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    September 1, 2011

    Monument Square crafts market mulled

    City officials get the ball rolling on a separate weekly event for Mainers to sell handmade work.

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    September 1, 2011
    Matthew Fox

    People & Entertainment: Bus driver says she traded blows with actor Matthew Fox

    LOS ANGELES – Actor Matthew Fox has been accused of assault by Cleveland charter bus driver Heather Bormann, a 29-year-old mother of three. Fox was detained by police early Sunday morning, although not arrested, after he allegedly started swinging at Bormann when she refused to let him board the privately chartered bus she was driving. […]

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    September 1, 2011

    Ruth Marcus: Rick Perry’s book reveals a hard-core right-winger unfit for the Oval Office

    His stands against the income tax and the independence of the Supreme Court, among others, reveal his radicalism.

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    September 1, 2011

    Private-sector job growth falls short of forecast

    WASHINGTON – Private-sector payrolls increased 91,000 in August, led by the service-producing sector and small businesses, according to the ADP employment report released Wednesday. Economists were predicting the ADP figure would rise by about 100,000. The expansion for July was revised down to 109,000 from a prior estimate of 114,000. The report “suggests that the […]

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    September 1, 2011

    Groups hope to block plan to pipe crude oil

    A Canadian company wants to pipe 'tar sands' oil from Alberta to South Portland for shipping.

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    September 1, 2011

    Local and State Dispatches

    PORTLAND City’s assistant manager resigns to take Camden post Assistant City Manager Patricia Finnigan has announced her resignation. After four years of working for the city, Finnigan said she is leaving to take the position of town manager in Camden. Her last day will be Sept. 30. Finnigan most recently served as acting city manager […]

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    September 1, 2011

    Markets continue gradual climb

    The four-day rise is in stark contrast to the roller coaster that was the rest of August.

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    September 1, 2011

    Letters to the editor, Sept. 1, 2011Both parties to blame for problems

    I’m astonished that we believe in this artificial, cynical left-right political paradigm. Common sense evades us. People say it’s either the Republicans’ or the Democrats’ fault, but not the other one’s. This is awesome naivete. First, there are no excuses. In the span of a mere decade we have seen majority political rule by each […]

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    September 1, 2011

    Our View: State took the right riskwith paper mill landfill

    Sometimes you have to take a risk, and sometimes big risks pay off in a big way.<br /><br />That certainly looks like the result of the big chance Maine took this winter in regard to the Katahdin region paper mills in Millinocket and East Millinocket.<br><br>Facing the dismantling of the two mills, the permanent loss of hundreds of good manufacturing jobs and a way of life for a whole community, Gov. LePage and the Legislature gave . . .

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    September 1, 2011

    Maine Voices: Maine Woods National Park would help protect our future as a species

    We often place emphasis on plants and wildlife, but we need this preserve more than they do.