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What you read in 2016

We've collected the 25 most-read stories of the year and presented them below in order of page views. In 2016, you spent a lot of time with a mix of breaking news, political coverage, investigative projects, commentary and offbeat stories about life in Maine. The top article of the year, an opinion piece about how to improve health insurance published just after Thanksgiving, was shared over 15,000 times from our original Facebook post. (We borrowed this idea from the New York Times.)

1. Maine Voices: The problem isn’t Obamacare; it’s the insurance companies

2. Group seeking $12 base wage posted jobs paying $10 an hour

3. 2016 Election Results

4. LePage challenges Westbrook lawmaker in obscenity-laced voice mail

5. LePage in spotlight for saying drug dealers impregnate ‘white girls’

6. ‘Time to move on’? Gov. LePage sends mixed signals on his future

7. New, racy restaurant near Maine Mall may test local sensibilities

8. Hiker Geraldine Largay, missing 2 years in Maine, died in her tent

9. Wells woman died alone and wasn’t discovered for 2½ years

10. Hiker’s journal shows she survived for close to a month after getting lost near Appalachian Trail

11. Tree impersonator arrested in busy Portland intersection

12. Randolph flag project folds for lack of insurance

13. Our View: When Trump slurs Somalis, he insults Portland

14. Collins breaks ranks with Republican leaders over Supreme Court nominee

15. Racing drew them together; something darker tore them apart

16. LePage effectively endorses racial profiling in Maine’s battle against drug addiction

17. Boy found dead after gunshot prompts police to close road, evacuate homes in Falmouth

18. North Woods lawless: Controversial operation in Allagash raises questions about Maine Warden Service's undercover work

19. New national monument established in Maine’s North Woods

20. After 39 years, Maine parents get mysterious letter about missing son

21. Hunt for Wessie the snake becomes all-consuming on banks of river in Westbrook

22. Hiker who died on Appalachian Trail didn’t know how to use compass

23. City won't remove graffiti depicting LePage in Ku Klux Klan robe

24. Portland police officer captures spectacular streaking meteor on dashcam

25. Teenage boy charged with killing his parents in Winthrop