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🌱 Bowdoinham traffic stop leads to high-speed chase and drug charges

Bowdoinham, Maine Patch AM: a 4 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • Bowdoinham traffic stop leads to high-speed chase and drug charges
  • Why Maine Catholics are finding a home at Latin Mass

Also on today's calendar: The Slambovian Circus Of Dreams.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high of 50 and low of 36 degrees.
  • Thursday: Cloudy, temps: high: 48, low: 36.
  • Friday: Cooler with a bit of rain, with a high of 41 and low of 34 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Several pounds of cocaine found after chase reaches 120 mph on Maine highway (wmtw.com) — A traffic stop in Bowdoinham early Tuesday led to a chase reaching 120 mph and the recovery of more than three pounds of suspected cocaine, police say. Authorities arrested Auburn resident Lawz Lepenn near Augusta State Airport after deploying spike strips. He faces aggravated drug trafficking and eluding charges.
   

• Maine's young Catholics are flocking to the church's Latin Mass (themainemonitor.org) — Bowdoinham resident Jeff Rowe helps lead Maine’s Latin Mass community as the traditional service draws younger Catholics and families. Rowe chairs the state branch of an organization promoting the rite and worships weekly in Lewiston, while Portland’s growing congregation draws nearly 250 people despite continuing church restrictions.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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