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Maine gets snowed under

The speed limit on Interstate 295 was lowered to 30 mph, the state’s largest shopping mall closed at noon, and a group of hardy Mainers organized a snowball fight in Portland as a powerful nor’easter hit the state Wednesday.

While snow blanketed the state, the Sagadahoc County town of Richmond got the most — 17.5 inches, according to the National Weather Service in Gray. Portland received 13 inches, and Brunswick got 16.

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Bohlmann to leave state of emergency

ALFRED — He’s been a cop, a firefighter and owned a nuclear power security company that employed about 500 workers. He’s testified before the U.S. Congress five times. In 1955, at the height of the Cold War, when the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union was tense and war seemed possible, Robert […]

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Shootings show importance of security

Security is on our mind, these days, especially the security of human beings lives. We are hearing about too many mass murderers, like the gunman who perpetrated the tragic shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. He killed six innocent victims, including a 9-year old little girl, and wounded 13 others, at an Arizona political meeting last […]

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Black Bears’ foul shots produce conference win

ALBANY, N.Y. – Raheem Singleton made two free throws with 3.6 seconds remaining to give the University of Maine a 66-64 victory over Albany in an America East Conference men’s basketball game Wednesday night. The Black Bears (9-7, 3-1 American East) trailed 64-62 with 39 seconds left before Gerald McLemore hit two free throws to […]