U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe, who has represented Maine in Congress since 1978, says she no longer wants to serve in an increasingly partisan Senate and won’t run for re-election.
February 2012
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Teenager killed in Surry collision
Derrick Robbins was operating his dirt bike without its lights on when the crash took place
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Romney squeaks out win in Michigan after taking Arizona
Exit polling shows a plurality of Republican voters in both states saying the most important factor to them in the primaries was that a candidate be able to beat Obama in November.
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Freeport residents pack Seacoast hearing
Testimony so far is overwhelmingly against the soccer club’s request for a zoning change needed to build an indoor-outdoor field complex in a rural residential district.
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Police make murder arrest in missing firefighter case
Maine State Police have charged 24-year-old Daniel Porter with murder in the death of a Florida firefighter who vanished 12 days ago in Maine.
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Snoop Dogg coming to Portland
PORTLAND – Iconic rapper Snoop Dogg is bringing his show to Portland. He’s scheduled to play a concert at the State Theatre, 609 Congress St., on March 30 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $40 in advance, $45 on the day of the show, and will go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday. Tickets can be purchased […]
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Dow closes above 13,000, first time since crisis
Today, the Dow got the final push from a report that consumer confidence jumped in February to its highest level in a year. Improved perceptions of the job market made the difference . . .
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Falmouth council tackles water view issue
FALMOUTH — The Town Council on Monday received a proposal to create a Waterview Overlay District in the Foreside and Flats neighborhoods east of Route 88. It is the first step in a three-phase approach that will be discussed at length in the coming months. If approved, all single-family home expansion projects in the district […]
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Bean ordered to pay nearly $1M to wreath maker
FREEPORT — A dispute between two well-known, longtime Maine companies ended last week when L.L. Bean was ordered to pay more than $960,000 to the owners of Worcester Wreath Co. of Harrington. Maine Superior Court Justice Andrew M. Horton heard the case in the state Consumer and Business Court in Portland. He decided Bean owed […]
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After the breakup, who gets the pet?
Custody cases involving pets are on the rise across the country. “What do you do when the pet is the child?” asks Portland divorce attorney Ken Altshuler.