While Raymond Bellavance Jr. was found guilty on Dec. 30 of burning down the Grand View Topless Coffee Shop in Vassalboro, the man who lost his business and his home in the fire says he is not resting easy.
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Star of inaugural speech defends governor, welfare
Jen Cloukey has lost touch with Gov. Paul LePage over the past year.
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NHL: Canucks win Cup rematch
BOSTON (AP) — The Vancouver Canucks wouldn’t let the Bruins push them around anymore and left with something they couldn’t get in last year’s Stanley Cup finals — a win in Boston.
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Colby professor leads charge against Legos
A Colby College professor is helping lead a protest against a new line of Lego products for girls that introduces taller, thinner and bustier characters who like to ride in a “cool convertible” and can “work on their tans” in a splash pool.
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COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL: Johnson paces Beavers
FARMINGTON — When he wasn’t altering shots and disrupting plays, Ben Johnson was pulling down rebounds at both ends of the gym. When he wasn’t rebounding, Johnson was asserting himself in the paint, knocking down one easy shot after another. And when he wasn’t converting layups, Johnson was throwing down a dunk that excited the crowd Saturday at Dearborn Gymnasium.
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PREP BASKETBALL: Huskies hold off Big Red
PITTSFIELD — When almost every player on the court can make a 3-pointer as if it were a layup, a 30-point lead can disappear like snow on a warm spring day.
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OUR OPINION: Legislators need to reveal links to funded businesses
Maine is a small state with a citizen Legislature that offers its members part-time pay. It would be too much to expect that no lawmaker would ever work for a business or agency that does business with the state, or have a family member who did.
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GOP seeks more influential caucuses
As the nation awaits the results of Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary, Maine Republicans are hoping their party caucuses in February will have more effect on the race than in past years.
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THEODORA KALIKOW: A practical joke teaches a student one of life’s most valuable lessons
For New Year’s, I resolved to take my own advice and write some more stories about my life, using topics such as “boats,” “teachers,” “food” and so on.
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J.P. DEVINE: A new goodbye; a long goodbye
She stands at the gate watching her son board the bus. She talks to him on her cellphone. She is in her late 70s, maybe a well-kept, fit 80. He is seated now and she can’t see him, but he’s there on her cell, where they keep up the conversation they started at breakfast. They continued in the car probably, going over the little things.