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LISBON — A 23-year-old Augusta man serving a life sentence for a brutal machete attack on a Maine family is appealing his conviction and sentence. Daniel Fortune was convicted of attacking a Pittston father and daughter during a late-night home invasion in May 2008 that left William Guerrette Jr. and his 10-year-old daughter near death […]

AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage is proclaiming “Landowner Appreciation Cleanup Day” to thank property owners who allow the use of their land for recreational purposes. Volunteers are needed for Saturday’s event to help clean up properties where the state has identified illegal dumps. Forest rangers and the small woodlot owners association have identified more than […]

BANGOR — Maine’s Office of Securities and other state and federal agencies are holding a free, half-day program to provide advice and materials to help people guard against becoming victims of scams and other forms of financial exploitation. Saturday’s conference in Bangor will address topics of particular interest to older investors and consumers, including emerging […]

MADISON — Residents were split Thursday night, speaking both for and against a $72 million proposal to build a natural gas pipeline through central Maine.

PORTLAND — Richard L. Connor, chief executive officer of MaineToday Media, announced that 38 full and part-time employees of The Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram were notified Thursday that they will be laid off in two weeks.

PORTLAND — Maine’s largest school district has made progress since Jim Morse became superintendent two years ago, but the person who replaces him will still have a lot of work to do, according to Morse and other school officials.

PORTLAND — As postcards go, this one’s a doozy.

AUGUSTA — The city of Augusta wants to weigh in on a court case in which neighboring Hallowell and a group of residents say their new sewer rates are too high and incorrectly calculated.

PORTLAND — Speakers at an education symposium Thursday said businesses, academia and government must work together to reform education and increase the number of Mainers with college degrees.