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    April 4, 2011

    Superintendent livens up budget presentation

    OAKLAND -- Don't expect the proposed 2011-12 school budget for Regional School Unit 18 to be presented Wednesday in the same old way.

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    April 4, 2011

    POLICE

    AUGUSTA -- One man suffered a bullet wound in the leg early Sunday after shots were fired outside the Bridge Street Tavern.

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    April 4, 2011

    KENNEBEC COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT

    AUGUSTA -- A number of people were sentenced recently in Kennebec County Superior Court.

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    April 4, 2011

    Radiation releases likely to last months

    TOKYO -- The Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant could continue to release dangerous radiation into the air for several months, Japanese officials said Sunday, acknowledging their painstakingly slow progress in the battle to regain control of the badly damaged facility.

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    April 4, 2011

    Fire damages tavern

    OAKLAND -- Combustibles placed too close to a portable electrical heater caused a fire early Sunday that damaged Tracy's Tavern, a restaurant on Kennedy Memorial Drive, according to local and state fire officials.

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    April 4, 2011

    NYU professor discusses Maine’s Jewish history at Colby College

    WATERVILLE -- Jews in late 19th century Maine would have been very much in favor of the mural which Gov. Paul LePage removed from the state Department of Labor walls.

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    April 4, 2011

    Plan to cut aid to immigrants pared back

    The LePage administration has scaled back proposals to cut social service benefits to immigrants and refugees as officials waded into the complexities of the programs and federal requirements.

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    April 3, 2011

    Officials identify cause of Oakland restaurant fire

    OAKLAND - A fire that damaged Tracy's Tavern at 835 Kennedy Memorial Drive early Sunday was caused by combustibles placed too close to a portable electrical heater, Fire Chief David Coughlin said just after 1:30 p.m.

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    April 3, 2011

    Fire damages Oakland restaurant

    OAKLAND — State fire investigators Sunday were trying to determine the cause of a fire that damaged Tracy’s Tavern, a restaurant on Kennedy Memorial Drive. The fire was reported at 12:30 a.m. at a two-story wood building which also houses H&R Block.

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    April 3, 2011

    Somerset, Franklin and Waterville area logs; arrests

    Shoplifting, thefts, injured deer