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STATE WRESTLING TITLE

BRUNSWICK HIGH SCHOOL’S Jared Jensen, top, works against Zach Bushey of Deering in a 152-pound match Saturday at the State Class A Wrestling Championships held at Windham High School. More...

Forum eyes charter school idea

Proposal for Harpswell up for discussion Wednesday

BY DARREN FISHELL Times Record Staff

HARPSWELL — Advocates for founding a charter school in Harpswell hope that a public forum Wednesday will kick off thoughtful discussion — and criticism — of the proposal. More...

Snowe’s opponents energized by Paul

Texan’s strong showing produces conservative momentum

BY DAVID SHARP The Associated Press

PORTLAND — Sen. Olympia Snowe’s primary challengers hope to ride conservative momentum driven by Texas Rep. Ron Paul’s strong showing in Maine’s caucuses. More...

Former pharmacist pleads guilty

The Associated Press

BANGOR — The former head pharmacist for the Penobscot Indian Nation’s defunct mail- order pharmacy faces sentencing after pleading guilty to soliciting and taking kickbacks from Internet drug companies. Reginald Gracie Jr. pleaded guilty in U. More...

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The man who believed (an original tale)

TELL ME A STORY

Adapted by AMY FRIEDMAN and illustrated by JILLIAN GILLILAND

Long ago, on a hot February day in the Australian Outback, a young man called Pindan led a group of tourists on a camel trek. Pindan hoped to convey the soul of this place, to teach the visitors of the great gifts of the Anangu people. More...

Scheduled Public Meetings Free Access

Alna BOARD OF SELECTMEN, Monday, 6:30 p.m., town hall. More...

SNHU Dean's List

MANCHESTER, N.H. — The following Mid-coast Maine students have been named to the dean’s list for the fall 2011 semester at Southern New Hampshire University. More...

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Maine

Paul wins GOP caucus in Washington County

EAST MACHIAS (AP) — Ron Paul gained ground but failed to overtake Mitt Romney in Saturday’s Republican presidential caucus in eastern Maine, which was held a week after the state Republican Party declared Romney the winner of Maine’ More...

Maine lobster boat races scheduled

WINTERPORT ( AP) — It may be the dead of winter, but next summer’s schedule of Maine lobster boat races is coming into shape. More...

Occupy Maine group puts out TV show

PORTLAND (AP) — Occupy Maine’s tent city in Portland has come down, but the group is still trying to get its message out with a new TV show episode on the movement. More...

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World

3 skiers killed in Wash. avalanche

4th person survives

STEVENS PASS, Wash. More...

Small plane, copter clip each other

ANTIOCH, Calif. (AP) — A helicopter and a small plane were forced into emergency landings after they clipped each other over Northern California, leaving the two pilots with minor injuries, authorities say. More...

U.N. nuke inspectors back in Iran

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — U.N. More...

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Monday Meter

Thumbs Up — A tree grows in Georgetown The Georgetown Board of Selectmen merits praise for the rational and measured way it handled the hubbub related to State Treasurer Bruce Poliquin’s participation in the Tree Growth program. More...

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Letters

A life-saving story

To the editor: I write in response to the Feb. 7 article about Phippsburg Police Chief John Skroski, recently honored for his life-saving heroism, (“Skroski speaks out on childhood abuse”). More...

Undue suffering

To the editor: Thank you so very much for your splendid editorial of Feb.10 (“Human targets”) concerning Gov. Paul LePage’s efforts to gut MaineCare for thousands of our most vulnerable citizens. More...

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Focus

Sex-changing treatment for kids: It’s on the rise

BY LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer

CHICAGO A small but growing number of teens and even younger children who think they were born the wrong sex are getting support from parents and from doctors who give them sex-changing treatments, according to reports in the medical journal Pediatr More...

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Police: Bath woman ‘lucky to be alive’ following knife attack

BETH BROGAN The Times Record

BATH — A 28-year-old Bath man allegedly stabbed his live-in girlfriend in the neck several times with a steak knife early today, leaving the woman “lucky to be alive” at Maine Medical Center. Matthew T. More...

Chief: Taser had no effect on man ‘who attacked two officers’

BY BETH BROGAN Times Record Staff

BATH — Bath police deployed a Taser to subdue a 44-year-old Bath man who allegedly refused to answer the door during a family fight early Sunday morning. When officers responded to an Oak Street apartment at 12:15 a.m. More...

Shed in Bowdoin wiped out in crash

Topsham resident charged

BY DARCIE MOORE Times Record Staff

BOWDOIN — The Sagadahoc County Sheriff ’s Department arrested a Topsham man for operating under the influence of drugs after he crashed his vehicle into a shed Friday morning on Lewis Hill Road in Bowdoin. 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

Women speak up about ‘silent killer’

BY DARCIE MOORE Times Record Staff

BRUNSWICK — “I think I thought I was pretty untouchable,” said Barbara Hamlin, a guest speaker at a recent Go Red! dinner hosted by Mid Coast Hospital to promote women’s heart health. More...

FREEZE OUT FUNDRAISER

PAUL PARKER, front, and Shawn McMahon help with a Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program fundraiser Saturday morning at Cook’s Corner, with a sign reading “Hunger Hurts.” The “Fr More...

Missed court date prompts arrest in copper caper

BY DARREN FISHELL Times Record Staff

FREEPORT — A Freeport man suspected of stealing more than $3,000 in copper fittings and piping from a home construction site in December was arrested Feb. 10 after failing to appear in a Cumberland County court. More...

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Sports

TEAM effort keys Mt. Ararat, 52-46

Mt. Ararat girls hold off Messalonskee in ‘A’ quarterfinals

BY BOB CONN Times Record Staff

AUGUSTA — Throughout the 2011/12 high school girls basketball season, Mt. Ararat coach Kelly LaFountain has relied on her starting five to log most of the minutes. More...

A state wrestling day

Mid-coast region boast of four champions

BY GEORGE ALMASI Times Record Staff

BRUNSWICK — The State Class A Wrestling Championships were held at Windham High School, while the Class B and C events took place at Fryeburg Academy on Saturday. In Class A, Marshwood easily won with 167 points, followed by Massabesic (109.50), Mt. More...