PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A price monitoring website says Mainers are paying a dime a gallon more for gasoline this week than a week ago. MaineGasPrices.com says average retail gasoline prices in Maine were 10.2 cents per gallon higher Sunday than a week earlier and now average $2.84 per gallon. That compares with the national […]
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Police doing training in Rumford neighborhood
RUMFORD — Local police and members of the Maine State Police Tactical Team will conduct a training exercise Wednesday on Waldo Street in the area of Lincoln Avenue, Chief Stacy Carter announced. Capt. Daniel Garbarini said Rumford police will be handing out notices in that neighborhood. Carter told Rumford selectmen at Thursday night’s board meeting […]
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Libraries and literacy: Read all about it
Repositories of knowledge in written form can be traced to the dawn of civilization. History Magazine speaks of a collection of “about 30,000 clay tablets found in ancient Mesopotamia [dating] back more than 5,000 years,” for example. Access to written knowledge – literacy – was, however, a closely guarded secret of the ruling classes for […]
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Teenagers want to be trusted
Making your way in the world today sometimes really does take everything you’ve got and for no one is that more true than it is for teenagers. They are caught in the crossroads of adolescence and adulthood; not yet adults and no longer children. Teens are expected to act responsibly and make sound decisions, yet […]
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Five tips for traveling with kids
Taking a family vacation? Before you pack the suitcases and load the kids into the car, check out these five tips for traveling with children. 1. Prepare before you go. Kate Edgecomb, a mother of three from Auburn, always prepares before leaving her house with kids in tow. “Before you leave, make everyone go to […]
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School climate, technology, and discipline
School culture and climate greatly affect how successful school discipline policies can be. “The ideal school climate is one where the focus is on teaching and learning and the future of kids,” said Gus LeBlanc, principal of Lewiston High School. “If you can get students to engage in the belief that the learning, education, and […]
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Domestic violence hits home
“Domestic violence and emotional abuse are behaviors used by one person in a relationship to control the other.” (http://www.domesticviolence.org/definition/) The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence website states that “one in every four women will experience domestic violence in her lifetime.” Although a significant percentage of victims of domestic violence are women battered by male partners, […]
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Halloween brings adventure and family fun
For the ultimate in ghoulish adventures during October, consider a road trip that includes Salem, Massachusetts, and other towns in central Maine. Salem, Massachusetts: Home of Haunted Happenings Known as the home of the famous Witch Trials, Salem, Massachusetts becomes the Halloween center of the world with Haunted Happenings, a month long schedule of activities […]
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Ouitdoors in Maine: Barbless hooks revisted
Alright, I confess. I used to be a trout hog. In the old days, you measured your success — your fishing prowess — by the day’s catch. “I got my five, how about you?” was the fishermen’s refrain. Today, there will be an occasional brookie taken home for my frying pan, but catch and release […]
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Peru hiker rescued after fall on Rumford Whitecap
PERU — A Peru woman leading her church youth group and adults on a hike and geocaching adventure Saturday on Rumford Whitecap Mountain, fell near the summit and injured her left leg, requiring rescue. Despite suffering a possible broken leg, Cathy Hazelton, 53, “scooched” her way down the 2,197-foot summit’s steep trail to an area […]