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Safe Passage stays true to its mission

BY DARREN FISHELL Times Record Staff

BRUNSWICK — The unexpected loss of Safe Passage executive director Hanley Denning in a 2007 car crash dealt a hard blow to the young organization, but Mid-coast supporters say the nonprofit group created to help lift up a community in Guatemala City More...

Armory oversight tops Bath agenda

BY BETH BROGAN Times Record Staff

BATH — City councilors on Wednesday will resume discussion of a proposal to rescind a board of directors created in December to operate the city-owned former National Guard Armory building — the future site of the Bath Youth Meetinghouse and Sk More...

Special Sections

Local

PREPARED FOR TAKE-OFF

A HERRING GULL prepares to take flight from a dock in Phippsburg on Sunday. More...

Grants buttress local conservation planning

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BATH — A number of Mid-coast area communities will receive portions of $291,000 in grant funding from Maine’s federal coastal management award from the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). More...

Collision triggers multiple charges

Driver arrested, hospitalized after behaving oddly at police station

BY DARCIE MOORE Times Record Staff

LISBON — Police have charged a 20-year-old Leeds man, who allegedly tried to flee from a head-on crash on Route 9 Thursday, with operating under the influence and driving to endanger. The crash, reported at 4:22 p.m. More...

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Sports

A Heal Point win

Wiscasset boys nip St. Dom’s; move to eighth in Class C

BY BOB CONN Times Record Staff

WISCASSET The Wiscasset High School boys basketball team entered Monday’s Mountain Valley Conference contest against St. Dominic Academy with a record of 8-6. More...

Eagle girls move to 9-5

TOPSHAM — Mt. Ararat High School outscored visiting Erskine Academy 16-9 in the second quarter en route to a 56-45 Eastern Maine Class A girls basketball win on Monday. The Eagles improved to 9-5 and are scheduled to visit Skowhegan tonight. More...

This Super Bowl rematch is anything but trashy

Teams don’t have anything bad to say

BY JOE KAY The Associated Press

INDIANAPOLIS Hear what Patriots quarterback Tom Brady told the pep rally before leaving New England for the Super Bowl? He got ’em riled up by saying he hoped to come back as a winner, greeted by an even larger crowd. Wait, don’t yawn! More...

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Et Cetera

CALENDAR Free Access

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: Recently my 80-year-old mother was admitted to the hospital, gravely ill. She had been undergoing chemotherapy and caught double pneumonia. More...

BRIDGE

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Commentary

A ‘Made in the world’ world

Thomas Friedman

The Associated Press reported last week that Fidel Castro, the former president of Cuba, wrote an opinion piece on a Cuban website, following a Republican Party presidential candidates’ debate in Florida, in which he argued that the “sele More...

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Focus

‘Super’ PACs set to disclose big donors today

BY JACK GILLUM The Associated Press

WASHINGTON Get ready to find out who the millionaires are behind this year’s presidential election. More...

Pastors split on when to go home; 1 lives, 1 dies

BY MIKE SCHNEIDER The Associated Press

GAINESVILLE, Fla. Senior pastor Arao Amazonas said he wanted to wait until the next morning to leave Florida after a religious conference. But pastor Jose Carmo Jr. More...

Actor who was Mr. Pitt on ‘Seinfeld’ dies

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ian Abercrombie, a veteran British stage and screen actor whose TV roles included Elaine’s boss Mr. More...

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Driver, 18, charged after crashing stolen car full of teens into another vehicle

WEB NEWS

BY DARREN FISHELL Times Record Staff

FREEPORT — An unlicensed Brunswick driver faces vehicle theft charges after a joy ride with four minors aboard led to a hit-and-run accident Sunday, according to Freeport Police officials. More...

Thief walks off with cash register

Bath police seek suspect in Clipper Mart heist

BY BETH BROGAN Times Record Staff

BATH — Bath police on Monday asked for help in identifying a man who stole a cash register Saturday night from the Clipper Mart on Leeman Highway. More...

State workers’ gun bill pondered

BY ERIC RUSSELL Bangor Daily News Staff

AUGUSTA — Lawmakers are considering a bill that would allow state employees to bring guns to their workplace as long as they have a concealed weapons permit and keep the firearm locked in their vehicle and out of sight. LD 1603, sponsored by Rep. 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

DRAMA PROGRAM ‘GROWING’ AT LISBON COMMUNITY

LISBON COMMUNITY SCHOOL’S DRAMA CLUB will stage “Get Up and Grow,” a play by Jill and Michael Gallina, at 6 p.m. Friday and 1 p.m. More...

Scheduled Public Meetings Free Access

Bath CITY COUNCIL, Wednesday, 6 p.m., city hall. FORESTRY COMMITTEE, Wednesday, 7 p.m., city hall. Bowdoin U.S. More...

Husson University Dean's List

BANGOR — The following Mid-coast students have been named to the dean’s list at Husson University for the 2011 fall semester. To be named to the list, students must earn a 3.4 or better grade point average on a 4.0 scale. More...

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Maine

LET THE GAMES BEGIN

SPECIAL OLYMPIAN Tyler Lojas, 15, of Stratton, sets to light the Special Olympics torch marking the official start of the Maine Winter Games on Monday at Sugarloaf USA in Kingfield. More...

Renewable energy referendum pushed back

AUGUSTA (AP) — A coalition that’s pushing for a referendum to set a state minimum for renewable energy fell short of the voters’ signatures needed by Monday’s deadline to force a November vote. More...

Police: Ayla’s dad not telling all he knows

BY GLENN ADAMS The Associated Press

WATERVILLE Unable to find any evidence missing toddler Ayla Reynolds was abducted, police on Monday pressed the three adults who were home with her on the night she disappeared to provide a full account of what happened. More...

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World

Fla. primary’s big prize likely to go to Romney

BY STEVE PEOPLES The Associated Press

TAMPA, Fla. More...

Ill. nuclear reactor shut down under investigation

BY TAMMY WEBBER The Associated Press

CHICAGO Officials are investigating the events surrounding a power failure at a nuclear reactor in northern Illinois, but believe they may have traced the cause to a piece of equipment at a switchyard. More...

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Editorial

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Fair deal, fair share

OTHER VOICES

If Mitt Romney hoped that his 2010 tax return would draw less attention if he released it on the same day as President Obama’s speech, he badly miscalculated. Obama didn’t mention Romney in his speech, but he didn’t have to. More...

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Letters

Misplaced blame

To the editor: I would like to thank Brunswick Codes Enforcement Officer Jeff Hutchinson and the town staff for their actions to avoid a disaster by condemning the home at 77 Pleasant St., Brunswick. More...

Slow road

To the editor: Your Jan. More...

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Family & Friends

Let the bloomin’ begin

Notes from the Garden

Henry Homeyer

New England flower shows begin in Feb. E ach year I rejoice at the coming of the flower shows — they bring a taste of spring. More...

New federal map for what to plant reflects warming

BY SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer

WASHINGTON Global warming is hitting not just home, but garden. The government’s colorful map of planting zones, most often seen on the back of seed packets, is changing, illustrating a hotter 21st century. More...

The scoop on snow shoveling

WEST ORANGE, N. J. — Each year, more than 70,000 individuals seek medical attention for injuries related to snow shoveling, including about 11,000 who are seen in hospital emergency rooms. More...

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