Winners, losers seen from new Maine health insurance law

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September 14, 2012

Winners, losers seen from new Maine health insurance law

Lisa Burton, who owns Reel Pizza Cinerama in Bar Harbor with her husband, saw her health insurance rate jump 67 percent this year. That's on top of a 35 percent increase last year. In two years, premiums to cover her three full-time employees have doubled.
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September 14, 2012

Fall music series begins Sept. 15 at Lithgow Public Library

AUGUSTA -- A new fall music series at Lithgow Public Library -- "Live & Local at the Library" -- will begin this Saturday with a performance by singer-songwriters Nancy Sferra and Heather Hardy from 9:30 to 11 a.m. in the library's Reading Room.
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September 14, 2012

Skowhegan physician assistant gives up license after conduct complaints

SKOWHEGAN -- Neil C. Robertson, of Skowhegan, has surrendered his physician assistant's license to the Maine Board of Licensure in Medicine for unprofessional conduct.
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September 14, 2012

HIGH SCHOOL FIELD HOCKEY ROUNDUP: Michonski lifts Skowhegan

BANGOR — Makaela Michonski had her third four-goal game of the season as the Skowhegan Area High School field hockey team beat Bangor 6-0 in a Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Class A game Thursday.
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September 14, 2012

HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER ROUNDUP: Black Raiders blank Windjammers

WINSLOW — Devin Fitzgivens scored a pair of goals as the Winslow High School girls soccer team beat Camden Hills 4-0 in a Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Class B game Thursday.

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September 14, 2012

COLLEGE ROUNDUP: UMF cruises to win over UNE

FARMINGTON -- Mt. Blue graduate Ava Amador scored three goals as the University of Maine at Farmington women's soccer team beat the University of Maine at Presque Isle 10-0 in a non-conference game Thursday at Prescott Field.
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September 14, 2012

West Nile found in two more towns

He had predicted last week that more cases probably would be found before mosquito season ends with the first hard frosts -- generally between Oct. 1 and 15.
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September 14, 2012

Senate candidates support Obama’s response to Libya attack

PORTLAND — Maine's three leading U.S. Senate candidates said Thursday they supported President Barack Obama's measured statements and security response to the attack on American officials in Libya this week.
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September 14, 2012

Republican group’s ad blasts Angus King and Cynthia Dill on wind energy

A new television ad by a national Republican group blasts independent U.S. Senate candidate Angus King and Democrat Cynthia Dill for their support of industrial wind.
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September 14, 2012

H.S. FOOTBALL GAME OF THE WEEK: Waterville hopes to finally beat Gardiner

It started in 2005, the year both Gardiner and Waterville joined the Pine Tree Conference Class B division. Gardiner took a 27-25 win over Waterville that season, and each season since, the Tigers have defeated the Purple Panthers.

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