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Chips off YE OLDE block

English-style eatery settles in Richmond

BY DARCIE MOORE Times Record Staff

RICHMOND — The last month has been a whirlwind for Wayne and Kristy Alexander as the husband and wife worked around day jobs as local school bus drivers to ensure that their new fish and chips restaurant on Main Street will reflect that famous Britis More...

WEB NEWS: Leeds man faces multiple charges for head-on crash in Lisbon

By Darcie Moore, Times Record Staff

LISBON — Police expect to charge a 20-year-old Leeds man who allegedly tried to flee from a head-on crash on Route 9 Thursday as early as today for operating under the influence and other counts. More...

Depot debate deepens

Neighbors, NNEPRA spar over noise, vibration tests

BY DARREN FISHELL Times Record Staff

BRUNSWICK — Neighbors of a planned train maintenance facility between Church Road and Stanwood Street remain concerned about noise and vibration impacts on their homes after two meetings with Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority (NNEPRA) off More...

New vote sought on same-sex marriage

Advocates plan to submit petition, setting stage for November referendum

BY JUDY HARRISON Bangor Daily News Staff

AUGUSTA — Lucie Bauer has changed quite a few minds about same-sex marriage over the more than 20 years she and her partner have lived in Midcoast Maine, the 71-year-old said Thursday at a press conference to announce that petitions to place a refere More...

Special Sections

Local

Neighborhood store endures

Women step in to save Maquoit Market from brink of closure

BY DARREN FISHELL Times Record Staff

BRUNSWICK — Donna Lathrop and Sherry Hilton hope to keep Maquoit Market alive. The duo recently took over as managers of the business that owner Dominic D’Alessio planned to close last Saturday. More...

Driver hurt after pickup strikes pole

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BATH — A West Bath man suffered minor injuries after crashing a pickup truck into a utility pole along High Street on Thursday afternoon. Lt. More...

Meeting set on Bowdoin P.O. fate

BY DARCIE MOORE Times Record Staff

BOWDOIN — The U.S. Postal Service will hold a public meeting Wednesday in Bowdoin as it continues to explore closing 34 branches in Maine and possibly 3,600 across the country to achieve savings. More...

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Maine

Senators blast new base closings idea

KITTERY (AP) — Senators from Maine and New Hampshire are blasting a request by the Obama administration for Congress to authorize an additional round of base closings. More...

Maine Senate OKs judicial appointments

AUGUSTA ( AP) — The Maine Senate has confirmed Gov. Paul LePage’s appointments of a district prosecutor and a family court magistrate to Maine’s District Court bench. More...

Association clears Penobscot sheriff

BANGOR ( AP) — The Maine Sheriffs’ Association says it has found no ethical misconduct by Penobscot County Sheriff Glenn Ross who alerted the target of a state police investigation, who later committed suicide. More...

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Et Cetera

CALENDAR

We welcome community groups to list their special events in Calendar. Items should be submitted two weeks in advance. Send them to: Calendar Editor, The Times Record, P.O. More...

Dear Abby

Jeanne Phillips

DEAR ABBY: I’m a freshman in high school and my sister is a junior. She plays violin in our school orchestra (first chair), gets straight A’s in all her classes (honors and AP courses) and is gorgeous and popular. More...

Games

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Letters

Fueling a safer nation

To the editor: New fuel efficiency standards proposed by President Obama, the auto industry, Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Transportation would double the current standards by 2025. More...

No-fault termination

To the editor: I had the misfortune of learning exactly what the nofault termination law means for employees in the state of Maine. Apparently, an employer is allowed to fire you for no reason, and it is perfectly OK. More...

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Focus

Obama to target rising college tuition costs

BY KIMBERLY HEFLING and JIM KUHNHENN The Associated Press

ROMULUS, Mich. More...

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Worship Free Access

A good death

THE REV. MARK D. WILSON Special to Worship

By the time you read this, Scooter, our beloved basset hound of the last nine years, will be dead. More...

In Romney’s tax returns, details on Mormon tithe

BY RACHEL ZOLL AP Religion Writer

Mitt Romney’s newly released tax returns provide more than an accounting of the Republican presidential candidate’s remarkable personal wealth. More...

Prayer cards grounded

SEATTLE (AP) — Alaska Airlines is ending decades of giving passengers prayer cards with their meals, saying Wednesday the decision was made out of respect for all passengers. More...

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Brunswick man with schizophrenia reported missing

Family asks public for help

By Abigail Curtis, Bangor Daily News

BRUNSWICK — A delusional Brunswick man with schizophrenia has been missing for more than two weeks and his worried family is asking the public for help. More...

Leeds man faces multiple charges for head-on crash in Lisbon

WEB NEWS

BY DARCIE MOORE Times Record Staff

WEB NEWS: Tractor-trailer clips hydrant, blocks Pleasant Street

By Darcie Moore, Times Record Staff

BRUNSWICK — A tractor-trailer truck temporarily blocked Pleasant Street this morning after running over a fire hydrant while maneuvering to reverse directions, Brunswick police said. More...

SAD 75 budget squeeze looms

BY DARCIE MOORE Times Record Staff

TOPSHAM — Superintendent Brad Smith informed the School Administrative District 75 board of directors Thursday that the district will have to cut an estimated $600,000 from the 2012-13 budget to hold the line on local spending. More...

RAIDERS CAN’T SINK SHIPBUILDERS

MORSE HIGH SCHOOL’S Sadia Crosby (32) looks to the basket with defense coming from Oak Hill’s Jane Marston (13) and Meagan Crosby (33). More...

Obituaries

Leigh P. Feeney - 2012-05-18

Alice Elizabeth Prince Groves - 2012-05-18

Shirley Mae Parshley Swearingen - 2012-05-18

Lanee Barnes - 2012-05-17

Alice P. Groves - 2012-05-17

Jack L. Swindler - 2012-05-16

Bernice H. Brawn - 2012-05-16

Conrad Real Caron - 2012-05-16

Ellen Tapley Berrie - 2012-05-15

Carl A. Quimby - 2012-05-15

Community

SUPPORT GROUPS

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Sports

Unequaled in the pool

Brunswick swimmer Jessica Russell one of the state’s best

BRUNSWICK The Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Class A Swimming and Diving Championships are right around the corner and one competitor who can certainly make some waves has been largely under the radar, so to speak. More...

Dragons down Portland

GIRLS HOCKEY

PORTLAND — Rachel Moroney, Eliza Brooks and Annie Kelly each scored three goals as the Brunswick High School girls hockey team rolled to an 11-4 victory over Portland on Thursday at Portland Ice Arena. More...

Gronkowski misses practice with injury

BY HOWARD ULMAN The Associated Press

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski was held out of practice with an injured left ankle. More...

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World

Man who shot at military landmarks to serve 25 years

ALEXANDRIA, Va. More...

Pentagon to cut Air Force drone program

WASHINGTON ( AP) — Officials say Pentagon budget cuts will end the Air Force’s long-range surveillance drone known as the Global Hawk, but keep the Navy’s version of the unmanned aircraft. More...

At least 11 hurt at casino construction site

CINCINNATI ( AP) — Authorities in Cincinnati say at least 11 people have been taken to hospitals with minor injuries from a partial collapse at a casino under construction. More...

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Editorial

Preventing prevention

EDITORIAL

In interviews last week with reporter Beth Brogan, executives at Mid Coast Hospital and Parkview Adventist Medical Center laid out the direct impact of Gov. More...

We remember

Army Spc. Keith D. Benson, 27, of Brockton, Mass., died Jan. 18, in Paktika province, Afghanistan. The circumstances surrounding his death are currently under investigation. More...

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Commentary

Political Cartoon

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We all can work together to cure the scourge of epilepsy Free Access

EDITOR’S NOTE: Three family members of Maine children with epilepsy share their perspectives on what it’s like to live with someone who suffers from the disease. Lisbeth BY MARTHA MILLERLisbeth’s mother More...

Maine’s sale tax ranks lower than most other states’

ANALYSIS

BY GORDON L. WEIL
©Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting

The sales tax is one of the touchiest political issues. Unlike the income or property tax, just about everybody pays it: rich and poor, resident and visitor — even the teenager who eats at McDonald’s. More...

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Ticket

TV, Frontier Café feature Joe Gallant

Back in the Mid-coast

BY GEORGE ALMASI Times Record Staff

PORTLAND T hese are heady times for musician Joe Gallant. Consider the release of his first CD, “My Own Divide,” in late October, and an appearance this week on WCSHTV’s “207” with Kathleen Shannon. More...

Honoring Japanese culture

Sister-city group plans special events in Bath

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BATH A celebration of Japanese culture and Bath’s sister-city relationship to Tsugaru City in Japan will run from Thursday through Feb. 5 at various venues throughout the city. More...

Full slate of events for Longfellow Days

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BRUNSWICK The ninth annual Longfellow Days celebration will kick off in Brunswick on Feb. 4. More...

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