A capsule look of Week 8 football games featuring central Maine teams.
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK: Colby hopes to turn things around in 2nd half
The first half of the season is traditionally tough for the Colby College football team, but this season was particularly so.
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HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER ROUNDUP: Madison girls win MVC title
AUBURN — Nathalie Michaud scored the lone goal of the game as the Madison Area Memorial High School girls soccer team won the Mountain Valley Conference championship with a 1-0 win over Dirigo on Thursday.
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LePage has eyes on welfare abuse
THORNDIKE — Gov. Paul LePage said Thursday at his monthly town hall that his administration is considering new ways to tackle welfare abuse, including hiring private investigators or putting the attorney general in charge of the welfare fraud division.
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Bill has state unions bracing for fight
BANGOR — A bill that proposes 19 changes to the state’s workers compensation system has union leaders rallying their members in preparation for a major battle at the State House in January.
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HIGH SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY: State bids up for grabs
Saturday’s regional cross country meets in Belfast and Cumberland will be the last of the season for about half of Maine’s high school runners.
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Anson, Madison may combine water districts
MADISON — Anson and Madison have separate water districts, even though they share the same water source and treatment plant.
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Story of Gadhafi’s death has different versions
SIRTE, Libya — Former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi asked his captors twice, “What do you want from me?” as they swarmed around him Thursday, according to video shot at the scene by a Libyan journalist. By early afternoon, he was dead, but how he died remained in dispute.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAME OF THE WEEK: A budding rivalry with plenty at stake
FAIRFIELD — It’s not the playoffs, but that doesn’t mean tonight’s Pine Tree Conference Class A game between Brunswick and Lawrence is any less exciting.
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Exotic animals enjoy fiercer protection in Maine
MOUNT VERNON — Maine has strict regulations on captive wildlife that protect both the animals and the people around them, say state officials and the owners of a sanctuary here.