NewPage employs about 900 employees at its mill in Rumford.
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Search for missing Maine students halted on Christmas
The clothing of the two young men, who have been missing since last week, was found Monday on an island off Cape Porpoise.
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Yarmouth schools superintendent accepts Mass. job
The school committee has named an interim superintendent while a search for Judy Paolucci’s permanent replacement begins.
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King looks forward to next session of U.S. Senate
BRUNSWICK — Thirty down, 69 to go. Angus King has his work cut out for him. As you might expect, since his election to the U.S. Senate in November, King has been a busy guy. Last week, the former two-term, independent governor of Maine was counting up the number of other U.S. senators he has […]
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Man kills firefighters responding to NY blaze
An ex-con set a car and a house ablaze to lure firefighters, then opened fire on them, killing two.
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Annual vigil marks heartbreaking year for Portland's homeless
PORTLAND — Friends and supporters of the city’s homeless population gathered on the longest night of the year last Friday to read, one by one, the first names and last initials of the 30 Portland-area homeless people who died this year. This was one of the hardest years on record for these people, according to […]
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Portland water main break one for the record books
PORTLAND — Residents and businesses spent recent days mopping up after the city’s largest water main break in 16 years. The break happened Dec. 19 at about 7:44 a.m., near 128 Somerset St. in the city’s Bayside neighborhood. The rupture in the 20-inch pipe flooded the street with knee-deep water. It disrupted service to 4,000 […]
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A Christmas flurry, big snow possible Wednesday night and Thursday
It looks like much of coastal Maine will not end up white this year as any Christmas accumulating snow stays to our south. There could be some flurries Christmas morning that make it look rather festive but sunshine will return for the afternoon with cold temperatures and dry roads. The reason we won’t see any […]
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Boston tunnel reopens after wall panel falls in roadway
No one was hurt and no cars were damaged when the 4-foot-by-9-foot panel weighing about 100 pounds fell at about 6 p.m. Friday, causing long traffic backups.
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Heroic actions bring change in attitudes toward teachers
Gratitude for teachers is a respite from recent years in which politicians and the public have viewed them as anything but heroes.