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Students dash to raise money

In a quirky twist on the traditional scavenger hunt, University of Southern Maine students will spend Sept. 7 solving campus trivia with “walkie-talkie” cell phones and sprinting through the quads in a 90-minute, campus-wide “Dash for a Cause” sponsored by U. S. Cellular. But, the scavenger hunt isn’t just fun and games. Proceeds raised through […]

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Students dash to raise money

In a quirky twist on the traditional scavenger hunt, University of Southern Maine students will spend Sept. 7 solving campus trivia with “walkie-talkie” cell phones and sprinting through the quads in a 90-minute, campus-wide “Dash for a Cause” sponsored by U. S. Cellular. But, the scavenger hunt isn’t just fun and games. Proceeds raised through […]

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Questions for the Gorham council

Why so fast? The town manager proposed a three to four week transition period. Eleven days passed from the time I filed for petition to overrule the action of the council vote, and then County Communications took over. On Aug. 8, a memo was sent to Trixi Morin, a former dispatcher of Gorham Communications, from […]

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Looking Back 0907

September 1980 In a letter, John R. Newell, president of Bath Iron Works 1950-1965, urges voters in the Sept. 23 referendum to banish nuclear power in Maine, and says, “May the values placed on life itself prevail over the values placed on money.” He quotes Einstein as saying that profound moral issues affecting the future […]

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Looking Back 0907

September 1980 In a letter, John R. Newell, president of Bath Iron Works 1950-1965, urges voters in the Sept. 23 referendum to banish nuclear power in Maine, and says, “May the values placed on life itself prevail over the values placed on money.” He quotes Einstein as saying that profound moral issues affecting the future […]

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Dispatch merger goes to vote

Gorham voters will decide on Monday whether they want to nullify a Town Council decision last month to consolidate the town’s dispatching with Cumberland County. “If they overturn the council’s vote, it’ll be the first time in 30 years citizens have told the council to spend more and increase the tax rate,” said Burleigh Loveitt, […]

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Dispatch merger goes to vote

Gorham voters will decide on Monday whether they want to nullify a Town Council decision last month to consolidate the town’s dispatching with Cumberland County. “If they overturn the council’s vote, it’ll be the first time in 30 years citizens have told the council to spend more and increase the tax rate,” said Burleigh Loveitt, […]

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Dispatch merger goes to vote

Gorham voters will decide on Monday whether they want to nullify a Town Council decision last month to consolidate the town’s dispatching with Cumberland County. “If they overturn the council’s vote, it’ll be the first time in 30 years citizens have told the council to spend more and increase the tax rate,” said Burleigh Loveitt, […]

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Dispatch merger goes to vote

Gorham voters will decide on Monday whether they want to nullify a Town Council decision last month to consolidate the town’s dispatching with Cumberland County. “If they overturn the council’s vote, it’ll be the first time in 30 years citizens have told the council to spend more and increase the tax rate,” said Burleigh Loveitt, […]