Meanwhile, Gov. LePage slams Portland’s mayor for requesting a review of Baxter Academy, which the AG denied.
March 2013
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Maine VA Medical Center at Togus recognizes new director
Politicians and veterans officials recognized Ryan Lilly, 37, as the new center director at Maine VA Medical Center at Togus during an assumption of duties ceremony.
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Two men hospitalized after Gardiner knife fight
Two men were taken to area hospitals Thursday after stabbing each other outside the Maine Avenue Hannaford supermarket, police said.
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UMaine basketball’s star player to transfer
Justin Edwards, who led the conference in scoring, says he wants to play against a higher level of competition.
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Augusta man awaits sentencing after admitting pill fraud
Benjamin Peaslee Sr., admitted to selling a dozen of the name-brand pill Oxycontin each month so he could get cash to buy the next month’s supply, while he was receiving federal benefits.
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S&P 500 moves above its record high, keeps going
The S&P crossed into record territory today, beating the closing high it set in pre-financial crisis days. Three weeks earlier, the Dow Jones industrial average beat its own 2007 record.
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HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS: Four class proposal for football approved
ROCKPORT — Expanding Maine high school football from three to four classes has been discussed for years. Last year, the move to four classes became more serious, and on Wednesday morning the Maine Principals’ Association made the move official at its annual spring meeting at the Samoset Resort.
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Maine backs Indian father’s parental rights
The state joins a lawsuit before the Supreme Court in which an adoptive couple is challenging a 1978 law.
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Longtime Boston mayor says he won’t seek re-election
Although Thomas Menino wasn’t always the smoothest of political figures, he earned a reputation over 20 years as one of the hardest working.
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Knox man suspect in Palermo home invasion
Donald York Jr., 30, of Knox, who is accused of breaking into a Carrs Corner Road home just before 4:18 a.m. Wednesday is expected to be charged with aggravated criminal mischief, aggravated criminal trespass, assault, burglary and violating conditions of release.