A recording of the pilot speaking to air traffic controllers offers clues to why the plane spun out of control and crashed.
December 2011
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Owner of heating-oil biz sentenced for tax fraud
Andrew Murphy Sr. of Bangor got five months in jail and is ordered to pay $65,713 in restitution.
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Maine job training program graduates 1st class
The jobs program provides training for careers in manufacturing and is designed to address the skills shortage in Maine.
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Mass. man dies in head-on collision in Maine
State police say 39-year-old Dallas Whatley of Taunton, Mass. was visiting friends in a community south of Bangor.
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Soup to Nuts: Business gets zestyfor Maine spice merchants
Mulling spices are hot this time of year. So are poultry and apple-pie seasonings. But the biggest seller at Gryffon Ridge Spice Merchants this holiday season is Saigon cinnamon.
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HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Bobcats earn 1st victory of season
RICHMOND — Ben Carver scored 12 points and Nate Tribbet added nine as Richmond beat Rangeley 50-32 to pick up its first win of the season in East-West Conference action Tuesday night.
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HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL: Gardiner too much for Morse
GARDINER — Three easy baskets off offensive rebounds. Six more points in transition. A couple of outside shots and an-almost-perfect performance at the free-throw line.
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SNAPSHOT: Towers of power
Construction workers attach an electrical conductor Tuesday to a transmission line tower being erected on Browns Island between Farmingdale and Chelsea on the Kennebec River. Two towers more than 100 feet high are being installed to replace the utility poles that previously held electrical lines spanning the river as part of Central Maine Power’s multimillion […]
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HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Defense sparks Bears to win
WALES — Maranacook held Oak Hill to eight points in the second half en route to a 35-27 Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Class B girls basketball win Tuesday night.
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HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL: Plummer rallies Bobcats to victory
RICHMOND — Round 1, in what figures to be a battle for Western Maine Class D supremacy between Richmond and Rangeley, went to the Bobcats and junior Jamie Plummer on Tuesday night.