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🌱 Van Buren woman seriously injured in apartment fire

Van Buren, Maine Patch AM: a 3 min read

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  • Van Buren woman seriously injured in apartment fire

Also on today's calendar: Seacoast Artisans 27th Annual Holiday Fine Arts & Craft Show and 3 more events.

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

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Clouds and sun with a shower, with a high of 39 and low of 24 degrees.
  • Thursday: Mostly cloudy, temps: high: 40, low: 22.
  • Friday: Cloudy, with a high of 39 and low of 30 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Woman injured in Van Buren apartment fire (newportdispatch.com) — A Sunday apartment fire on Roosevelt Avenue in Van Buren seriously injured Cynthia Loux, 73, who was flown to Maine Medical Center in Portland for treatment. Sprinklers kept the fire from spreading beyond her apartment in the 16-unit building. State investigators say the fire started on her kitchen stovetop and was accidental.
   

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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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