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    April 14, 2011

    LePage upbeat about next 60 days

    The governor says his administration deserves "an A-plus" for its work on such matters as expediting state repayments of a Medicaid debt to hospitals. Now he says he's focused on advancing his agenda before the Legislature's mid-June adjournment.

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    April 14, 2011

    Kids’ photographs on display at Hathaway Creative Center

    WATERVILLE — Taylor Dawson pointed to her black and white photo of a cellar window that had been removed from a house and was leaning against it. “Personally,” I thought it was very good,” she said. Dawson, 11, entered her photograph in the Kids With Cameras Exhibit at the Hathaway Creative Center on Water Street.

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    April 14, 2011

    Somerset County police logs

    Thursday's police summaries

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    April 14, 2011

    FAA official resigns over sleeping controllers

    The head of the agency's Air Traffic Organization resigns as the FAA adds a second overnight air traffic controller at more than two dozen airports around the country.

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    April 14, 2011

    Maine woman gets 10 months for wedding fraud

    Angela Roy of Sabattus arranged sham wedding ceremonies, and attended 16 of them, including her sister's.

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    April 14, 2011

    State treasurer urges pension reform

    Bruce Poliquin says Maine will be in "one heck of a pickle" if steps are not taken to fully fund pension obligations for teachers and state workers.

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    April 14, 2011

    Police logs for Winslow, Waterville, Oakland; arrests

    Thefts, criminal mischief, shoplifting

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    April 14, 2011

    Shuttered mills’ owner offers them to state

    A pair of shuttered paper mills in Millinocket and East Millinocket could be spared from being dismantled if the state chooses to buy them for a dollar under terms of a deal that a San Francisco-based suitor walked away from late last week, the mills' owner said today.

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    April 14, 2011

    Bates College president is stepping down

    LEWISTON — The president of Bates College in Maine is stepping down after nine years. Elaine Tuttle Hansen, the seventh president at Bates, said Wednesday she’ll step down in July to assume a new job elsewhere she said will be disclosed in the next two weeks. During her tenure, she increased student financial aid, boosted […]

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    April 14, 2011

    GOP candidates descend on NH

    CONCORD, N.H. — New Hampshire is seeing one of its busiest days yet for Republicans considering presidential campaigns. Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, and former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty all will be in the state today. Santorum and Pawlenty will be sticking around until Friday, when they’ll be joined by former […]