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Fire forces evacuation of L.L. Bean warehouse in Freeport

BY DARREN FISHELL Times Record Staff

FREEPORT — Freeport and Yarmouth firefighters responded today to a fire contained to a piece of equipment at L.L. Bean’s Freeport distribution center. More...

Councilors support neighbors on depot

2 propose letter urging compliance with group’s request on environmental standards

BY DARREN FISHELL Times Record Staff

BRUNSWICK — Two Brunswick town councilors propose that the full council side with neighbors of a proposed train maintenance facility at a site in West Brunswick and request specific environmental review standards be used in constructing the building. More...

Feds list Gulf of Maine sturgeon as ‘threatened’

Ruling could affect Kennebec River use

BY BETH BROGAN Times Record Staff

BATH — The National Marine Fisheries Service on Tuesday listed Atlantic sturgeon in the Gulf of Maine — and the Kennebec River — as a threatened species under the federal Endangered Species Act. More...

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Local

Pepper spray canister plucked from vehicle

BY DARCIE MOORE Times Record Staff

TOPSHAM — Topsham police continue to investigate a car burglary reported Wednesday. Police believe there may be other victims who haven’t discovered items missing yet. More...

SEASIDE SILHOUETTES

LOBSTER BUOYS cast shadow in the afternoon sun in Phippsburg on Sunday. More...

Topsham Board of Selectmen Agenda

TOPSHAM — The Board of Selectmen has a fairly short agenda for its meeting at 7 p.m. today in the municipal building at 100 Main St. Proposed bylaw changes for Topsham Development Inc., are the first new business items scheduled. More...

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Sports

Standout swimmer Ryan Banger overcomes disability

BY GEORGE ALMASI Times Record Staff

BATH — Ryan Banger angles to the starting block and sets his position along with the other swimmers. The starter gives his instruction, a gun is fired, and swimmers hit the pool. More...

Dragons net no gain

Brunswick boys hockey falls to EL, 3-1

BY BOB CONN Times Record Staff

AUBURN — The shots kept getting on goal or whistling just wide as the Brunswick High School boys ice hockey team showed flashes of domination against Edward Little in an Eastern A contest at cold Ingersoll Arena on Wednesday. More...

Brunswick boys get past Vikings, 60-55

TUESDAY HOOPS

BRUNSWICK — The Brunswick High School boys basketball team scored 24 points in the third quarter for a come- from- behind 60- 55 Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference victory on Tuesday. 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: “She Has a Name in Georgia” ( Dec. More...

BRIDGE

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Commentary

Battle of the backbones

By Maureen Dowd

Joe Biden is always ready to jump in as a character witness for Barack Obama. In the last presidential election, he offered effusive testimony that Obama was not too snooty to appeal to skeptical working-class voters. More...

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Letters

Magic meters?

To the editor: Our latest flier from Central Maine Power (no. 00083876) is titled “New online map tool gives you information during an outage.” More...

Health care delusions

To the editor: Among solutions to important public policy issues, the most seductive — and the most deceptive — is the single-payer option Julie Pease advocates for health care, (Local commentary, “ Universal health care can’t More...

Alternatives to cuts

To the editor: More...

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Mt. Ararat to put on 'Charlotte's Web'

SAM ASELTINE plays Wilbur the pig during a rehearsal for Mt. Ararat Middle School’s production of “Charlotte’s Web” on Tuesday afternoon. Charlotte the spider, above, is played by Ali Hooper. The performances are scheduled for Friday at 7 p.m. More...

Bath council nixes board for armory

BY BETH BROGAN Times Record Staff

BATH — The Bath City Council on Wednesday voted to rescind a December ordinance creating a board of directors to operate the city- owned former National Guard Armory building — the future home of the Bath Youth Meetinghouse and Skatepark. More...

LePage: Without cuts, DHHS shutdown possible

BY JACKIE FARWELL Bangor Daily News Staff

AUGUSTA — At a meeting Wednesday with Portland Mayor Michael Brennan to discuss the effects of proposed MaineCare cuts on the state’s largest city, Gov. 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

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Focus

Legendary boxing trainer Dundee dies

BY TIM DAHLBERG AP Boxing Writer

TAMPA, Fla. — There was no way Angelo Dundee was going to miss Muhammad Ali’s 70th birthday party. The genial trainer got to see his old friend, and reminisce about good times. More...

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