AUGUSTA — It’s a monolith that rises 5 feet taller than the torch of the Statue of Liberty. The newest crane on the site of the new regional hospital being built by MaineGeneral Medical Center is 310 feet tall and will be used to place 4,000 tons of steel to form the structure of the 192-bed hospital.
December 2011
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Randolph hires lawyer to handle dumping issues
RANDOLPH — The dumping issue at two Jones Streets residences has gotten so out of hand that the town has hired a second lawyer to handle the matter and similar complaints.
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Democrats call LePage welfare numbers misleading
PORTLAND — There are more Mainers receiving welfare benefits than there are income tax filers paying taxes, Republican Gov. Paul LePage said Saturday.
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BILL NEMITZ: Morality plays part in budget process
To the best anyone could recall, it was a first for the Maine Council of Churches: Throughout last week’s three-day public hearing on Gov. Paul LePage’s proposed cuts to MaineCare, dozens of people took a few minutes — or a few hours — to sit down in a corner of the State House and pray.
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Boom or bust? No spark for fireworks
A potential boom in fireworks sales in Maine might be on a delayed fuse. Beginning Jan. 1, it will be legal to sell, possess and use consumer fireworks in Maine.
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Occupy Augusta members still meet
AUGUSTA — The Occupy Augusta movement may no longer live at Capitol Park, but the members are still meeting and talking.
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J.P. DEVINE: Seasonal dose of nostalgia
They always start when I’m decorating the tree. I’ve got the ornament box out. I’ve poured myself some fat-free low-cal organic egg nog, and I turn the flat screen on for some Christmas music, and there it is, the first of them, the weepy-every-year-at-this-time-traditional Christmas movies. It’s 4 in the afternoon, and it’s as dark as 9 at night, as I try to ignore them. That’s impossible.
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Saints topple Ramblers
WINTHROP — Thomas Applegate had 17 points as the St. Dom’s boys basketball team beat Winthrop 43-34 in a Mountain Valley Conference game Saturday.
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Morning Sentinel police log: Dec. 18, 2011
IN ANSON, Saturday at 8:14 a.m., a theft was reported on Church Street.