GOP leaders reject tax increases as part of a deal to rein in the nation’s debt.
2011
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Cape councilors honor $350,000 land trust pledge
The Cape Elizabeth Land Trust will get the money that it was promised last month to purchase property off Shore Road.
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Sports Digest
COLLEGES UMaine running back dies in Pennsylvania traffic accident Charles Kyeremeh, a University of Maine running back, was killed Sunday afternoon in a motorcycle accident near Donaldson, Pa. Kyeremeh, 20, was red-shirted during his freshman year in 2010-11. “Charles was an outstanding young man who had a bright future, both on and off the football […]
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Falmouth meets privately with school abuttors
Town leaders met with OceanView as a preliminary to requesting proposals, they say.
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‘Bachelorette’ comes down to final 4
Can a girl from a small town in Maine find love in New York City?
Or in the wine country of California? Or in sprawling Atlanta?
That is the next crucial question for Ashley Hebert of Madawaska as she continues her search for romance on ABC’s dating reality show “The Bachelorette.”
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Collins bemoans debt talk impasse, lauds Maine food ‘mystique’
It was hard for Sen. Susan Collins, a self-proclaimed “foodie,” to be too unhappy while sampling Maine wares at the Fancy Food Show convention in Washington Monday afternoon. But the breakdown over the weekend of the debt ceiling negotiations seems to have left a sour taste with the Maine Republican. “I am very worried because […]
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Outage disrupts FairPoint service
An undetermined number of customers in Maine and Vermont lost Internet service and FairPoint telephone voice mail answering services.
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In Focus: Newborn girl gave Dugard will to survive
Jaycee Dugard tells of 18 years in captivity.
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WikiLeaks founder due back in court today
LONDON – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is due back in court today for the latest round of his fight against extradition to Sweden, where the 40-year-old Australian is accused of rape and molestation. Assange’s disclosures of classified U.S. documents have infuriated the Pentagon, embarrassed State Department diplomats and energized critics of American foreign policy, but […]
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Oak Hill’s elm at end of life
SCARBOROUGH – The days and tree rings are numbered for one of Scarborough’s oldest denizens, a roughly 200-year-old American elm tree that locals have dubbed “Elsie.” The iconic guardian of Oak Hill, near one of the town’s busiest intersections, has survived two centuries of storms, development and disease, but has been weakening for the past […]