kelly Lougee first brought the woodsman competition to the Harmony Free Fair, the rivalry between her and her father was fierce.
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Tightwads wooed with gizmos
NEW YORK -- How do you get penny pinchers to spend these days? Pitch products that promise to save them money.
Energy ordinance added to Vassalboro ballot
VASSALBORO -- Selectmen were able to grant only one of three requests presented at Thursday's meeting.
MDOT to resume I-295 construction work Friday
The Maine Department of Transportation plans to resume bridge reconstruction work on Interstate 295 in Yarmouth on Friday.
No tenant found for Portland L.L. Bean outlet
PORTLAND -- Brokers are still looking for a new tenant to move into the Congress Street space occupied by an L.L. Bean outlet store that is closing at the end of the month.
Waterville eatery allows family more flexibility
New private school in Skowhegan opens doors Tuesday
Farmington Thrift Store reopens doors
Morning Sentinel police log: Sept. 6, 2010
Owners take out ad to locate missing cat
GOVERNMENT LISTINGS
Man sliced with broken bottle at Bob-In
Totally centered: U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe finds the political middle
Laurels for Lawrence
Hurricane Earl brings rain, surf, shrugs
Gem, mineral show shines in Augusta
J.P. DEVINE: Liam has a book
Clinton couple helps out stuck bus
Farmington road closed
BILL NEMITZ: Tuesdays with the Freeport Flag Ladies
Gardiner man arrested in shooting
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Time to expand Cony-Gardiner fundraiser
The Drive Out Cancer Challenge involving high school teams from Cony and Gardiner last week was an unqualified success.
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NO RESERVATIONS: Day-trippers can now paddle to Swan Island on their own
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Youths grill candidates
WESTBROOK -- The five candidates for governor sat down together for the first time at a forum Sunday afternoon hosted by the TV program Youth in Politics.
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Teens' probing questions challenge gubernatorial candidates
Sunday's forum represents the first time all five would-be governors take the stage together.
Nation & World
Backyard volunteers helping track firefly numbers
The yellow-green streaks of fireflies that bring a magical air to summer nights, inspire camp songs and often end up in jars in children's bedrooms may be flickering out in the nation's backyards as suburban sprawl encroaches on their habitats. Scientists concerned by reports from the public that they are seeing fewer of the luminous ...
The State v. Daniel Fortune
Daniel L. Fortune, 22, of Augusta, is one of two men accused of invading the home of the Guerrette family in May 2008 and maiming a father and his daughter in a machete attack.
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