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  • Published
    April 16, 2011

    Retirement system changes reduce demand

    AUGUSTA -- Officials say the state will owe the retirement system about $80 million less than had been expected over the next two years, giving state workers and teachers hope that proposed changes to the system might be scaled back.

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    April 16, 2011

    18-wheeler rolls on I-95, dumping grain

    AUGUSTA -- Emergency crews worked Friday to right an 18-wheeler that rolled over at 6:40 a.m., blocking the southbound travel lane of Interstate 95.

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    April 16, 2011

    Remembering Hayley Blowers, ‘a pink girl in a sea of gray and black’

    PALERMO -- Hayley Blowers' mom on Friday disputed rumors bullying caused her 16-year-old daughter's April 4 suicide.

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    April 16, 2011

    Retiree learns how to handle her income

    MANCHESTER -- Karen Michaud dealt with plenty of budgets as a business manager for the Maine Department of Conservation.

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    April 16, 2011

    Violette steers clear

    AUGUSTA — Only a small percentage of the gift cards purchased by the Maine Turnpike Authority for donations to civic groups ever went to the organizations, a state investigator told a bipartisan legislative oversight panel on Friday.

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    April 16, 2011

    Morning Sentinel police log: April 16, 2011

    IN BURNHAM, Thursday at 4:16 p.m., a bad check was reported on South Horseback Road.

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    April 16, 2011

    AT&T not planning to close Oakland call center

    AT&T is not planning to close the T-Mobile call center in Oakland, the company said in a statement late Thursday to Maine’s two U.S. senators.

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    April 16, 2011

    AT&T: Not planning to close Oakland call center

    AT&T is not planning to close the T-Mobile call center in Oakland, the company said in a statement late Thursday to Maine's two U.S. senators.

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    April 16, 2011

    POLICE

    GARDINER -- Police are investigating a series of thefts of catalytic converters during the past 10 to 14 days.

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    April 16, 2011

    Selectmen ask state to help with ‘treacherous’ roadway

    FARMINGDALE -- Selectmen are sending a letter to Maine Department of Transportation Commissioner David Bernhardt asking for the state's help in repairing Hallowell-Litchfield Road, which they describe as "the most treacherous roadway in town."