The Winslow VFW 8835 color guard does a 21-gun salute following the raising of a large American flag during a ceremony at the Central Maine Veterans Memorial Park in Winslow on Thursday. The organization donated six armed services flags and two-dozen smaller American flags for flower pots.
May 2013
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Minn. House approves gay marriage; would be 12th state
Lawmakers approved it 75-59, and the Senate and governor could make it law as early as Monday.
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Searchers return empty-handed from Rangeley Lake search for snowmobilers missing since winter
Searchers returned empty-handed Thursday after resuming their search for three snowmobilers missing in Rangeley Lake since winter, even as curious onlookers checked with them to see if any of the bodies had been found.
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Two people, one seriously injured, were hospitalized after I-95 car crash north of exit 138
Two people were hospitalized, one seriously injured, after a one-car traffic accident in the northbound lanes of Interstate 95, near exit 138, late Thursday afternoon.
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Wording dispute resolved, Readfield charter referendum hearing set for Monday
A dispute about the wording of a Readfield referendum question has been resolved in advance of a hearing about a referendum on whether to establish a town charter commission.
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Boston bombing victim, 7, undergoes 11th surgery
Jane Richard, whose 8-year-old brother was killed in the April 15 blast, lost a leg and still faces additional surgeries.
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LePage bill for school choice hits resistance
He wants some religious schools to be partly funded by the public, as well as allow an unlimited number of publicly funded charter schools.
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Maine men appear in court on murder charge
Police say Nathan Morton and Michael McNaughton killed 20-year-old Romeo Parent because McNaughton thought he was an informant.
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Bipartisan group OKs emergency aid for Lewiston victims
Lewiston will be allowed to disburse $30,000 in state funds to aid more than 200 residents displaced by fire.
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Fannie Mae posts record profit
When Fannie pays a dividend of $59.4 billion to the U.S. Treasury next month, it will have repaid $95 billion of the roughly $116 billion it received during the taxpayer bailout.