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Local & State

Published
August 26, 2013

Augusta police conduct stings to curb underage drinking

Augusta police have conducted a number of details to get adults to buy liquor for underage people.
Published
August 26, 2013

Special election to replace Goodall in Maine Senate

Seth Goodall resigned in June to serve as New England chief of the Small Business Administration.
Published
August 26, 2013

Maine lawmakers to return for special session

The Democratic-controlled Legislature will return Thursday to vote on the $149.5 million bond package slated for the November ballot.
Published
August 26, 2013

Maine civil rights figure recalls prom protest

In 1971, Una Richardson appealed to her classmates – unsuccessfully – that the Deering High School class of 1971 should not hold their prom at the whites-only Elks club.
Published
August 25, 2013

Farmers’ Almanac: Super Bowl may be ‘Storm Bowl’

The 197-year-old publication predicts a winter storm will hit the Northeast around the time the Super Bowl is played at MetLife Stadium in the Meadowlands in New Jersey.

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Published
August 25, 2013

Police investigate deadly fall off Portland parking garage

The police are not sure if the man fell or jumped from the six-story One City Center garage.
Published
August 25, 2013

Naples man impaled by stick in dirt bike accident

The Maine Warden Service says Scott Kilton, 32, was riding his bike near Hancock Road in Sebago.
Published
August 25, 2013

Hundreds join in Run for the Fallen

First lady Ann LePage is among those honoring the military with Maine ties killed since Sept. 11, 2001.
Published
August 25, 2013

Final Mass set for landmark Auburn church

The 98-year-old St. Louis Church in Auburn needs an estimated $1 million or more in repairs, far more than the parish can afford.
Published
August 25, 2013

Public pensions for lobbyists receive scrutiny

Hundreds of lobbyists in at least 20 states, Maine included, are eligible for state retirement benefits.