BRUNSWICK — More than a dozen residents frustrated by noise from private shooting ranges in West Brunswick attended Monday night’s Town Council meeting to share their concerns about proposed changes to the rules governing private and commercial shooting ranges. District 1 Councilor David Watson proposed the changes that he said do not aim to deal with […]
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King promises positive U.S. Senate campaign
BRUNSWICK — Already under attack from Republicans, U.S. Senate candidate Angus King is promising to run a positive campaign. The former Maine governor is running as an independent for the vacancy created by Republican U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe’s retirement. While celebrating the opening of his headquarters Monday, he said he expects the contest to get nasty. […]
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House passes income tax rate cut
AUGUSTA — House Republicans on Monday won the latest round of a bruising ideological battle at the State House over LD 849, a bill that would use surplus tax revenue to lower income tax rates. The 72-68 vote on an amended version of the bill puts the House in concurrence with the Senate on LD 849. […]
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Longtime BHS soccer coach retires
BRUNSWICK — The Brunswick High School boys soccer sideline will have a decidedly new look next fall. Longtime coach Peter Gardner has stepped down. He notified his team of his intentions last week. Peter Gardner Field will not feel the same for the myriad players, officials and fans who have come to admire, love and cherish […]
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Flying car gets closer to reality with test flight
Flying cars aren’t just science fiction anymore. Woburn, Mass.-based Terrafugia Inc. said April 2 that its prototype flying car has completed its first flight, bringing the company closer to its goal of selling the flying car within the next year. The vehicle — dubbed the Transition — has two seats, four wheels and wings that […]
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Google creates a spectacle with project
NEW YORK If you think texting while walking is dangerous, just wait until everyone starts wearing Google’s futuristic, Internet-connected glasses. While wearing a pair, you can see directions to your destination appear literally before your eyes. You can talk to friends over video chat, take a photo or even buy a few things online as […]
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Colleagues, friends react to Wallace’s death
Reaction to the death of longtime “60 Minutes” correspondent Mike Wallace: “He loved being Mike Wallace. He loved the fact that if he showed up for an interview, it made people nervous. … He knew, and he knew that everybody else knew, that he was going to get to the truth. And that’s what motivated […]
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‘60 Minutes’ interrogator Mike Wallace dies
NEW YORK — Within five months of each other, two of the men who helped make “60 Minutes” the most distinctive news show on television have died. First it was Andy Rooney, the cantankerous commentator who died last November, a month after delivering the last of his show-closing essays. Late Saturday night, it was Mike Wallace, […]
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2 held in deadly Tulsa shooting rampage; no charge
TULSA, Okla. Police arrested two men suspected in a deadly shooting rampage that terrorized Tulsa’s African- American community, and said online postings indicated one may have been trying to avenge his father’s death. Jake England, 19, and Alvin Watts, 32, were arrested early Sunday at a home in Turley, just north of Tulsa. Police identified […]
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Study suggests link between obesity, autism
CHICAGO (AP) — Obesity during pregnancy may increase chances for having a child with autism, provocative new research suggests. It’s among the first studies linking the two, and though it doesn’t prove obesity causes autism, the authors say their results raise public health concerns because of the high level of obesity in this country. Study […]