AUGUSTA — MaineGeneral Medical Center has secured more than $280 million to begin construction on a regional hospital.
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Police seek assault suspect who fled in kayak
Police are seeking the public’s help in locating an assault suspect who allegedly kayaked and then swam his way to escape, but not without leaving behind his identification.
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Swan offers land as road fix
CHELSEA — Embattled former selectman Carole Swan is offering to donate land to fix a municipal road job by Marshall Swan Construction that has the town facing financial penalties.
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One nest, two parents and four eaglets
RICHMOND — One very full nest on Swan Island contains Maine’s first-ever documented occurrence of four eaglets in a single nest.
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BABE RUTH BASEBALL: Central Maine faces tough opener
Central Maine has drawn host Norwalk, Conn., in the opening round of the New England Regional Babe Ruth tournament for 13-year-olds which begins Saturday.
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On food’s future, speaker says ‘glance back with intelligence’
SKOWHEGAN — To reverse health problems such as diabetes, obesity, high blood pressure and cholesterol — while creating local jobs and community spirit — America needs to look to the past for its food production.
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TRAVIS LAZARCZYK: Mainers stick together
FARMINGTON — As Edwin Thompson was being introduced at a meeting of all the Duke University coaches, one loud cheer went up from the back of the room.
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Portland police warn of gangs
Portland bar owners and other merchants are being warned not to allow customers wearing gang colors and other insignia into their establishments following a fist fight involving two dozen motorcycle gang members on Commercial Street early Saturday evening.
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LePage meets with Portland mayor
AUGUSTA — After a departing cabinet member said the governor didn’t support reviving groundfishing in Portland, the city’s mayor and Gov. Paul LePage sat down to a meeting that smoothed the political waters but came up short on how to lure groundfishing boats back to Maine.
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Grand jury indicts Carole Swan
AUGUSTA — A grand jury on Thursday indicted former Chelsea Board of Selectman Chairman Carole Swan on charges related to soliciting kickbacks from a town snowplow contractor, and a prosecutor said her actions remain under scrutiny.