A Hallowell man was recovering at a Lewiston hospital Tuesday after crashing his car on West River Road.
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VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Sobering reports about treatment at Dover
It feels like a lifetime since this nation was at peace. But, as it has been for more than a decade, the United States remains at war.
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MIKE TIPPING: Significance of Question 1 is that it reflects importance of democracy
Much ink has been spilled and many electronic pixels brightened and dimmed over the past few days on the subject of the overwhelming vote in favor of Question 1 in the recent election, and what this result means for the near future of politics in Maine.
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Fancy Ride
NICE RIDE; Skowhegan firefighter Rick Caldwell helps Bloomfield Academy students from left, Olivia Dunbar, Jeremiah Emery, Clay Porter and Damion Scanlin exit a firetruck after riding to school in the truck on Tuesday. Children in the school district wrote a fire safety checklist as part of Fire Prevention week, according to Caldwell. The kids names were picked in a raffle for the unique ride to school.
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MTA, unions working on new contract
Triple holiday pay, 100 percent employer-paid health care benefits and annual pay increases are among the concessions Maine Turnpike Authority officials are seeking as they negotiate a new contract with the unions representing turnpike workers.
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Downeaster rail service funding back on track
WASHINGTON — Deep cuts that would have crippled the Downeaster rail service between Portland and Boston have been sidetracked.
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Private sector boosts community colleges with $11.3M
SOUTH PORTLAND — Maine’s community college system is getting an $11.3 million injection from the private sector that’s meant to help fulfill the state’s demand for a more highly skilled work force.