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    April 9, 2011

    Treasurer grills director about travel expenses

    AUGUSTA -- State Treasurer Bruce Poliquin asked pointed questions Friday about meal and travel expenses incurred by the executive director of the Maine Municipal Bond Bank, a quasi-state agency that borrows money on behalf of cities and towns across the state.

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    April 9, 2011

    Hooked on worms

    FARMINGTON — When Nancy Prentiss tells people that she studies worms, she almost always gets the same reaction.

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    April 9, 2011

    Proposed RSU 18 budget $1.4 million less than current year

    OAKLAND -- The RSU 18 Board of Directors next week will consider a proposed $32 million school budget for 2011-12 -- a budget that is $1.4 million or 4.2 percent less than -- the current $33.3 million budget.

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    April 9, 2011

    Multiple pressures reshaping demands on UMaine system

    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

    Elsie Viles given first Great Women award

    SCARBOROUGH -- Augusta philanthropist Elsie Viles 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

    Shelter takes in puppies from Alabama

    AUGUSTA -- Cabela, a 12-week-old shepherd mix, came a long way to join her new family, the Thompsons, at their Chelsea home.

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    April 9, 2011

    Woman guilty in dozens of thefts

    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

    Monmouth board’s deadline extension spurs questions

    MONMOUTH -- Selectmen this week extended a deadline for submitting Town Meeting petitions, prompting sharp criticism the board is acting unfairly.

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    April 9, 2011

    Portland museum art forum quickly turns to mural debate; artist speaks

    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

    Administration opposes shoreland bill

    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.