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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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

GARDINER — An awards ceremony recognized the success of five city businesses last week.

VASSALBORO — Planning Board members have an unusual application on Tuesday’s agenda: Ann Dube proposes Two Hogs Winery on Mudget Hill Road.