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The former senator and Middle East envoy says it’s part of the reason that Maine has been a national leader in voter participation.

The state has been told that federal funding for the LIHEAP program will be $23 million, down from $55.6 million last winter.

The apartment building blaze may have been electrical in origin.

Samuel Guilford was given a short jail term and others got community service for their involvement in a disturbance that left a police officer with a broken leg.

The Penobscot County Sheriff’s Department says Patricia Adams died Tuesday at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor.

MSEA members met last weekend in Portland to elect leadership.

Family and friends escaped after seeing the carport catch on fire.

PORTLAND — The first poll of the 2011 mayor’s race showed former state senator Michael Brennan leading his 14 competitors Tuesday, but other candidates and a polling expert quickly criticized the poll for its methodology, specifically for using automated phone calls and only mentioning nine candidates to its respondents.

WASHINGTON — A long anticipated rematch pitting Maine Senate President Kevin Raye against Democratic Rep. Mike Michaud in the 2nd Congressional District is closer to reality with Raye’s announcement Tuesday that he has formed an exploratory committee.

AUGUSTA — A group representing wood-related industries on Tuesday joined prominent hunting and snowmobiling groups in opposition to a proposal to create a 70,000-acre national park east of Baxter State Park.