In her Lake Region debut, Kate Hall breaks a pair of school records, one in long jump.
2012
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Letters to the editor, Jan. 12, 2012:Find the farmers who’ve disappeared
People from across Maine who are interested in farming and food are gathering in Augusta this week for the agricultural trades show. You will find many trade groups and chemical companies amid the bustle. What you won’t find are “the disappeared.” You won’t find the thousands of disappeared farmers who gave up farming when they […]
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Divers search for missing toddler
Ruling out ‘no scenarios,’ wardens and state police scoured an icy stretch of the Kennebec River for 21-month-old Ayla Reynolds.
Posted inNews, Politics
Collins, BIW hope for more destroyers
The senator tells a defense industry trade association the ships are needed to meet the U.S.’s security needs.
Posted inNation & World
Protesters mark 10th anniversary of Guantanamo prisoners
WASHINGTON — Chants of “Guantanamo has got to go” echoed down Pennsylvania Avenue on Wednesday as a crowd of rain-dampened protesters marked the 10th anniversary of the arrival of the first 20 detainees at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. More than 800 people demonstrated in what they said was solidarity with the […]
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Local/State Dispatches
LePage shuns NAACP / Machias man dies after he’s found in alley / Daughter pleads guilty after helping with arson / . . . and more news from around the state.
Posted inOpinion
Maine Voices: Despite budget shortfall, primary focus of Legislature is to create jobs
Legislative efforts include making the government more effective, caring and affordable.
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Twinkies maker files for bankruptcy again
Hostess Brands’ 370 employees at a bakery in Biddeford won’t be immediately affected.
Posted inNation & World
World/Nation Dispatches
LIMA, Peru Man says stress he endured as suspect reason for murder After Joran van der Sloot pleaded guilty Wednesday to the 2010 murder of a Peruvian woman he met at a Lima casino, his lawyer argued that the killing was tragically triggered by fallout from the very event that originally brought his client notoriety. […]
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Rosemont Market plans to open Portland produce shop
The market on Commercial Street, near India Street, will sell Maine produce to restaurants and the public.