WEST ATHENS — After 40 years of zany parades, children’s kazoo bands, hippie flowers and political satire on stage at the Valley Road gravel pit, the Fourth of July in West Athens this summer will be like any other day — quiet.
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Obama heading to Maine in March for ‘money trip’
WASHINGTON — President Obama will visit Maine next month to raise money for his re-election campaign, according to the White House and the Maine Democratic Party.
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Report released on baby’s death
WATERVILLE — A baby boy who died last year at Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter died of sudden unexpected death in infancy, according to the state Medical Examiner’s Office.
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Uncle of missing child summoned in assault
WATERVILLE — The uncle of missing child Ayla Reynolds was summoned on an assault charge Monday
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Program helps low-income students
WATERVILLE — Adam Lerette, who’s studying hospitality at Thomas College, has been made to feel very welcome on the West River Road campus.
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LePage vows veto if his plan not OK’d
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage said Monday that he will veto any budget proposal that would not eliminate health insurance fully for childless adults who are now in Maine’s Medicaid program.
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Cony High School lists honor students
AUGUSTA — Cony High School has announced its second-quarter honor roll.
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Organizations
HALLOWELL — Spectrum Generations, the William S. Cohen Community Center, has announced its recent bridge and cribbage winners.
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Quintal selected for code position
CHELSEA — Gary Quintal beat out five finalists for the code enforcement officer position.
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Augusta blaze possibly caused by toaster
A toaster may have sparked a blaze that badly damaged an Augusta home over the weekend, investigators said Monday.