GARDINER — Councilors are considering an $8.8 million municipal spending proposal that results in a 1.5 percent increase in the tax rate.
April 2012
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Governor signs new driving license law aimed at texters, teens
AUGUSTA — Responding to a string of recent highway deaths involving Maine’s youngest drivers, Gov. Paul LePage on Tuesday signed into law a bill that zeroes in on provisional licenses but also increases fines for any driver who sends texts while behind the wheel.
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HIGH SCHOOL TRACK AND FIELD NOTES: Mustangs relying on youth
Graduation hit the Monmouth boys track and field team hard. Injuries ravaged the girls team.
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STILL LIFE: Foraging for fiddleheads
James “Buddy” Dunn searches for fiddlehead ferns that have not opened and gone by along the Kennebec River in Waterville on Tuesday. Dunn said the picking has been good and he picked 20 pounds recently.
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HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL ROUNDUP: Skowhegan pitchers shut down Lawrence
SKOWHEGAN — Dustin Warren hit a two-run double and three pitchers combined to throw a one-hitter as the Skowhegan Area High School baseball team beat Lawrence 5-1 in a Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Class A game Tuesday.
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HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL ROUNDUP: Eagles rally to beat Rams
BANGOR — Messalonskee rallied from a seven-run deficit in the sixth inning to stun Bangor 8-7 in a wild Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Class A game Tuesday afternoon.
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MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Dice-K will start in Portland on Saturday
PORTLAND — Dice-K is coming to Hadlock Field.
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Starks to join Mt. Blue school district
FARMINGTON — After more than two years of planning and worrying, many Starks residents will be relieved to finally know they will send their children to Mt. Blue Regional School District, a Starks selectman said.
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Emergency radio jam escalating
Someone has been intermittently jamming radio transmissions of fire and rescue departments in southern Maine for the past few months, but on Sunday, Jason Cole said, the problem escalated sharply.
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American college students face years of crushing debt
Nationally, the average student loan debt is about $25,000, up 43 percent since 1996.