Every child wants the popular toys for Christmas. Each year parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles head to the stores in search of those sold-out items and must-have gifts. So what gifts are bound to be snatched from toy store shelves this season? Here are a few that kids are bound to be requesting. * Moon […]
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Auburn Council ignores rules at the public’s peril
Auburn residents should be concerned with the City Council’s penchant for suspending its meeting rules. And they should be downright angry that important and controversial decisions could be made without public input. The council has met 29 times this year and has voted 31 times to suspend its rules of procedure. While Robert’s Rules of […]
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Maine ‘blue law’ keeps big stores closed Thanksgiving
Nationally, Sears and Walmart are opening their doors on Thanksgiving this year, allowing early bird shoppers to get a jump on Black Friday. As it did last year, Kmart will also be open on turkey day. But not in Maine. Maine’s so-called blue law doesn’t allow stores with more than 5,000 square feet to be […]
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College basketball: Notre Dame handles Maine
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Notre Dame is feeling competent and confident as they head into Thursday’s opening round of the Old Spice Classic in Orlando, Fla., where they will face Georgia, a much tougher opponent than they have encountered so far this season. On Monday night, the Irish demolished Maine 97-72 as Tim Abromaitis […]
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James Madison vetos Maine
ORONO — Jonathon Williams and Taveion Cuffee led a goal-line stand on the final play as James Madison held on for a 14-10 victory over Maine Saturday. It was the Colonial Athletic Association regular-season finale for both teams. On second-and-goal from the 3, the Black Bears (4-7, 3-5) tried to win the game on Warren […]
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Primary system biggest problem for independents
“Who Stole Election Day?” the Wall Street Journal asked in an opinion-page headline Wednesday. And hey, look: Lewiston, Maine, was right there in the first sentence of an opinion column written by oh-so-nearly-elected-governor Eliot Cutler, who cites the story of a local woman who voted early and later wished she hadn’t. While the headline was […]
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UMaine basketball: Barnies winning confidence game
ORONO — Troy Barnies hosted Murphy Burnatowski when the now-sophomore forward paid his first visit to the University of Maine campus. It was a wise choice by head coach Ted Woodward “He was one of the big reasons why I came here,” Burnatowski said. “He’s a great leader. He’s always working the hardest of anybody […]
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Resort to reopen Friday
NEWRY — So, where’s the snow? Officially, winter’s still more than a month away, but Western Maine snowmakers at Sunday River, Sugarloaf, and Saddleback ski resorts are getting anxious to fire up the snow guns. Sunday River Ski Resort, which opened Oct. 22 to make it the first ski resort in the nation to open […]
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Somali group doing good and changing lives
We applaud the work being done by the Somali Bantu Youth Association to channel the energies of boys and young men in the right direction. A story Sunday explained how the two-year-old group became concerned that some immigrant youths were smoking, getting into fights and dropping out of school. It is hard for any of […]
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Barnies leads Bears to 71-66 win
Auburn native Troy Barnies led Maine with 16 points and seven boards to lead the Black Bears to a 71-66 overtime win over Utah Valley University in the teams’ season-opening men’s basketball game in Utah on Friday night. The Black Bears blew a three-point halftime lead, but outscored the Wolverines 13-8 in the overtime period […]