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April 9, 2011

Athens pellet mill fined

ATHENS -- An Athens wood pellet mill has been ordered to pay $31,220 for violations of its air emission license.
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April 9, 2011

House endorses ban on BPA

AUGUSTA -- The Maine House of Representatives on Thursday overwhelmingly endorsed banning the chemical bisphenol-A from children's products such as sippy cups and baby bottles.
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April 9, 2011

Morning Sentinel police log: April 9, 2011

IN ANSON, Thursday at 2:23 p.m., a theft was reported on River Road.
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April 9, 2011

Manager: Dog appears neglected, malnourished

SKOWHEGAN -- The manager of the local animal shelter says she needs help finding the owner of a chocolate Labrador retriever that was brought in Thursday looking dangerously malnourished.
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April 9, 2011

Augusta woman honored at event

SCARBOROUGH -- Elsie Viles, a 96-year-old philanthropist from Augusta, received the first Great Women of Maine's Legacy Award during a ceremony Thursday night at The Landing at Pine Point.

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April 9, 2011

AMY CALDER: Magic wands optional

The invitation itself shows she's got imagination -- and a sense of humor.
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April 9, 2011

Woman admits to burglarizing homes

AUGUSTA -- A 29-year-old woman repeated "guilty" 48 times in Kennebec County Superior Court as she admitted burglarizing a number of home in 2009 and 2010 in Kennebec and Oxford counties.
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April 9, 2011

Labor mural’s artist discusses controversy

PORTLAND -- What was billed as a Portland Museum of Art discussion of the place of public art in society quickly and predictably turned into a renewal of the debate about the governor's decision to remove a mural from the state Department of Labor offices.
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April 9, 2011

Study says college dropouts’ barriers to re-entry too high

FARMINGTON -- There are about 180,000 adults currently working in Maine who dropped out of college before getting a degree, according to Laurie Lachance, president of Maine Development Foundation.
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April 9, 2011

LePage’s shoreline defense

AUGUSTA -- A bill that would roll back development buffers around Maine's lakes and rivers found an unexpected opponent at a public hearing Friday: the LePage administration.