PORTLAND — A judge has ordered the state’s crime lab to compare a partial DNA profile — collected from the thumbnail of a 12-year-old murder victim in 1988 — against Maine’s database of 21,000 DNA samples from convicted felons.
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BRIDGE RESULTS
WATERVILLE — The Waterville non-sanctioned bridge club winners on Thursday were: Steve Gass and Paul Leberman, Lou Veilleux and Patricia Kick, Eva Nichols and Patricia Nutt, Francis Roy and Connie Begin, Betty Perry and Judy Jones.
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Skowhegan organizations must file petitions as part of funding process
SKOWHEGAN — Selectmen want to make sure the town’s social and community service organizations follow the rules for funding requests for next year.
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SAD 74 schools converting to wood-pellet boilers
ANSON — Students here will no longer sit in classrooms that are warmed by heating oil. The school district is instead turning to an abundant Maine resource: wood.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
We should be happy there are farms to smell
As my husband and I sat, had our coffee and read the paper this morning, I read the letters to the editor. One letter piqued my interest, from a reader in Oakland. She states that she moved back to this part of the state after living away for many years. Like the reader, my husband […]
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Lowest earners forgotten in ‘seasons such as these’
Maine’s current minimum wage rate is $7.50 per hour. The rate has not been raised since 2009, so minimum wage earners have had a de facto wage freeze. Between 2008 and 2011, the very top of the pay scale has continued to receive large bonuses and benefited from the “tax relief package,” of the past […]
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Benton substation to house new CMP transformer
BENTON — Central Maine Power Co. will be moving a 286-ton electrical power transformer on Monday from a cargo terminal in Searsport to the company’s new substation on Albion Road in Benton.
Posted inOpinion
MAINE COMPASS: It takes a communal effortto stifle domestic violence
The tragic results of domestic violence are appearing all too frequently on the pages of our local newspapers and broadcast from our local news stations. These stories are chilling reminders that this is a problem that affects every one of us in some way. Victims are our friends, our neighbors, our coworkers and our relatives. As part of the health care community, we realize too well that domestic violence is a serious health issue. But are we doing enough?
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Vietnam’s fearsome sneakers
NORRIDGEWOCK — At the factory here owned by New Balance, the last major athletic shoe brand to manufacture footwear in the United States, even workers on the shop floor recognize that in purely economic terms, the operation doesn’t make sense.