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    July 2, 2011

    Bull kills farm worker

    FARMINGTON -- A 55-year-old man was killed by a bull early Friday morning at Sandy River Farms.

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    July 2, 2011

    Prison deal sparks review

    AUGUSTA -- Legislative oversight committees will review the state's sale of property near the former state prison in Thomaston to the current prison warden for $175,000 -- a figure that's below its $458,000 town-assessed value.

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    July 2, 2011

    Minnesota’s shutdown affects the most vulnerable

    ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The blind are losing reading services. A help line for the elderly has gone silent. And poor families are scrambling after the state stopped child care subsidies.

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    July 2, 2011

    Six arrested after Portland standoff

    PORTLAND -- Police arrested six people at gunpoint Friday after a six-hour standoff at the Riverton Apartments complex off Forest Avenue.

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    July 2, 2011

    Marine with Maine ties killed in Afghanistan

    When Marine Cpl. Mark Goyet returned from Iraq last winter, he spent a month with his grandparents in Westbrook.

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    July 2, 2011

    STILL LIFE: Summertime blue

    Children jump into the deep end of the Alfond Municipal Pool in Waterville to cool off from Friday’s warm summer temperatures.

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    July 2, 2011

    AMY CALDER: The infamous July 4, 1990

    There will never be a Fourth of July celebration like the one Waterville saw in 1990.

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    July 2, 2011

    ‘Silver alerts’ find elderly

    AUGUSTA -- Maine is using a new "Silver Alert" system to search statewide for a missing elderly person suffering from dementia, Alzheimer's disease or other illness.

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    July 2, 2011

    Chelsea residents adopt new procedures

    CHELSEA -- Residents approved all 55 warrant articles at Thursday's Town Meeting, including new municipal rules for soliciting bids and making town purchasing decisions.

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    July 2, 2011

    Sale of property near prison site ‘raises red flags’

    AUGUSTA -- Legislative oversight committees will review the state's sale of property near the former state prison in Thomaston to the current prison warden for $175,000 -- a figure that's below its $458,000 town-assessed value.