PERU — Dirigo Middle School science teacher David Buck gave lessons to the Cougar Cub after-school program at Dirigo Elementary School last week on how to build a rocket. Buck was chosen two summers ago to attend a space camp for teachers in Huntsville, Ala., and spoke of his experiences there. “I’m not an astronaut,” […]
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Members of Dixfield church make 2,600-mile, 48-hour trek to pick up baptismal
DIXFIELD — The pastor of a local church and two members recently drove more than 2,600 miles in three days to pick up a portable baptismal tank paid for with donations from the church. The Rev. Phillip Tarr of the First Light United Pentecostal Church said when he first announced to church members that he […]
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Army scrapping 4 U.S. chemical weapons incinerators
ANNISTON, Ala. (AP) — The Pentagon spent $10.2 billion over three decades burning tons of deadly nerve gas and other chemical weapons stored in four states — some of the agents so deadly even a few drops can kill. Now, with all those chemicals up in smoke and communities freed of a threat, the Army […]