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L.L. Bean sales down in 2009

FREEPORT — Sales dipped for L.L. Bean for the second consecutive year in 2009 but the outdoors clothing retailer managed to beat its own projections, the company said Friday. The company also reported that online sales outpaced catalog orders for the entire year for the first time.

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Determined to succeed

WATERVILLE -- They practice hard, and with a purpose.

As the two-time defending conference champions, the Colby women's lacrosse team knows how much other teams want to knock off the queens.

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March 12

OUR OPINION: ‘Low-achieving’ school list not necessarily bad

It would be easy to misread this week’s announcement of the state’s 10 “persistently low-achieving schools.”
This is not a list of the worst schools in the state, or even a list of failing schools. Not every school was included in the evaluation process, including some schools with serious problems.
What the list really represents is an opportunity for school districts that serve low-income students to break out of a negative cycle and make a difference f...
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March 9

PARTY OF TWO: Follow the turkeys if you want to

It’s amazing how much my daughter is like me.
She is bossy, opinionated, always has to have the last word. And when she sets her mind to something, there is no stopping her.
But the way she is most like me lies in the endless stream of questions forever flowing from her fresh little mind.
“Mama,” she will say. “Do dinosaurs have ankles?”
Then she will wait for an answer, as though she simply asked what day of the week it is.
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BRIEFS

FARMINGTON -- "CUT the Habit," a student-led film project organized by the Healthy Community Coalition, recently launched a Web site featuring 19 films produced by students from area schools.

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SAD 59, superintendent agree to another year 12:00 AM

MADISON -- Lyford Beverage will remain superintendent of School Administrative District 59 for another year.

British convict loses round in state's high court 12:00 AM

A former Waterville resident found no support from the state's Supreme Judicial Court in his bid to avoid deportation.

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Women may live longer on birth-control pills, study says

LONDON -- Birth-control pills may lead to longer lives for women, according to a 40-year study that showed users were less likely to die of heart disease, cancer or a range of other medical ailments.

Maine Warden Service hopes to ID viper's owner

The Maine Warden Service says it could confirm by next week who left a deadly Gaboon viper in the woods behind a movie theater in Saco, where it apparently died quickly from the cold.

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Electric providers announce merger

PORTLAND -- Two of Maine's larger electric utilities would merge under an agreement announced Friday, creating a greater impetus for a north-south power transmission line for wind farms.

Tonight's supper to help young goat enthusiasts pay for trip

MANCHESTER -- Want to eat spaghetti for a goat cause?

Jury finds island lobsterman not guilty in shooting

ROCKLAND (AP) -- A Maine lobsterman and his daughter were acquitted Friday of all counts stemming from the shooting of a lobsterman in a dispute over fishing territory off the coast of Maine.

Selectmen seek protection for paper business

SKOWHEGAN -- The Skowhegan Board of Selectmen this week endorsed a resolution in support of enforced rules and continued tariffs on coated paper imported from China and Indonesia.

News from the Kennebec Journal

L.L. Bean sales down in 2009

FREEPORT — Sales dipped for L.L. Bean for the second consecutive year in 2009 but the outdoors clothing retailer managed to beat its own projections, the company said Friday. The c ...

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 Behind cheers lurk Pirates fans' fears

Drawn to the family-friendly entertainment, hockey lovers across the region worry about the unthinkable.

Nation & World

US avoids anti-abortion debate at UN meeting

A U.N. meeting to assess progress in advancing the fight for women's equality that ended Friday had a dramatically different slant than a similar session held five years ago: This time, the United States was not trying to make an anti-abortion declaration a crucial theme. Much of the 2005 meeting to take stock of what countries had do ...

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 A bounce-back victory for Pirates Several photos included in this story

Portland regains its footing after three tough losses last weekend and continues its success against Manchester.

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