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Spring into inaction

BRUNSWICK — Just less than a year ago, road crews dug into pavement near First Parish Church and on Pleasant Street to begin replacing water mains. At the time, drivers throughout Brunswick were urged to practice patience while a series of major road construction projects progressed throughout the summer. It’s that time again, as evidenced by […]

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Rogers’ school jersey retired

TOPSHAM — No Mt. Ararat High School baseball player will ever again don a uniform sporting the number “ 8” in interscholastic competition. The School Administrative District 75 school board Thursday night voted to retire Mt. Ararat High School baseball standout Mark Rogers’ No. 8 jersey from future use in the school’s baseball program. Colin Roy, […]

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SHIFTING FORTUNES

BRUNSWICK — Dan Hume is a treasure hunter. Since he started metal detecting two years ago, it’s been more hunting than finding, but that doesn’t bother him. “I’m not bummed by the fact that I don’t walk away with anything really valuable,” Hume said Monday while scanning the Brunswick Mall for buried relics. With the spring […]

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Who was Raymond Graebe?

BRUNSWICK — In January, Brunswick police detectives sent Joan Reardon a small plastic bag filled with a cellphone, Timex watch, a knife and some Kleenex. That’s all she has to remind her of her husband of 25 years, Raymond Graebe, whose body was found hanging from a tree in Brunswick late last year. Police searched for […]

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Bath trivia test set for Friday

BATH — “So You Think You Know Bath,” a live quiz show hosted by Main Street Bath, will take place Friday at 6:30 p.m. at the Winter Street Center, 880 Washington St. Doors open at 6 p.m. for socializing and local cuisine. The game will continue until 9 p.m. or until a champion is crowned, […]

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THIS WEEK IN THE CIVIL WAR

Confederate President Jefferson Davis, beset by recent military setbacks, orders a major Cabinet reshuffle this week 150 years ago in the Civil War. The Confederate leader orders on March 18, 1862, that George W. Randolph — a Virginia native and grandson of Thomas Jefferson — take charge as Confederate war secretary. Randolph succeeds Judah P. […]

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EyeBlack serves up patches for athletes, fans

ROCKVILLE, Md. — One of the latest trends in sports uses an old routine to bring fans and players closer together: Wearing eye black, the patches athletes use under their eyes to blot out glare from the sun. While watching a baseball game, former sales executive Peter Beveridge thought: Why not put team or corporate logos […]

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At prison school, inmates get second chance

LAS VEGAS — The black Lincoln Navigator cruises northbound along U.S. 95 on a straight course to prison. Inside the SUV is Clark County Schools Superintendent Dwight Jones — coffee cup in hand — watching the black expanse of asphalt unfold before him as his special assistant, Ken Turner, commands the wheel. Jones turns to Deputy […]

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Correction: 03/22/2012

The Times Record reserves this space to correct errors appearing in our news columns. We ask readers who are aware of factual errors to telephone Managing Editor Robert Long at 729-3311. A brief on page A2 of Wednesday’s edition listed an incorrect date for a breakfast to benefit Morse High School’s Project Graduation senior class […]