Former sardine cannery shows new signs of life

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July 10, 2011

Former sardine cannery shows new signs of life

The former Stinson Seafood plant in Gouldsboro has hired about 20 workers as it prepares to make the leap from processing sardines to processing lobsters.
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July 10, 2011

Owner retrieves boat that went adrift in Saco Bay

The owner reported the banana boat missing and picked it up this morning.
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July 10, 2011

Democrats decry voting measures

Senate Minority Leader Barry Hobbins of Saco says he wonders why Republicans worked to chip away at the right to vote.
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July 10, 2011

New state law curbs coercive insurance practices

The law, which takes effect Sept. 28, prevents large insurers from gaining an unfair advantage over smaller health care providers.
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July 10, 2011

Growing problem hits close to home

Elderly people must often rely on others for things like trips to the doctor, handling their finances or chopping their firewood for winter.

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July 10, 2011

Tax deal in pipeline for natural gas project

A tentative framework on tax breaks to help finance a $70 to $80 million natural gas pipeline through the heart of central Maine is now in place, according to local officials and the company behind the project.
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July 10, 2011

Teen with diabetes touts new care option

It wasn't 14-year-old Caroline Jacobs' first trip to Washington, but this time the Shapleigh resident wasn't in the nation's capital just to tour the monuments.
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July 10, 2011

Exhibit puts Skowhegan’s Civil War ties in spotlight

SKOWHEGAN -- One-hundred and fifty years ago next week, a divided nation was cast into the first significant conflict of the American Civil War at a place Union forces called Bull Run and the Confederates called Manassas.
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July 10, 2011

KVCC to offer online program in early education

FAIRFIELD -- People working full-time jobs far beyond Fairfield will find it easier next year to enroll in early childhood education classes at Kennebec Valley Community College.
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July 10, 2011

J.P. DEVINE: Watch the door

My oldest has moved into a new home in Hollywood, and she thinks it's haunted. It's in a wonderful newly renovated neighborhood that was once part of the old art deco Hollywood, a space where golden age writers like F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda, Raymond Chandler and James M. Cain lived, when Hollywood was the capital of make believe. They're all dead, but some think they're still hanging around. L.A. is hard to leave even if you're dead.