L.L. Bean sales
down in 2009
FREEPORT — Outdoors clothing retailer L.L. Bean says sales dipped again in 2009 but the company managed to beat its own projections.
President and CEO Chris McCormick told employees today that revenue for the fiscal year that ended last month was about $1.4 billion, down from $1.5 billion the year before. Still, employees will get a 3 percent bonus.
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Beaudoin excels on,off court at West Point
Marc Beaudoin has always been an athlete in search of a sport. Since winning a national Junior Olympic cross country championship at age 12, the Chelsea native has participated in basketball, track, cross country, football, lacrosse and crew.
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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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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
WATERVILLE -- Waterville Area Habitat for Humanity will hold a calendar raffle through April, drawing one or two winning tickets each day. A wide variety of prizes ranging in value from $25 to $750 will be drawn daily. A list of prizes and the local businesses that donated them are available at www.watervilleareahfh.org. Tickets cost $2 for one ticket, or $5 for three tickets. Proceeds will benefit the Waterville Area Habitat for Humanity.For more information, call 649-4276 or 465-8384.
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L.L. Bean sales
down in 2009
Still, employees will get a 3 percent bonus.
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Reid's wife undergoes surgery after traffic crash
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's wife underwent surgery Friday to stabilize serious injuries suffered when a tractor-trailer rear-ended the minivan she and their daughter were riding in on an interstate highway. The surgery successfully stabilized 69-year-old Landra Reid's broken neck, said intensive care physician Elizabeth Franco ...
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