LEWISTON — If your office is suddenly under attack from someone armed with a gun or knife, Bill DeLong’s first advice is to run. If you can’t run, hide, but not behind your cubicle; it’s too flimsy. If you can’t hide, fight, and don’t discount a pair of scissors or a heavy, well-aimed stapler. “Commit […]
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6th annual Dempsey Challenge named ‘the best event yet’
LEWISTON — Whether they walked, ran or cycled, hitting the pavement to fulfill pledge commitments was what motivated 3,871 participants in this weekend’s successful 6th annual Dempsey Challenge. The tally announced at closing ceremonies Sunday afternoon was “1.1 million and counting,” according to Aimee Arsenault, manager of special events and development at the Patrick Dempsey […]
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Franklin County approves TIF money for communications study
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners agreed Tuesday to use $5,000 from the county’s tax-increment financing district’s emergency communications fund toward a comprehensive communications study, if the county receives a federal grant. Tim Hardy, director of the county’s Emergency Management Agency, said the county has applied for a regional grant of $69,386.57 through the Department of […]
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Mexican national admits being part of Portland scheme to sell fake documents
PORTLAND — A Mexican national has admitted helping undocumented workers get fake identification cards. Roman Garcia-Lopez, 56, of Portland pleaded guilty Wednesday in U.S. District Court to conspiracy to produce and transfer false identification documents. He is scheduled to be sentenced in January. Using the name Romeo Bartalon, Garcia-Lopez sold false permanent resident and Social […]
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Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano resigning
WASHINGTON — Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, who led the burgeoning Department of Homeland Security through a host of policy changes in the post 9/11 era, is resigning to head the University of California system. Napolitano, just the third person to lead the 10-year-old department, told her senior staff Friday she would be leaving for […]