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MaineHousing under increasing scrutiny

3 hours ago State Treasurer Bruce Poliquin had been on the Maine State Housing Authority board for about half a year before he started to see things he ...

Top 5 percent of MaineCare recipients account for more than half the program’s cost

Lillian Davis spends many of her nights at an Orono nursing home wide awake. Deceived by advanced dementia, the 83-year-old loses sleep for days on ...
David Morse, of Kingston, Nova Scotia died in a skiing accident at Sugarloaf ski resort on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012.

State opens own investigation into widow’s claims in Sugarloaf skier death

AUGUSTA, Maine — The director of Maine Emergency Services says the state agency has launched its own investigation into the response to a fatal skiing ...
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Republican candidate Ron Paul greets the crowd that turned out to meet him at the Brick Church on Union Street in Bangor on Friday, Jan. 27, 2012.

Ron Paul kicks off two-day tour of Maine in Bangor

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Two more of Ayla’s relatives take polygraph tests

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Police looking for Patten man who fled scene of snowmobile crash

PATTEN, Maine — Police are looking for a Patten man ...

Vermont man traveling to visit family in Brewer dies after I-95 crash

HAMPDEN, Maine — A Vermont man who was heading north ...

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Teaser for Sawyer Mountain ‘One-minute hike’

[blip.tv http://blip.tv/play/AYLpgz8A] After watching this teaser trailer, I hope you’re excited about the Sawyer Mountain One-Minute Hike. I’ll post it on Tuesday. Seth Koenig currently ...

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John Sweeney, president of the AFL-CIO, speaks out against President Bush and outsourcing during a news conference outside of the former Eastern Fine Paper in Brewer in 2004.

Why all the outsourcing?

President Obama spent much of his State of the Union address on the flood of manufacturing jobs from the United States to China and other ...

Police Beat

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Man found not guilty of threatening girlfriend charged in jail assault
Man robs convenience store at gunpoint, remains at large
Drunk Brewer man threatened female officer, police say
Former FedEx employee gets nearly 8 years for stealing shotgun
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York County man accused of beating other man unconscious in bar fight
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