AUGUSTA — An early morning fire at a Drew Street apartment building left six residents homeless.
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Occupy Maine protesters clean up Portland encampment
PORTLAND — Occupy Maine protesters cleaned up their Lincoln Park encampment Saturday, pledging to make the park a tidy and welcoming place.
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New mayor talks energy, politics, what drives her
WATERVILLE — When Karen Heck came to the city 42 years ago to study government at Colby College, she didn’t imagine that one day she’d be mayor.
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Early fire displaces Chelsea resident
CHELSEA — Fire damaged a Norway Road apartment Saturday morning, displacing the tenant.
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JONATHAN RISKIND: Grant lapse imperils consumer aid program
A Maine program that helps consumers figure out health insurance coverage options and appeal claims denials is imperiled by congressional gridlock.
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UMAINE HOCKEY NOTEBOOK: Key stretch for Maine
BOSTON — The fun and hype of Frozen Fenway is over. The University of Maine hockey team was to bus back up I-95 to Orono after Saturday night’s game with New Hampshire.
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COLLEGE ROUNDUP: Peaslee passes 1,000-point mark
CONCORD, N.H. — Erskine Academy graduate Ashley Peaslee scored 13 points to surpass the 1,000-point plateau but the University of Maine at Augusta lost to Berkeley 61-54 in women’s basketball action Saturday. Monmmouth Academy graduate Jenn Lola added 13 points for UMA and Katie Poirier had 11.
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BILL NEMITZ: Bad timing for MaineHousing
The timing, at least for MaineHousing, couldn’t be worse.
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SIDELINES — TRAVIS LAZARCZYK: Braley welcomed back
PITTSFIELD — His former high school basketball coach sat in a folding chair near the baseline. His former teammates from Nokomis Regional High School sat in a group in the bleachers behind the scorer’s table. Behind them, five girls wore homemade T-shirts that spelled out his first name when they stood in unison, and in the correct order.
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Farmland protection at show’s core
AUGUSTA — A land trust on Tuesday will reaffirm its commitment to protect 100,000 acres of farmland by 2014 at the 71st Maine Agricultural Trades Show.