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AUGUSTA — Nancy Haines remembers returning from the Good Shepherd Food Bank in Auburn with pallets of food to give to hungry people.

SKOWHEGAN — Skowhegan Savings Bank will open its 11th branch office soon — in the lobby of Skowhegan Area High School. Students will be able to open a bank account while working toward a new graduation requirement in financial literacy.

FARMINGTON — Some educators and economists have been pushing for a new approach to higher education since the Great Recession hit, hoping to better prepare students for a tough job market.

One fatality and two other hunting-related shooting accidents over two days during the first week of firearm season for deer raised questions about Maine’s hunter safety record.

PORTLAND — The Cooper’s hawk was not happy. The hapless juvenile had made the mistake of hunting for a meal near a general aviation runway at the Portland International Jetport.

WATERVILLE — The Colby College Museum of Art, closed for a month as construction began on a $15 million expansion, reopened this week.

FAYETTE — Three towns — Fayette, Readfield and Wayne — might band together to apply for a grant to buy a mobile generator they could share in emergencies.

AUGUSTA– Now that Maine voters have made clear their support for same-day voter registration, the focus shifts to another hot election-related proposal that will come up during the 2012 legislative session: voter ID.