AUGUSTA — Augusta became the first municipality to approve a tax break for a proposed natural gas pipeline that would run from Richmond through Augusta and nine other communities to Madison.
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Maine child among victims of new flu
PORTLAND (AP) — An unusual strain of swine flu has infected five young children in Maine, Pennsylvania and Indiana, health officials said Friday.
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REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK: Readfield hiring foreman
In the aftermath of the battle about the town’s Public Works Department, Readfield is now hiring a maintenance foreman.
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Charter study group on Chelsea ballot
CHELSEA — Residents going to the polls in November will be asked to establish a town charter commission.
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Activists working to save old marina
BELGRADE LAKES — For years, boaters who came to visit the village anchored their craft behind the old marina and post office on Mill Stream between Great Pond and Long Pond.
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Police Log
AUGUSTA — Several motor vehicles were reportedly burglarized in the Winthrop Street area.
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SNAPSHOT: For her special day
Brian Rines kept his promise to give his daughter away at her wedding recently, despite being stricken with pneumonia and leukemia.
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MLB: Epstein resigns, headed to Chicago
CHICAGO (AP) — Theo Epstein is leaving the Boston Red Sox after a remarkable run that included two World Series championships. He’s joining the Chicago Cubs to see if he can bring success to another team steeped in history and starved for a title.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL ROUNDUP: Indians remain alive
SKOWHEGAN — Tyler Savage ran for 101 yards and two touchdowns as the Skowhegan Area High School football team beat Mt. Ararat 52-8 to remain in the Pine Tree Conference Class A playoff hunt, on Friday.
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LOCAL ROUNDUP: Hart lifts Cougars to quarterfinals
FARMINGTON — Blake Hart scored the lone goal of the game as the Mt. Blue High School boys soccer team beat Erskine Academy 1-0 in an Eastern Maine Class A preliminary game Friday.