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Co-Workers of Killed Employee Give Up Christmas Outing To Help Out Widow

Matthew McDonald

Employees of a national airport construction company spending a week training on Cape Cod gave up their annual Christmas outing to perform landscaping and house repairs for the widow of a former colleague killed in an accident on the job 10 weeks ago.

Timothy P. Sullivan, 43, of Yarmouth, died October 11 in an accident in Florida, leaving behind a wife and two young children.

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Maine Republican U.S. Rep Appeals To Fed Court, Challenges ‘Ranked-Voting’

Bill Gnade

In a potential landmark case regarding the federal legality of "ranked-voting," U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin, a Maine Republican, has petitioned a federal appeals court to issue an injunction before the results of his election loss in November are certified by the Maine Secretary of State and his opponent is sworn in.

Poliquin filed a brief for the injunction in the US Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston after a U.S. District Court judge in Maine last week rejected his claims the state's 2016 ranked-voting law was unconstitutional.

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