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January 1, 2012

2011 fire deaths more than double from 2010

Steve McCausland of the Maine Public Safety Department says the state recorded nine fire deaths in 2010. In 2011, the number grew to 23.
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January 1, 2012

Maine 2011 road deaths lowest since 1959

Experts cited high gas prices, better safety equipment on cars and increased safety-belt usage as reasons for the decline.
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January 1, 2012

Maine encouraging New Year’s Day hikes at parks

Guided hikes are being offered today at Wolfe's Neck Woods State Park in Freeport, Popham Beach State Park in Phippsburg and at several other parks.
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January 1, 2012

Fate of GOP hopefuls rests with undecided voters

The volatile Republican presidential race in Iowa will come down to which way an enormous chunk of undecided voters breaks in the coming days.
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January 1, 2012

SNAPSHOT: New Year’s Shopping

NEW YEAR’S SHOPPING: Owner Donald Damon chats with customer Molly Ladd in front of the sparkling wine display at Damon’s Beverage Mart on Saturday afternoon in Augusta. Damom said ever since his family took over the former Lou’s Beverage Barn on Bangor Street in 2009, New Year’s and Christmas eves have been the two busiest […]

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January 1, 2012

LePage: This year can be one of promise, challenges

AUGUSTA — 2012 can be a year of promise that moves the Maine economy forward, or it can be an election year full of political rhetoric and impasse, Gov. Paul LePage said Saturday in his final weekly radio address of 2011.
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January 1, 2012

Investigation wraps up at Ayla’s house

WATERVILLE -- Police investigating the disappearance of 20-month-old Ayla Reynolds have finished their investigative work involving the Violette Avenue home where she was seen last.
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January 1, 2012

Search for Ayla: Behind the yellow tape

Six days into the search for 20-month-old Ayla Reynolds, investigators strung bright-yellow crime-scene ribbon around the perimeter of the little gray house in Waterville where she was last seen tucked in her bed in mid-December.
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January 1, 2012

Fireworks in, smoking out: A guide to new 2012 laws

Airline pilots will get more rest. Television commercials won't be so loud. Smoking will be banned in all of public housing in the state and fireworks will be legal in Maine, unless individual communities decide they are not. Those are some of the federal and state regulations that take effect during 2012.
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January 1, 2012

5 people die on slick roads

A storm that moved through the state Friday and Saturday, leaving a light coating of snow and freezing rain, is being blamed for dozens of crashes across the state, including four that left five people dead.