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Local law enforcement are seeking information about a black Ford Ranger or similar-style truck, like the one pictured, that may have been in the Glenburn area on May 12, the day of Nichole Cable's dissappearance.

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Police seeking tips about pickup truck possibly connected to Glenburn teen’s disappearance

BANGOR, Maine — The Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office and its law enforcement partners want to hear from anyone who saw a black Ford Ranger or ...

POLL QUESTION

Apartment squeeze in Portland: Single renters, immigrants, poor hardest hit

PORTLAND, Maine — Four years ago, when Jessica Fleming searched for an apartment in Portland, the process went by “instantly.” “All you had to do ...

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Kim Latour, of Legacy Property Sotheby's International Reality's Brunswick office, shows a house on Back Narrows Road in in Boothbay on Thursday. Latour said she's seen an upswing in home sales of late, with some properties selling within hours of going on the market.

Aggressive out-of-town buyers swarm midcoast real estate market

BOOTHBAY, Maine — Kathleen Younger saw a charming house online for sale in East Boothbay. Soon after, the artist traveled from her home in lower ...

LePage: State will run out of money for DHHS bills June 10

Connecticut police say missing woman may be headed to Maine

MILFORD, Conn. – Police are looking for a 36-year-old woman ...

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Jason Hooper's 42-foot lobster boat Xtreme Measures (left) was towed to Portsmouth, N.H., by the larger lobster vessel Amy Philbrick (right).

Company seeks $200,000 for retrieving lost lobster boat

Doctor exhibited ‘odd behavior’ at Fort Kent hospital before license suspension

FORT KENT, Maine — A physician deemed a danger to ...

Fort Kent doctor deemed a danger to patients, barred from practicing

LePage vetoes bill calling for Internet sales tax study

After Medicaid expansion, why did Maine hospitals provide more free care?

Dan Brown pets Sprocket, his family's 4-year-old sole milking cow before hosing her down at Gravel Wood Farm on the Blue Hill peninsula Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011. Dan Brown contends that he doesn't need a license to sell raw, unpasteurized milk. State and federal regulators say otherwise.

With legal fight far from over, embattled Blue Hill raw milk producer will file for bankruptcy

Rumford firefighter Jeff Harren waits to throw more absorbent material onto fluids leaking from a Chevrolet Blazer involved in a three-vehicle collision on Route 108 in downtown Rumford on Friday.

Woman suffers injuries in 3-vehicle Rumford crash

A fyke net sits high and dry on the Brewer shore of the Penobscot River with Eastern Maine Medical Center in the background on May 17, 2013.

Elver fishermen flocking to the Penobscot River

The Memorial Bridge (top), Sarah Mildred Long Bridge (middle), and Interstate Route 95 Pascataqua River Bridge (foreground) are shown.

Ship owner claims Maine, NH negligent in bridge crash

Karen Fussell is the treasurer/finance director for the city of Brewer.

Education costs pushing up Brewer tax rate, city leaders say

The John A. Millar Civic Center in Houlton.

Houlton council, community still concerned about costly Millar Civic Center

Former MDI superintendent gets 3-year contract

CAPITOL INCITE (blog)

National GOP group tries to link Mike Michaud to ‘IRS scandal’

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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’

<a href="http://bangordailynews.com/video/catapults-for-math-modeling/?ref=search">Brewer High School</a> and United Technology Center students fired off a couple catapults that were built as part of a math project Tuesday.

In Focus: Catapults, fire and waterfront property

<a href="http://bangordailynews.com/video/mayor-urges-passage-of-school-budget-in-portland/?ref=search">Portland Mayor Michael Brennan</a> asks voters to approve the school budget at a news conference in the foyer of the East End Community School Monday. He also urged voters to vote against the school budget referendum process, itself.

In Focus: Schools, business and softball

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Homesales on the upswing on the midcoast

Shortage for apartments in Portland lead to housing struggles

Law enforcement searching for black pickup in missing teen case

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Opinion

Maine Speaker of the House Mark W. Eves, D-North Berwick, speaks during a press conference delivering the Democratic response to Gov. Paul LePage's State of the State address Tuesday Feb. 5, 2013.

EDITORIALS

A better way to help people escape welfare

House Speaker Mark Eves’ “Ticket to Work” legislation, LD 1343, is a timely attempt to address the new sense of urgency a 60-month lifetime eligibility ...

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EDITORIALS: Problems at the threshold of Maine energy reform
LETTERS: Saturday, May 18, 2013: Bangor library, student contact and plastic waste

Sports

Brewer's Emily Gilmore (right) slides to third base, beating the tag by Oxford Hills' Jordyn Sanborn during the game in Brewer on Friday. Gabor Degre / BDN

Brewer softball blanks Oxford Hills with wind-blown doubles, defense

BREWER, Maine — The Brewer Witches took advantage of the limited hits they were able to get to post a 3-0 softball victory over Oxford ...

Health & Fitness

Weight Watchers looks to light a fire under first responders in Maine

Last winter, Jackie Conn decided she needed to help Maine’s first responders to get fit. Conn, general manager of Weight Watchers in Maine, learned that ...

Business

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Aggressive out-of-town buyers swarm midcoast real estate market

BOOTHBAY, Maine — Kathleen Younger saw a charming house online for sale in East Boothbay. Soon after, the artist traveled from her home in lower ...

Living

Amy Bouzaglo of Amy's Baking Company claims that the restaurant's websites were hacked after she appeared on Gordon Ramsay's "Kitchen Nightmares."

Kitchen Nightmares meltdown or: How to lose an argument online

As a general rule, if you are the one typing in all caps, insisting that everyone else is wrong, they are not wrong.

Outdoors

GEORGE'S OUTDOOR NEWS (blog)

SAM’s two longest serving board members resign

SAM’s two longest serving board members have resigned. Jim Gorman and Jim Hilly served together for 22 years, longer than any SAM board members in ...

Food

CULTURE SHOCK (blog)

Belfast’s Lost Kitchen closes for good; The Gothic to open in its place June 7

The rumors are true: The Lost Kitchen, the acclaimed locavore restaurant opened by Chef Erin French in late 2011 in downtown Belfast has officially closed ...