The U.S. Department of Transportation says five New England schools will get a share of $77 million to promote transportation safety and efficiency.
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SNAPSHOT: Strike up the band
Robbie Cooper plays the baritone horn Tuesday as the Cony Middle School Band rehearses for its upcoming Caribbean Festival Concert, which raises money for a spring trip to Washington, D.C. The Caribbean Festival is at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 25, at Cony High School. Tickets are $8 apiece. Dwight TIbbetts, right, leads the band […]
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Officials mull changes after loss of Kestrel
AUGUSTA — The LePage administration wants to take a lesson from Wisconsin after that state’s public development authority lured away a planned aircraft manufacturing plant and hundreds of jobs once destined for Brunswick.
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Occupy Maine files document in suit against Portland
PORTLAND — City officials have a narrow view of the rights of speech, assembly and petition that is wrong and offensive, Occupy Maine says in a memo filed Tuesday in its lawsuit over protesters’ encampment in Lincoln Park.
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Vigil marks one month since disappearance
WATERVILLE — The father of 21-month-old Ayla Reynolds sat in the front row of First Congregational Church and held a candle for his missing daughter.
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Change for area TVs begins today
AUGUSTA –Starting today, Time Warner Cable viewers in Augusta and surrounding communities will no longer be able to tune in without a digital conversion box.
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Officials clear air regarding dispute
CHINA — After previously sparring over municipal funding for the fire department, Selectman Steven Hughes and South China Fire Chief Richard Morse uncrossed their wires at Monday’s selectmen’s meeting.
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Man dies in fall at work
An Oakland man fell to his death Monday while working on an electrical transmission tower off Boom Road.
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Shooting victim likely to survive
VASSALBORO — A 22-year-old man was shot and two people were arrested early Tuesday morning at a home on Whitehouse Road, according to Maine State Police. The arrests, however, were unrelated to the shooting.