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August 19, 2013

Feature Parker Blanchard, 25, had promising future in science

A USM student, Parker Blanchard died in a house fire in Windham.
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August 19, 2013

Maine’s farmers wary of new food safety rules

They tell federal officials that new rules aimed at reducing foodborne illness could hurt small farms.
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August 19, 2013

UMaine professor loses leg after tractor-saw accident

Nathan Godfried, who has taught history at the Orono campus for 17 years, was struck by a mowing blade hanging from a passing truck while bicycling along Route 2.
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August 19, 2013

Portland police investigate report of an armed man on Eastern Prom

By the time officers arrive, the man, who was reported to be holding a rifle, had left.
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August 19, 2013

Two men die in head-on crash in Vassalboro

Police identify the local men as Kenneth Lee, 63, and Shawn Greenleaf, 32.

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August 19, 2013

Republican lawmakers: LePage said Obama ‘hates white people’

Two Republicans say the governor made the remark during a fundraiser in Belgrade last week.
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August 19, 2013

Maine lawmakers to return to vote on bond proposal

The proposal includes $100 million for transportation, $35.5 million for education and $14 million for armory maintenance and renovations.
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August 19, 2013

Owner says recently quarantined Scarborough pet shop will close

Two cases this year of the deadly parvovirus kept Little Paws Pet Shop from selling puppies and also brought protests from Maine Citizens Against Puppy Mills.
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August 19, 2013

LePage ships lobster products to 49 other governors

Boxes full of prepared lobster meat, as well as bisques and spreads from Maine processors and dealers, were shipped overnight.
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August 19, 2013

Police: Man was distracted before being hit by train

Charles Hope, a 36-year-old transient, remains hospitalized at Maine Medical Center with life-threatening injuries.