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  • Published
    April 1, 2011

    Mainer misses out on BMW on ‘Martha Stewart’

    Kendra Lord was one of the five finalists in the Simply ReMarthable contest.

  • Published
    April 1, 2011

    Most of Northeast more wet than white

    But in northern New England, the snowfall dramatically changes the landscape after a relatively snow-free March.

  • Published
    April 1, 2011

    Somerset County police logs

    Friday's police beat

  • Published
    April 1, 2011

    Parking banned on Augusta streets

    AUGUSTA – Due to the snowstorm parking is banned on all city streets. The parking ban is in place from 7 a.m. today until 7 a.m. Saturday, according to Augusta Police.  

  • Published
    April 1, 2011

    Unemployment falls to two-year low

    WASHINGTON — The unemployment rate fell to a two-year low of 8.8 percent in March and companies added workers at the fastest two-month pace since before the recession began. The Labor Department reported today that the economy added 216,000 new jobs last month, offsetting layoffs by local governments. Factories, retailers, education, health care and an […]

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  • Published
    April 1, 2011

    Schools close as late storm hits Maine, NH and Vt.

    PORTLAND — Hundreds of schools and businesses across Maine, New Hampshire and parts of Vermont are taking a late season snow day as yet yet another snow storm moves across the region. The National Weather Service says the heaviest snow is falling across parts of coastal Maine and New Hampshire. Meteorologist Mike Kistner at the […]

  • Published
    April 1, 2011

    Medical marijuana facility opens in Frenchville

      FRENCHVILLE — Maine’s first medical marijuana facility has opened in Frenchville near the Canadian border. WLBZ-TV in Bangor says the Safe Alternatives dispensary on Route 1 is also the first facility of its kind on the East Coast. It looks like a typical house and has no signs. It does have video cameras and […]

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    April 1, 2011

    Fort Knox to be featured on TV ghost show

    PROSPECT — Fort Knox is going to be featured on a TV program about ghosts. The Department of Conservation says stars of SyFy Channel’s program “Ghost Hunters” will reveal their findings next Wednesday about whether the fort along the Penobscot River near Bucksport is haunted. State park historian Tom Desjardin says it’ll be nice to […]

  • Published
    September 30, 2010

    Monmouth man gets sentence of 30 years for killing mother

    His attorney says she was verbally abusive and controlling to her son.

  • Published
    May 31, 2010

    Preservation now a priority for Readfield’s old meeting house

    The building is said to be the last in Maine bearing Charles J. Schumacher trompe-l'oeil paintings.