RICHMOND — The state will get a $10.8 million federal grant to help replace the deteriorated 80-year-old Richmond-Dresden bridge, two of Maine’s U.S. legislators said Monday.
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School board to consider five-year busing contract
AUGUSTA — School officials are poised to ink a new contract to keep the company First Student busing Augusta students into 2017 for about $1.63 million a year.
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City of Gardiner bans sale, use of fireworks
GARDINER — A new ordinance recently enacted prohibits the sale and use of fireworks within the city except by licensed professionals.
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Boy, 3, injured in stroller crash back at home
BELGRADE — Mary McLaughlin will never forget the night she drove her niece to the hospital to be with her baby boy.
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Organizations announce bridge, cribbage winners
AUGUSTA — The Augusta Duplicate Bridge Club has announced its recent winners.
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Augusta man held in pharmacy robbery
WINTHROP — An Augusta man was arrested Monday in connection with last week’s robbery of a Rite Aid pharmacy on Peck Farm Road, police said.
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HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL: Madison tops Carrabec in opener
MADISON — It was opening night for his team, and Madison girls basketball coach Al Veneziano saw some very good things, and some not-so-good things.
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Budget cuts could affect thousands of Mainers
Last week, Gov. Paul LePage proposed $221 million in budget cuts to the state’s health and human services programs. This week, Mainers get their chance to respond.
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ON FOOTBALL: Tebow pushes NFL around his own way
Tim Tebow is doing what decades of conventional NFL wisdom said couldn’t be done. He’s winning game after game playing the most important position on the field less like a quarterback than an irresistible force of nature.
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Maine’s ‘worst’ rating conflicts with other reports
Is Maine really the worst place in the country to do business?