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MaineHousing under increasing scrutiny

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 ...

Legislative investigation into MaineHousing launched in midst of political firestorm

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Clifton farmers lose latest round in battle over wind farm

51 mins ago CLIFTON, Maine — Walk through Rebel Hill Farm and the nearly 60 acres of woods that surround it, and it’s easy to see the “enchanted ...

Developer of Clifton wind farm signs agreement to supply Bangor Hydro with electricity

The Maine Departement of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife has been visiting bear dens, as evidenced by photos of past research work, since the 1970s. This year a partnership with the Wildlife Research Foundation has resulted in video link to a bear den in northern Maine, with real-time video available on the Internet.

Bears on the air: Den camera sheds light on Maine bruins

Lugnut the Bear doesn’t do much this time of year. Sometimes she lies on her left side. Other times she lies on her right side. ...

U.S. Marshals shoot man in Portland street

PORTLAND, Maine — Portland police confirmed Friday night that the ...

Lillian Davis clutches her napkins as her daughter Susan Philbrick feeds her bean soup at the Orono Commons nursing home. Lillian is a high-cost Maine Care user.

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

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Slushy road conditions Friday, Jan. 27, 2012 played a role in an accident on Route 2 in Milford that send two people to the hospital for treatment of minor injuries and left a Hermon man's pickup truck heavily damaged. Deputy Ray Goodspeed of the Penobscot County Sheriff's Department said that the driver, Corey Eldridge, 26, was
driving north when his 2002 Dodge pickup went into a skid and nearly struck an oncoming vehicle. After the truck regained traction, it left the roadway and stuck a utility pole.

Messy weather conditions result in Penobscot County crashes

LePage administration proposes sweeping unemployment fraud bill

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This 20,000-square-foot building at 54 York St. in Portland will become the new home of the Baxter Academy for Math and Science if the organization is approved to become the state's first charter school.

Proposed Portland charter school signs laptop deal with Google

Children in midcoast might get iPads at school

Two more of Ayla’s relatives take polygraph tests

Gov. Paul LePage speaks at a news conference Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011, at the State House in Augusta.

LePage again threatens to take money from schools if DHHS cuts not approved

Police looking for Patten man who fled scene of snowmobile crash

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

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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

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

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Peter Beckford of Clifton walks to one of the cabins on their property. Beckford disputes that the proposed wind farm in town is too close to these buildings. The town planning board approved the wind project in October, but the Beckfords appealed that decision. The appeals board denied the Beckford's appeal Wednesday, giving the windmill project the green light.

Clifton farmers lose latest round in battle over wind farm

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

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

Outdoors

Bears on the air: Den camera sheds light on Maine bruins

Lugnut the Bear doesn’t do much this time of year. Sometimes she lies on her left side. Other times she lies on her right side. ...

Opinion

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 ...

Sports

Brewer High School's Matt Cuskelly (top) goes up for a shot over Lewiston High School's Corbin Hyde during the first half of the game in Brewer on Friday evening.

Lewiston outlasts Brewer for 11th victory

BREWER, Maine — Want to win a Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Class A boys basketball game this winter? Often the answer is to figure out ...

Health & Fitness

This season’s stylish workout wear goes beyond the gym

Maybe you’re going hard on your resolutions: eating healthier, meditating and, of course, working out. You dream of a tight core or running a marathon. ...

Living

5 Things To Do This Weekend: Music everywhere, dog sleds and Oscar nominees

1. For those kicking around the Queen City this weekend, there’s a mighty one-two punch at Paddy Murphy’s, as funk/soul five piece Juicebox takes the ...

Business

Developer of Clifton wind farm signs agreement to supply Bangor Hydro with electricity

CLIFTON, Maine — With the push for renewable energy part of the national agenda and the Maine Public Utilities Commission directing local utilities to enter ...