The victim became entangled in a rope while staying with friends.
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Maine gets waiver on some ‘No Child Left Behind’ requirements
The state will get flexibility, for example, on a rule that all students be proficient in math and reading by 2014, but must continue publishing A-F report cards for all schools.
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Driver in fatal Biddeford crash appears in court
David Labonte is charged with being drunk when he struck a family of three out on a bike ride, resulting in the death of the father.
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Driver who hit Biddeford cyclists charged with manslaughter, driving drunk
The parents of the driver, David Labonte, say they believed their son had stopped drinking.
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LePage says he’d like to blow up Press Herald
Maine’s governor makes the comment during an event Friday at Pratt & Whitney in North Berwick, and later says it was joke.
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Swenson gets 38 years for killing at OOB bar
Michael Swenson stabbed Roger White four times and slit his throat outside The Whaler in April of 2012.
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Maine man charged with trafficking in meth
Police charge Joel Frigon of Dover-Foxcroft based on evidence found while searching his pickup truck.
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Read the text of Sen. Susan Collins speech at ‘Eggs & Issues’
Text of Sen. Susan Collins’ speech: I want to talk this morning about our debt crisis, the prospect for tax reform, and then some of bipartisan proposals to get our economy moving again. Our national debt is now a staggering 16.7 trillion dollars. The tab for every man, woman, and child exceeds $53,000 and is […]
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Rides go wrong for Maine’s poor
Complaints about no-shows and confusion pour in from parents and patients after federal changes disrupt the MaineCare-funded transportation system.
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Fire destroys trailer truck, snarls traffic on Maine Turnpike
Traffic backed up for three miles as firefighters battled the blaze in Gardiner.