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WorkStore, a screenprinting and embroidery company in Glenburn, has been making T-shirts and stickers in honor of Nichole Cable, the 15-year-old who went missing and was found dead earlier this week. Proceeds from the shirt sales will go to Nichole's family to help pay for funeral costs and other expenses.
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Community members rally in memory of Nichole Cable; events, fundraisers planned

GLENBURN, Maine — Community members, friends of the family and strangers are coming together, planning events to remember 15-year-old Nichole Cable of Glenburn and raising ...
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LePage delivers instant veto after hospital debt, Medicaid bill passes Senate

AUGUSTA, Maine — Gov. Paul LePage handed down an instant veto Thursday, minutes after the Senate gave final passage to a bill that links repayment ...
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Dana Wilson enters the courtroom at the Penobscot Judicial Center with his attorney Jeffrey Silverstein on Thursday morning where he pleaded no contest to possession of child pornography.

Maine Sports Hall of Fame member, DJ Dana Wilson convicted of child pornography possession

BANGOR, Maine — Maine Sports Hall of Famer and local DJ Dana Wilson pleaded no contest Thursday at the Penobscot Judicial Center to possessing child ...

Republicans and Democrats unite against LePage’s education plans

7 mins ago AUGUSTA, Maine — Gov. Paul LePage’s latest attempts to broaden ...
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Rain expected this weekend, but conditions may improve for Memorial Day

3 hours ago DOVER — Memorial Day weekend may be the unofficial start ...

Brunswick High School’s principal resigns abruptly

The unexpected exit this week of Brunswick High School principal ...
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Goodwin steps down as Brewer High School boys basketball coach

Knox County jury awards $56,000 to insurance inspector who fell in hole

ROCKLAND, Maine — A Knox County jury agreed Wednesday to ...
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Brian Jordan (right) of Livermore Falls was treated for leukemia through a partnership between Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston and Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. He spoke about the partnership Thursday in Lewiston, joined by Nicholette Erickson (center) a local oncologist, and Dr. Karen Ballen, clinical director of the leukemia program at Mass General.

Central Maine hospitals partner with Mass General to treat cancer patients

Labor group accuses Winslow manufacturer of firing union organizers

WINSLOW, Maine — Union leaders claim a manufacturer here has ...
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The scramble to fill the 2nd District seat if Mike Michaud runs for governor

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This image, distributed by RockBridge Capital LLC and New Castle Hotels & Resorts, depicts the developers' latest proposal for redeveloping Portland's Congress Square Plaza. The plan would include using nearly 10,000 square feet of the plaza as event space for the renovated Eastland Park Hotel and leaving another 4,800 square feet as public gathering space.

Portland’s Congress Square at a crossroads, pedestrian-friendly zone could be the answer

University of Maine baseball coach Steve Trimper (left) and Binghamton University coach Tim Sinicki chat while waiting to take their respective dugouts prior to Thursday's America East baseball tournament game in Lowell, Mass.

UMaine trails Binghamton 8-2 in suspended game at America East baseball tourney

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Gov. Paul LePage posted this television monitor outside his office in the State House recently, which scrolled messages about how long it's been since the governor presented legislators with his biennial budget proposal and plan to repay hospitals millions in past debt.

LePage pours fuel on a partisan fire

Dexter councilors hear complaints about cannon noise near Lake Wassookeag

DEXTER, Maine — A resident complained that the peace and ...

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Wally Henderson, #155, races in the late model division race at <a href="http://bangordailynews.com/2013/05/19/sports/auto-racing-sports/emma-libby-15-overcomes-ruling-to-win-sport-4-race-at-speedway-95/">Speedway 95</a> on Saturday, May 18, 2013.
In Focus: Speedway 95, 500 help search for Nichole and South Bristol boats
<a href=”http://bangordailynews.com/2013/05/17/news/penobscot/elver-fishermen-flocking-to-the-penobscot-river/”>Search and rescue volunteers and Maine wardens</a> search woods along Hudson Road in Glenburn on Friday for any clues about missing 15-year-old Nichole Cable.
In Focus: The search for Nichole, elver fishing, logging expo
The CARA program, Criminogenic Addiction Recovery Academy, at the Kennebec County Correctional Facility was started in 2010 to address the criminal thinking associated with drug addiction. Participants in the program are habitual offenders and come from jails across the state. They are segregated from the general population and placed in their own unit for five-and-a-half weeks. They are expected to adhere to a strict set of rules and participate in extensive group therapy and class work that addresses the root of their substance abuse.
Kennebec County creates drug rehab program ‘to find something that works’
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Gov. Paul LePage posted this television monitor outside his office in the State House recently, which scrolled messages about how long it's been since the governor presented legislators with his biennial budget proposal and plan to repay hospitals millions in past debt.
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LePage pours fuel on a partisan fire

The problem that stymies effective state government, as illustrated by Thursday’s latest blowup between Gov. Paul LePage and Democratic legislative leaders, isn’t the majority party’s ...

Sports

University of Maine baseball coach Steve Trimper (left) and Binghamton University coach Tim Sinicki chat while waiting to take their respective dugouts prior to Thursday's America East baseball tournament game in Lowell, Mass.

UMaine trails Binghamton 8-2 in suspended game at America East baseball tourney

LOWELL, Mass. — If the University of Maine baseball team is going to win the America East Baseball Championship for the second time in three ...

Health & Fitness

Brian Jordan (right) of Livermore Falls was treated for leukemia through a partnership between Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston and Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. He spoke about the partnership Thursday in Lewiston, joined by Nicholette Erickson (center) a local oncologist, and Dr. Karen Ballen, clinical director of the leukemia program at Mass General.

Central Maine hospitals partner with Mass General to treat cancer patients

LEWISTON, Maine — Brian Jordan remembers feeling lethargic when he visited the doctor on March 17, 2011. The Livermore Falls man never expected that later ...

Business

This image, distributed by RockBridge Capital LLC and New Castle Hotels & Resorts, depicts the developers' latest proposal for redeveloping Portland's Congress Square Plaza. The plan would include using nearly 10,000 square feet of the plaza as event space for the renovated Eastland Park Hotel and leaving another 4,800 square feet as public gathering space.

Portland’s Congress Square at a crossroads, pedestrian-friendly zone could be the answer

PORTLAND, Maine — A plan to redevelop Congress Square Plaza into event space for the incoming Westin Portland Harborview Hotel has been divisive. Consensus is ...

Living

Actress Amanda Bynes arrives at the 2011 MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles in 2011.

‘All That’ actress Amanda Bynes arrested after allegedly tossing bong out apartment window on 36th floor

NEW YORK — Actress Amanda Bynes was arrested in New York City on Thursday after she allegedly threw a bong out the window of a ...

Outdoors

Phil Gouzie, 17, of Westbrook stands beside a pickup truck he drove to deliver meals in 1940 while serving the Civilian Conservation Corps in Bridgton, Maine.

Maine’s Depression-era conservation corps honored for work in state woods

Several generations of conservationists recently gathered in central Maine to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Civilian Conservation Corps, a U.S. work relief program designed ...

Food

Salad dressing made at home are fresher and do not contain as many processed ingredients.

Get all dressed up for the season’s salad days

With spring lettuce and all variety of greens enjoying their salad days now, it’s a good time to think about how to dress them up ...

Events

Maine Civic Hack Day

Maine’s first civic hackathon is set to happen June 1 and 2, in Bangor  and Portland, in coordination with the National Day of Civic Hacking. This ...

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