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The basketball season hasn’t started yet, but already the girls team has had to deal with adversity. Two players—Hope Laubhan and Becca Carr—have been affected by injuries, though mostly slight. Laubhan hasn’t been 100 percent this week after straining...
Jeremy Davis was glad he listened to his instincts Saturday evening. The Andover resident had a feeling he was going to win big, so he purchased a $1 Sweet 6s instant scratch ticket. Much to his surprise, he won a $6,000 top prize playing the game!...
Tags: Jeremy Davis, Augusta, Ticket, E ticket, Lottery
Maine— It may seem early for the 2010 congressional campaign to start, but the fields in both of Maine's congressional districts are starting to take shape. In southern Maine's 1st District, where Democratic Rep. Chellie Pingree will seek her second...
Tags: Maine, Augusta, Maine's congressional districts, Politics, Pingree, Mike Michaud
Maine— Maine officials say wastewater treatment plants around the state are experiencing problems because residents continue flushing baby wipes and similar items down their toilets. Andrew Fisk of the Department of Environmental Protection says baby...
Tags: Mainers, baby wipes, Augusta, Sanitation, Sewerage, Environmental engineering, Sewage treatment, Aquatic ecology, Water pollution, Wastewater
Every time I get pregnant an Overzealous Food Watchdog emerges from my otherwise laid-back husband...During my first two pregnancies he often questioned me about my eating during the day: Did I eat enough fruit?...I wake up hungry, then eat breakfast,...
Tags: Augusta, Coffee, Hospitality Recreation, Xanthines, Caffeine, Human Interest
As someone who writes a lot, it may come as no surprise to readers that I love words. I love to know the origins of common phrases and words that aren't obvious...I took four years of Latin in high school even though I was planning on being an engineer.
Tags: Adam Lambert, Meghan McCain, John McCain, Buncombe County, Augusta, Scots-Irish Americans, American Idol, Pseudoscience, Buncombe County North Carolina, Skeptics, Debunker
From the time when he played volleyball during college to helping former Augusta coach Jeff Regier with camps during the summers, coach Brian Hallmark always had a love for the game...Now, 20 years later, Hallmark has resigned as coach of the Augusta...
Tags: Taylor Hallmark, Brian Hallmark, Augusta, Hallmark Channel, allnews
With Thanksgiving upon us, it’s timely to consider what we are thankful for in life. With everything we may not have, it is important to focus on what we DO have – family, friends, faith, and community. In our community, we have many wonderful individuals...
Tags: winter wonderland, board member, Ignite Augusta, Lee Miller, Augusta, Augusta Georgia, Thanksgiving, Richmond County Georgia, Augusta Maine, Christmas and holiday season, Augusta-Richmond County metropolitan area
Maine— It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas -- at the Blaine House in Augusta. Maine first lady Karen Baldacci on Tuesday accepted three donated Christmas trees for the governor's mansion from the Maine Christmas Tree Association. The three balsam...
Tags: Blaine House, Maine Christmas Tree Association, Maine Department of Agriculture, christmas trees, Augusta, Environment, Augusta Maine, Christmas tree, Cities in Maine, The Blaine House, Abies balsamea, Maine, Human Interest
Butler County voters have approved a one-quarter cent sales tax to pay for an upgrade in emergency communications equipment. The vote was 10,280 YES (70.43%) to 4,316 NO (20.57%) The sales tax will take effect countywide in April of 2010. It is expected...
Tags: sales tax, cent sales, Augusta, Wichita metropolitan area, Andover Kansas, Tax resistance, Law Crime