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• Understanding Difference
  January 30, 2008
  
  Perhaps you saw the recent article in the New York Times reporting a threat against "any and all black persons" who would attend a meeting of a local NAACP chapter in Northern Maine ("Threat in Maine, the Whitest State, Shakes Local N.A.A.C.P.," Dec. 28, 2007 New York Times). Thankfully, this did not happen in York. But the story got me to thinking and right away two questions came to mind.
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• McAllister Eyes Maine Legislature Seat,
  February 20, 2008
  
  YORK — Resident Ron McAllister has announced his campaign to win a seat in the Maine Legislature. At a recent gathering of family, friends and supporters, the former professor committed to run as a Clean Elections candidate on the Democratic Party ticket against incumbent Windol Weaver, R-York. "There is more wisdom among us than there is within any one of us," McAllister said in his announcement, pledging to seek input from voters across District 150 regardless of party affiliation. "I believe that as neighbors and as a community, it's time we got back to talking with each other across party lines."
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• York Has Much To Satisfy Our Aging Population
  February 20, 2008
  
  York is an old town — over 350 years old. But York is old in another way as well. York's various neighborhoods are home to growing numbers of elderly residents. In 2000, Cape Neddick had the fourth oldest population in the state. In York Harbor the median age was old enough to make the Harbor Maine's 11th oldest settlement.
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• Democratic State House candidate running 'Clean' in York
  March 3, 2008
  
  YORK, Maine — Ron McAllister, a Democratic candidate for State House District 150, which includes part of York, is running a "Clean" campaign. McAllister, a former professor who moved to York after years of vacationing in the town, is running as a candidate under Maine's Clean Election Act.
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• Rising cost of oil is budget buster for many in York
  March 5, 2008
  
  It's been a long, cold and expensive winter in Maine. According to the Maine Energy Resources Council, the average price of heating oil in Maine last week was $3.28 per gallon — 95 cents more than it was the same week last year. Oil isn't cheap, as the nearly 80 percent of households in York who heat with oil or kerosene know.
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