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GEARING UP FOR GRADUATION

A CREW from Moonlighting Production Services of Portland sets up sound equipment Thursday afternoon for Bowdoin College’s 208th commencement ceremony on Saturday. More...

Brunswick council adopts revised budgets

Tax increase held to 6.6%

BY JT LEONARD Times Record Staff

BRUNSWICK After reducing spending and services to hold property tax increases to 6.6 percent, town councilors Thursday adopted municipal and school budgets for Fiscal Year 2014. More...

Bowdoin professor returns home in time for devastation

Robert Greenlee visits Oklahoma; endures tornado in parents’ cellar

BY SETH KOENIG Bangor Daily News

BRUNSWICK Talk about bad timing. More...

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Community

Doin’ it for Brud

BY LARRY GRARD Times Record Staff

BATH The family of the late, great Elford “Brud” Stover will take part in opening ceremonies Friday, June 7 as the B&W Golf Classic that he founded begins at Bath Golf Club. More...

ENVIRO CREW

BRUNSWICK HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS competed May 15 in the 2013 southwest regional Envirothon competition at Camp Hinds in Raymond. More...

Memorial Day events in the area

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Here is a roundup of Midcoast events for Memorial Day: WOOLWICH A Memorial Day service will be held at 7 p.m. Monday at the First Baptist Church on Middle Road, Route 127. All veterans will be recognized. DRESDEN More...

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Maine

Gov. LePage delivers instant veto after hospital, Medicaid bill passes Senate

BY MATTHEW STONE Bangor Daily News

AUGUSTA Gov. Paul LePage handed down an instant veto Thursday, minutes after the Senate gave final passage to a bill that links repayment of Maine’s hospital debt to an expansion of the state’s Medicaid program. More...

State police gear up for busy weekend

AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine state police are warning motorists that troopers will be out in force for the holiday weekend. More...

Maine officials warn of vacation scams

AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine Attorney General Janet Mills is advising consumers to be leery of vacation deals popping up this time of the year. Mills says if the deal sounds too good to be true, it probably is. More...

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Nation

Procter & Gamble brings back A.G. Lafley as CEO

NEW YORK (AP) — Household products giant Procter & Gamble Co. is hoping its former CEO can work his magic once again. More...

Scouts approve plan to accept gay boys

GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) — After lengthy and wrenching debate, local leaders of the Boy Scouts of America have voted to open their ranks to openly gay boys for the first time, but heated reactions from the left and right made clear that the BSA&rs More...

6 Wyeth paintings fetch $2 million

NEW YORK (AP) — Six paintings by the famous Wyeth family of artists have sold for just over $2 million at a New York City auction. New Jersey businessman Eric Sambol sold the works by Andrew, Jamie and N.C. More...

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Et Cetera

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Full Story

CALENDAR

Fri/24 BLOOD DRIVE AMERICAN RED CROSS DONOR CENTER, 7 a.m.-2 p.m., 524 Forest Ave., Portland; www.RedCross- Blood.org or 1-800-RED-CROSS. MISCELLANEOUS BRUNSWICK FARMERS MARKET, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., Brunswick Town Mall; More...

Today in History

Today is Friday, May 24, the 144th day of 2013. There are 221 days left in the year. More...

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Commentary

Congress, Supreme Court helped cause IRS scandal

BY GORDON L. WEIL

The country is now dealing with a tax issue that seems to mix the supposedly neutral Internal Revenue Service and partisan politics. More...

On Memorial Day, remember to strive for peace

BY SELMA STERNLIEB
GUEST COLUMN

As a member of PeaceWorks, I have marched in the Memorial Day parade for the last 10 years. More...

The hazy roadmap to a legal marijuana industry

BY BILL KELLER
GUEST COLUMN

The first time I talked to Mark Kleiman, a drug policy expert at UCLA, was in 2002, and he explained why legalization of marijuana was a bad idea. More...

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Ticket

Owning the‘awesome’

Tardy brothers kick off summer of variety theater

BY RACHEL SHELLY Times Record Staff

FREEPORT J ason and Matt Tardy have been juggling for 19 years. It’s the only job they’ve ever had. More...

‘Moon Over Buffalo’ drops laughter into Bath

BY MARYLI TIEMANN Special to The Times Record

BATH Studio Theater of Bath is continuing its production of “Moon Over Buffalo” this weekend. This 1996 comedy shares the wacky delight of screwball humor, and this ensemble is well cast and skilled. More...

Jillian Herrigel is guest artist at gallery

Reception opens exhibit today

BATH — Centre St. Arts Gallery LLC will present guest artist Jillian Herrigel of Phippsburg during the “Katahdin and the Great Outdoors” exhibition. The exhibit will also feature work from all 19 gallery artists. More...

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Bath man jailed on child porn charge

62-year-old to do 21 months

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PORTLANDA Bath man will spend the next 21 months in prison after he was sentenced on a child pornography charge.Joseph Finocchiaro, 62, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Portland Friday, according to U.S. More...

No payout for Abelmann

2nd year of contract terminated

BY JT LEONARD Times Record Staff

BRUNSWICK Former Brunswick High School Principal Art Abelmann will be paid the remainder of his first year’s $96,000 annual salary. But the second year of his contract was terminated and there is no settlement payment, officials said Thursday. More...

Gov. LePage leaving office

Citing ‘censorship’ by Dems, he will work from Blaine House

BY GLENN ADAMS The Associated Press

AUGUSTA Maine’s governor, who has gained attention in the past for telling the NAACP to “kiss my butt” and comparing the Internal Revenue Service to the Gestapo, has moved out of his office at the State House and says he’ll w More...

Jameson Tavern to reopen

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FREEPORT The historic Jameson Tavern, which abruptly closed in February, could reopen by Independence Day under new management and a new business plan. More...

Obituaries

Paul R. Flaherty - 2013-05-24

Leon Ogrodnik - 2013-05-24

Lorraine T. Thibeault Golden - 2013-05-24

Corrine L. Gowell - 2013-05-24

Lila J. “Rusty” Nason - 2013-05-24

Ronald A. Webber - 2013-05-24

Michael Lee Reed - 2013-05-24

DEATH NOTICE - 2013-05-24

Andrew Thompson - 2013-05-23

Barbara M. Green - 2013-05-23

Lila J. “Rusty” Nason - 2013-05-23

Rose E. Ryan - 2013-05-23

Margery Sylvester - 2013-05-23

Louise Angela Ridley Saldanha - 2013-05-22

Katherine L. Small - 2013-05-22

Margery Sylvester - 2013-05-22

Clark John Hamkins - 2013-05-21

Gary J. Beattie - 2013-05-21

Lucy R. Crooker - 2013-05-21

Ruth M. Gaudet - 2013-05-21

Harold R. Glover - 2013-05-21

Elizabeth F.M. Skorpen - 2013-05-21

James W. Bradley - 2013-05-20

John F. Stone - 2013-05-20

Pauline D. Newell - 2013-05-20

Local

‘Disgruntled’ teen vandalizes Morse

Faces burglary charge after police identified ‘mannerisms’ from video

BY LARRY GRARD Times Record Staff

BATH A 15-year-old boy who allegedly brought a pocket knife to Morse High School on May 20 returned to the school, broke in and vandalized it sometime Wednesday night, police said. Police received a call from school officials at 6:11 a.m. Thursday. More...

FIRE SCHOOL

MEMBERS OF THE BRUNSWICK FIRE DEPARTMENT depart Harriet Beecher Stowe Elementary School after demonstrating firefighting techniques for students Wednesday. More...

Lisbon man used son, 7, to collect Social Security

BY JUDY HARRISON Bangor Daily News

LISBON A Lisbon man who used his 7-year-old son’s Social Security number to hide his income while receiving other benefits was sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Portland to four years in prison. More...

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Sports

Lisbon gets it done

Eight straight MVC titles for Greyhounds

BY BOB CONN Times Record Staff

AUGUSTA It was like deju vu all over again for the Lisbon High School boys track team. In last year’s State Class C championships at Cony High School, the Greyhounds needed successinthe4x400relayto claim the title. More...

Kreider keeps Rangers alive with OT goal

BY IRA PODELL The Associated Press

NEW YORK Chris Kreider steered in a pass from Rick Nash 7:03 into overtime, and the New York Rangers stayed alive in the Stanley Cup playoffs with a 4- 3 victory over the Boston Bruins on Thursday night. More...

Francona returns to Fenway; Indians roll

BOSTON (AP) — Terry Francona returned to Fenway Park and found some more pleasant memories. A standing ovation. A video tribute to his time as manager of the Boston Red Sox. And, most importantly, a win for his Cleveland Indians. More...

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World

Runways reopen after emergency at Heathrow

LONDON (AP) — A British Airways jet made an emergency landing at London’s Heathrow Airport today after developing a technical problem after takeoff. TV footage showed smoke streaming from one of the engines. More...

Great Britain braces for possible copycat attacks

LONDON (AP) — Britain is bracing for clashes with right-wing extremists and possible copycat terror attacks after the brutal slaying of a young soldier. More...

NKorean envoy delivers letter

BEIJING (AP) — A top North Korean envoy delivered a letter from leader Kim Jong Un to Chinese President Xi Jinping today as part of efforts to mend fences after Pyongyang angered Beijing with recent snubs and moves to develop its nuclear progra More...

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