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Births, Maine Coast Memorial Hospital, Ellsworth
2:41 pm , 02/06/2012 Bangor Daily News

To Rebecca and Michael Hennessey of Northfield, a daughter, Sarah Margaret, Jan. 3, 2012. To Gina and Rolly Bixler of Whiting, a daughter, Keaira Richelle, Jan. 4, 2012. To Emily and Joe Pagan of Bar Harbor, a daughter, Ruby Lucetta, Jan. 5, 2012. To AnnMarie and Ocean Dunton of Surry, ...

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Featured Artist for the Week of 2/6/12
2:40 pm , 02/06/2012 WERU FM 89.9

Rebecca Pidgeon

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Bangor medevac unit leaving for Kuwait
2:40 pm , 02/06/2012 Bangor Daily News

BANGOR, Maine — Members of the Bangor-based 126th Army National Guard medevac unit — who are known as the “Black Bears” — will be leaving Maine for Kuwait in a couple of weeks, Capt. Shanon Cotta, spokesman for the Army National Guard, said Monday. About 83 citizen soldiers have their ...

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To boldly not go everywhere we go..
2:38 pm , 02/06/2012 Bangor Daily News

Alex ( whispering, nudging her in the side): ” Look.  Look.” Heather ( glancing nervously around, says out of the side of her mouth): ” Would you stop it!” Alex ( whispering, giggling, motioning towards the drawing on the paper in front of him ): “Looook.” Heather ( hissing ): ...

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7 face charges in 5-state burglary investigation
2:34 pm , 02/06/2012 Morning Sentinel

Police say the thieves would target small businesses without alarm systems during the early morning hours.

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Rockland area school district faces major tax hike
2:32 pm , 02/06/2012 Bangor Daily News

ROCKLAND, Maine — Local taxpayers will have to pay an additional $1.7 million to maintain the existing programs and staff in Regional School Unit 13 next year. “These numbers are really bad. This is a huge increase,” said board member Brian Messing of Rockland at the board’s Feb. 2 meeting ...

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Deadline for Warren candidates approaches
2:32 pm , 02/06/2012 Bangor Daily News

WARREN, Maine — Three candidates thus far have filed paperwork to run for the two open selectmen seats this election year, but no one has stepped forward yet to seek an available school board seat. The deadline for filing nomination papers at the town office is 4 p.m. Friday, Feb. ...

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Knox County Republican candidates start races for House seats
2:31 pm , 02/06/2012 Bangor Daily News

Two Knox County Republican candidates — a retired police officer and a former banker — have announced plans to run for the Maine Legislature. Retired Rockland Police Lt. Michael Collins of Thomaston filed paperwork with the Maine Commission on Governmental Ethics and Elections last week to seek the Republican nomination ...

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Births, Houlton Regional Hospital
2:31 pm , 02/06/2012 Bangor Daily News

To Reanna and Thomas Breton of Houlton, a son, Bentley Thomas, Jan. 10, 2012. To Crystal Dehahn of Hodgdon, a daughter, Jennavene Lynn Squier, Jan. 10, 2012. To Marty Long and Todd Carter of Smyrna Mills, a son, Jack Ari Carter, Jan. 10, 2012. To Stephanie and Joshua Gray of ...

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BodyPump Release 80….a review
2:24 pm , 02/06/2012 Bangor Daily News

Last weekend, we celebrated 20 years of BodyPump success by launching Release 80 (we’ve come a long way, haven’t we?) and I dare say that this is the best job Les Mills has done so far. Right from the squat track all the way to the core track, the hammer ...

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