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University of Maine hockey job has been offered to former assistant Red Gendron

ORONO, Maine — Dennis “Red” Gendron will be offered the hockey job at the University of Maine on Saturday, according to reliable sources in the ...

By the time new appellate judge from Maine was confirmed, he ‘had no practice left’

PORTLAND, Maine — By the time the U.S. Senate got around to confirming attorney William Kayatta Jr. as a 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ...

RENEE ORDWAY

Maine Democrats stooped to the governor’s level with TV complaint

My husband would like to have a 46-inch TV. Even my sister, when over for dinner a few weeks ago, commented that we should have ...

Community members gathered on Friday to released balloons in memory of Nichole Cable at the Glenburn Fire Station. Many of the balloons were yellow, Cable's favorite color, and bore messages written to her.

Hundreds release balloons in memory of Glenburn teen Nichole Cable; funeral arrangements announced

Complete coverage of the disappearance of Glenburn teen Nichole Cable

Tom Shafer is co-founder of Maine Heritage Timber Co.

Millinocket company unearths logging history for niche market

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Health and Human Services Commissioner Mary Mayhew discusses the state's request to the federal government to reduce Medicaid coverage.

Why is DHHS always asking for more money?

New police officers graduate from Criminal Justice Academy

The former Bangor YMCA building at 127 Hammond St. was purchased on May 15 by William Buxton, who plans to create a New England School of Dental Technology at the site, according to Penobscot County records.

Former Bangor YMCA building sold to new dental technology school

Hot rod becomes hot ride when Belfast man’s motorcycle catches fire

BELFAST, Maine — A local man was singed, but not ...

First female Secretary of State Madeleine Albright stressed to Bowdoin College's class of 2013 that constant innovation and learning are unavoidable for current graduates, entering into a more competitive and fast-paced world than when she graduated.

‘Get over it’: Madeleine Albright implores Bowdoin College grads not to give in to self-pity

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University of Maine head coach Steve Trimper (left) chats with pitcher Tommy Lawrence prior to Friday afternoon's America East tournament game at Lowell, Mass.

Lawrence, Connolly help UMaine advance to America East baseball title game

CULTURE SHOCK (blog)

5 Things To Do This Weekend, May 24-27: Raindrops can stop falling on my head anytime they’d like, thanks.

‘Historic’ energy bill clears Maine legislative committee, 12-1

Justice Department defends search of Fox News reporter James Rosen’s email account

Students at Mount Desert Elementary School hold up a banner Friday in the school gymnasium during an assembly. The school, which has implemented a comprehensive healthful food program was honored Friday as the only one in Maine to receive a Gold of Distinction award from the USDA's HealthierUS School Challenge program.

Mount Desert Island elementary school wins national honor for healthy food program

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Cindy Small of Wiscasset displays some military dog tags that hang on the Maine Battlefield Cross Memorial at the State House on Friday, May 24, 2013. Army Private Andrew R. Small died in Afghanistan on August 11, 2006.

Mainers killed in action honored at solemn State House ceremony

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Allagash Brewing Company brewer and founder Rob Tod tastes an experimental beer in a new storage and aging facility next door to the main building in Portland on Wednesday. Allagash, Maine's second-largest brewer, increased production by 36 percent in 2012 to 1.4 million from 1.03 million gallons the previous year.

Maine’s beer industry continues to brew double-digit growth

Interactive: Beer production in Maine’s 10 largest breweries

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Nick Huff makes stickers at WorkStore, a screenprinting and embroidery company in Glenburn. The company is making <a href="http://bangordailynews.com/2013/05/23/news/bangor/community-members-rally-for-nichole-cables-family-events-fundraisers-planned/
">T-shirts and stickers made in honor of Nichole Cable</a>, the 15-year-old Glenburn girl who went missing and was found dead earlier this week.

In Focus: Nichole Cable, Dana Wilson and John Bapst baseball

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

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William Kayatta is sworn in

Ceremony at State House honors fallen Maine soldiers

Civil War soldier funeral reenactment

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Opinion

Gov. Paul LePage signs a veto letter he delivered to the Legislature instantly on Thursday after the Senate gave final passage to a bill that links repayment of Maine's hospital debt with an expansion of Medicaid.

EDITORIALS

Maine GOP disappoints on Medicaid

Republicans in the Maine Legislature have given excuse after excuse for opposing a bill to both expand Medicaid to about 60,000 people and pay the ...

: Why is DHHS always asking for more money?
EDITORIALS: LePage pours fuel on a partisan fire
CONTRIBUTORS: How the omnibus energy bill will benefit Maine

Sports

Lawrence, Connolly help UMaine advance to America East baseball title game

LOWELL, Mass. — Tommy Lawrence wasn’t about to wait around and take a chance that the University of Maine didn’t advance to the championship game ...

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 ...

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Millinocket company unearths logging history for niche market

Nobody expected the waterlogged wood lining the bottom of Quakish Lake would become anything but pulp. But Tom Shafer is harvesting that wood for a ...