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STATE & CAPITOL

LePage: Drug dealers often impregnate ‘young, white’ girls in Maine

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Gov. Paul LePage said at a Wednesday town hall meeting in Bridgton that drug traffickers from Connecticut and New York come to Maine and impregnate girls who are …

VIDEO

Biomass plants in West Enfield, Jonesboro to close

3 hours ago

“Unfortunately, this happens with some frequency in the biomass industry, when energy prices are not sufficient to cover the costs of operation and fuel supply.”

THINKMAINE

US credit card debt is becoming 'unsustainable.' Map shows card burden in Maine cities

Bangor residents were rated as having the least sustainable credit card debts in Maine, based on this formula.

13 mins ago

Firefighters from South Thomaston and surrounding communities battle a blaze Thursday afternoon at a Field Street home in South Thomaston.

Man injured, home destroyed in South Thomaston fire

The Point

Younger parents tend to be more overprotective, this survey found

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Workers leave at the end of their shift at Verso Mill in Jay.

Verso sells four Jay hydro generators for $62 million

STEED

Here is why we let our little girl swear and watch inappropriate movies

2 hours ago

Students on the Maine Maritime Academy training vessel State of Maine lower a wreath into the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday. The ship, on a two-week training cruise to St. Croix Island in the Caribbean, stopped near where the cargo ship El Faro sank on Oct. 1, 2015, as it crossed paths with Hurricane Joaquin east of the Bahamas. Five MMA graduates, four of whom lived in Maine, were among the 33 crew members on El Faro when it went down.

MMA training ship pays respects at El Faro sinking site

MIKE TIPPING

34 mins ago

Gov. LePage again praises Trump, says he may challenge King for Senate

Rockland area board votes to close two school buildings

1 hour ago

Both closures will need to be approved referendum votes.

A cable truck returns to a Time Warner Cable office in San Diego, California, Dec. 11, 2013.

Time Warner Cable: Up to 320,000 customers’ data may have been stolen

POLL QUESTION

Libertarian Mainers sue state over rejection of bid to create party

4 mins ago

Maine Department of Transportation Commissioner David Bernhardt

Contract for private work on Casco Bay bridge defended by transportation chief

OUT THERE

Think a cold snap has made the ice safe? Think again

The Point

Here’s how unlikely it is you’ll be killed by someone else in Maine

THINKMAINE
: You are probably not going to be killed by an animal

HEATHER DENKMIRE

Pall bearers release white doves over the casket of Ethel Lance as she is buried at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church cemetery in North Charleston, South Carolina on June 25, 2015. Lance was one of the nine victims of the mass shooting at the church last year.

Reparations are possible, plausible and the only way to save our country

Gas prices fell near and below the $2 mark in Bangor in December 2015. Gas prices are forecast to stay low for 2016.

Forecasts: Gas prices will stay low through 2016

Opinion

A graduate with her debt on her mortar board makes her way to the stage to receive her diploma during graduation at the University of Maine in Orono in May 2015.

EDITORIALS

Lost degree, lost potential: UMaine right to focus on boosting retention

Every student who starts college but doesn’t earn a degree represents lost potential.

The Point

A woman walks past a map showing the elevation of the sea in the last 22 years during the World Climate Change Conference 2015 (COP21) at Le Bourget, near Paris, France, December 11, 2015.

The Point

What Maine youth are learning in school about climate change

To find out how Maine youth are being taught about climate change, we developed and administered an email survey to all 2,399 middle and high school teachers in the state.

Sports

University of Maine's Andrew Tegeler (right) battles for the puck against University of Vermont's Craig Puffer during their hockey game at Alfond Arena in Orono in this November 2015 file photo.

UMaine hopes Alfond Arena success can jump-start hockey season

UMaine (4-11-4) will try to snap a four-game winless streak (0-3-1) this weekend when it hosts 5-13-1 Colgate University of the ECAC for a two-game series.