WATERVILLE — A former Main Street mainstay is continuing on — at least in name.
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Family man battled demons
An Augusta man who died in a construction accident Tuesday might have been a family man who loved his children, as his ex-wife says.
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10-Mile Yard Sale returning this weekend
CORNVILLE — What started with a handful of neighbors holding yard sales together 29 years ago on West Ridge Road has grown.
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Cora Marley’s body found
FAIRFIELD — After days of searching, the body of Cora Marley was found Thursday morning in 4 feet of water at the Shawmut Dam in the Kennebec River.
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Whooping cough on rise in Maine, across nation
The number of whooping cough cases in Maine is on the rise, mirroring a nationwide trend that health officials attribute in part to children and adults failing to get booster shots every 10 years.
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Augusta man arrested on explosives charge
AUGUSTA — A city man was arrested Thursday on a charge of criminal use of explosives as authorities searched his Gage Street apartment and later detonated explosive material allegedly found inside.
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Bath Iron Works, union reach tentative contract deal
BATH — Bath Iron Works and its largest union have reached a tentative agreement on a four-year contract, both sides said Thursday.
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Proficiency-based diploma bill passed
AUGUSTA — Several education bills gained final legislative approval Wednesday and Thursday as lawmakers wrapped up their work for the session.
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Gauge success by number of laws Congress repealed
I am writing in response to the May 6 commentary written by Dana Milbank, the liberal columnist from The Washington Post, in which he complains about Congress as a “do-nothing Congress” simply because it has passed only 106 public laws. Someone needs to tell him and other liberals with the same mind-set that success is […]
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Maybe time to get rid of career politicians
People talk about the effects of the ongoing battle between rival motorcycle clubs. They talk about injuries to bystanders and their link to organized crime. I think the biggest problem we face is the government-sponsored organized crime units also known as Republicans and Democrats. They steal money and services, get enormous amounts of money for […]