
SKOWHEGAN -- Sweeping education legislation proposed by the governor and education commissioner on Wednesday would allow public funding of religious schools, change how teachers are evaluated, provide students with more school choice and expand technical education.

AUGUSTA -- A little-known piece of a $140 million budget-balancing package that a legislative committee endorsed unanimously early Wednesday morning drew fire later in the day from Gov. Paul LePage and the Maine Heritage Policy Center.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — With Buffalo Sabres coach Lindy Ruff nursing three broken ribs and watching from the press box, goalie Ryan Miller made 36 saves to earn his second shutout in three games in a 6-0 win over the Boston Bruins on Wednesday night.


In the opening scenes of "The Iron Lady" the young Margaret Thatcher, played by Alexandra Roach, is a guest at a dinner. Right out of the box she begins to annoy the men with her pushy young-fem insistence on being taken seriously. The women simply touch their lips and wonder how she got to the table. When dinner is over, she is directed to retire with the ladies to the drawing room, while the men smoke cigars and discuss the issues of the day.

FARMINGTON -- High Ropes Course Night will begin at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 28, at the University of Maine at Farmington's Fitness & Recreation Center.

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