Mainers get ready for Earl: Local marinas pull vessels out of harm's way
PORTLAND - Cameron McLellan moved the patio furniture off his dock at DiMillo's Marina on Thursday morning and secured it to a net on his 63-foot catamaran.
As workers loosened the bolts holding his dock to the marina, McLellan stowed the lawn mower he uses to cut the patch of grass at the end of his dock. He is sailing to safer waters in The Basin in Phippsburg today.
"Don't let my grass get too much sea spray," McLellan said just before the workers moved ...
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An oh-no in Orono
ORONO - As far as football openers go, they don't get much worse.
The University of Maine sputtered Thursday night against Albany, getting shut out 3-0 to start the season with a stunning loss in front of 7,610 fans.
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Positive reports calm recession concern
Back-to-school deals help spur retail uptick
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Our View: Let's just agree to agree on texting while driving
We live in fractious times. We can get in an argument over politics, religion or even what to eat. When the subject is global warming, Americans can get in a pretty good war of words over the weather.
Sometimes we can agree to disagree, but aren't there issues that are simply beyond dispute, subjects on which we can all just agree to agree?
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A college students' guide to
the best stuff and the most fun
Going to college is all about making hard choices.
Am I in the mood for pizza and beer or tacos and mojitos? Should I crack open a book on the beach or in the park? Should we go dancing at the disco place, or go see a band at the blues bar?
For those of you beyond your college years, thank your stars you are no longer faced with such quandaries. But for those of you still trudging your way through a post-secondary course of study in southern ...
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Photo contest: Week 1 winners announced
Winners for week 1 are available online. It's time to vote for your favorite entries in our weekly photo contest. Winners will be published on Monday, September 6th. You also can enter photos now for Week Three of the contest now.
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Atlantic churns: Even downgraded, Earl expected to menace
The hurricane's winds weaken to 110 mph but remain a threat as the storm sweeps northward.
No spill seen after fire on oil platform
The crew is rescued and the blaze is doused, as critics renew their call for a ban on new sea drilling.
New car shop features foreign policy
Two Somalis will provide sales and service to immigrants unfamiliar with the auto business
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Man suing police awarded $125,000
Both sides end up claiming victory, however, as a jury finds two officers did not use excessive force in a 2009 scuffle in Wells.
Anonymous bidder raises stakes for lighthouse
The bid casts doubt on a Maine-based organization's effort to acquire Ram Island Ledge Light.
Cutler, Lepage spar in forum, Mitchell declines
The two have the stage to themselves as Mitchell objects to the absence of two uninvited candidates.
Bill Nemitz: Larvae crisis puts care in useful glare
You'd think it would go without saying. You'd think a nursing home could function day to day without a written policy that begins, "It is the policy of SJR (Saint Joseph's Manor) that no resident should ever be infested with larvae."
Windham man's death called suspicious
Consortium wins grant for testing
Libra purchases potato company in Mars Hill
Four felonies bring three years
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Update: Earl weakens,
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Two men charged with having 101 pounds of pot
Falmouth crash on I-295 stalls traffic
Two push for a bridge platform for jumpers
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An oh-no in Orono
With expectations high and 7,610 watching, the UMaine football team plays a dud of an opener
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Warrants detail stabbings at Calif. beach house
A 9-year-old boy ran to get cash from his mother's purse to appease an armed intruder, but when he returned the man was stabbing his parents with a kitchen knife in the bedroom, according to recently released search warrants in the triple murder case. The documents provide details on the May 2009 slayings of Brock and Davina Husted, b ...
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Maine officials preparing for first winds tonight
AUGUSTA -- The state's emergency responders were gearing up Thursday as Hurricane Earl set its sights on the Northeast.
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Waterville fixture reopens after closing for good
WATERVILLE -- It ain't over 'til the lady sings the blues.
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