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2012
New US quarter honors Acadia National Park
The new quarter to be unveiled today at the park depicts a view of the Bass Harbor Head Lighthouse.
Oscar-winning editor getting Maine film fest award
Thelma Schoonmaker is best known for editing the films of director Martin Scorcese, with whom she has worked for more than 40 years.
LePage to visit flood-damaged town in central Maine
The weather service has issued a flood warning for Brownville and the surrounding area into this afternoon.
MLB: Blue Jays power their way past Sox
BOSTON (AP) — Jose Bautista, Colby Rasmus and J.P. Arencibia hit two-run homers Monday night to lead the Toronto Blue Jays to a 9-6 victory over Boston despite two home runs by David Ortiz that tied him for the most multihomer games in Sox history.
SNAPSHOT: Casting about
Stephen Dickey, of Hallowell, casts a fly line recently for Striped Bass at the boat landing on the Kennebec River in Hallowell. Dickey said he has spotted plenty of the anadromous game fish that migrates from salt to fresh water to spawn but has yet to catch any.
SNAPSHOT: Gathering storm
Zack Dionne, 15, drives his all-terrain vehicle to cover Monday at the Fisher Farm in Vassalboro ahead of an approaching thunderstorm. Dionne, of Vassalboro, had been tending the first crop of spring hay with the John Deere tractor at the dairy farm, which has 190 cows. Farmhands said they hoped to resume cutting and baling […]
Winthrop officials trim tax increase
WINTHROP — First, the School Board approved a series of cuts Monday evening that lopped $117,000 from the proposed budget for the 2012-2013 school year. Then the Town Council took a turn, reopening the town budget adopted June 4 and removing $120,000, voting to use surplus funds for road maintenance rather than using property taxes.
Man survives ultralight crash; dies in tree fall
William Gaddis Sr. was taking the ultralight aircraft he had built out for its inaugural flight Sunday when it crashed into trees across the street from his backyard landing strip.
Durham doctor in crash
Julie Tate heard the buzz of her husband’s 1946 Stinson Voyager outside their home in Durham late Sunday morning. As usual, she took the dogs outside to wave as he circled overheard.