WINTHROP — The Winthrop football team opened its season with a 46-6 thrashing of undermanned Sacopee Valley in a game the starters played about a half.
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Liquor sale plan aims to cut prices, increase state revenue, put cork on N.H.’s advantage
The Legislature’s Appropriations Committee will hear details of a plan for the state’s wholesale liquor business that could provide Maine an additional $13 million per year while lowering prices for consumers.
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Schools boss Bowen believes feds will grant Maine waiver from ‘No Child Left Behind’
AUGUSTA — Education Commissioner Stephen Bowen is optimistic that Maine will receive a waiver from the federal No Child Left Behind education law and be able to set up a new school accountability system for next year.
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Alert neighbors help Augusta police catch burglary suspects
AUGUSTA — Two men are facing charges in connection with separate burglaries and police are searching for two men responsible for a third after alert neighbors reported the three different city heists Thursday.
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Kennebec County Superior Court: Pennsylvania man pleads to lesser charges
AUGUSTA — One of two Pennsylvania man has pleaded guilty to lesser charges in connection with a robbery at a city apartment last April.
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Kennebec Valley United Way halfway to its $1.5 million goal
AUGUSTA — The 2012 fundraising campaign of United Way of Kennebec Valley is halfway to its $1.5 million goal.
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UMaine donates ‘priceless’ insect collection to Maine State Museum
HALLOWELL — William Shakespeare was doubtless thinking of something other than bugs when he mused that what’s past is prologue, but that’s only because he never tackled an outbreak of emerald ash borer.
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Michaud campaign continues low key style
BENTON — With just nine weeks until the election, incumbent Democratic Rep. Mike Michaud has continued his soft-sell approach to campaigning.
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Mothers, scientists, physicians take on lobbyists in Maine BPA battle
AUGUSTA — Jessica Graham, a mother of two from Waterville, said Thursday that parents shouldn’t have to spend a lot of time in the grocery aisle trying to determine whether the foods they are buying for their children may contain a chemical called bisphenol-A.
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HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP: Lewis, Dahms lead Bulldogs to win
Lawrence 6, Brunswick 0: Domique Lewis had two goals and an assist and Kapriece Dahms scored two goals as the Bulldogs defeated the Dragons in Fairfield.