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Snowe primary challenger unenrolls from Maine GOP after caucus

30 mins ago AUGUSTA, Maine — A primary challenger to U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe and a self-proclaimed tea partier has unenrolled from the Republican party in the wake ...

BDN reporter enjoys first snowshoe up Mount Katahdin

1 hour ago I’ll roll out of bed at 4 a.m. for few things — a flight to Disney World, the birth of a child or to hike ...
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During a recent interview in Bangor, Maj. Gen. John W. Libby, Adjutant General of the Maine National Guard, reflects on Maine's response to the 9/11 attacks.

Head of Maine National Guard stepping down

AUGUSTA, Maine — Maj. Gen. John W. “Bill” Libby, head of the Maine National Guard since 2003 and commissioner of the state Department of Defense, ...

Live updates as Maine’s high school basketball tournaments continue

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Maine Attorney General William Schneider

Maine AG wants Obama to reverse contraception policy; women’s groups cry foul

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Bill would clarify rules on double dipping by state workers

AUGUSTA, Maine — A Maine state senator has proposed changing ...
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Is the Pine Tree zone tax break corporate welfare?

2 hours ago Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part series ...

Infant girl found dead in Patten home

3 hours ago PATTEN, Maine — The parents of a 7-month-old girl found ...

Police probing death of 17-year-old boy in Bath

BATH, Maine — Bath police are investigating the case of ...

Outdoors

One-minute hike: Holbrook Island Sanctuary, Harborside, Maine

[blip.tv http://blip.tv/play/AYLsyXcA] Difficulty: Easy-moderate. How to get there: To get to Harborside from Bucksport, follow US Route 1 east for approximately 1 mile. Turn right ...

Opinion

Robin Hall (far left) and Donna Pulver (seated) volunteer to be delegates to the Maine state Republican Convention in 2008 while Penobscot County Republican chairwoman Lois Bloomer of Hermon (right) talks with Hermon Republicans during Maine's GOP Caucus for Penobscot County at Husson College.

What’s more important — presidential or party preference?

The Maine Republican Party’s caucus debacle rightly raises the question of the value of the caucus compared to the better-understood and more widely used primary. ...

Police Beat

Danny Hickman
33 mins ago Old Town man accused of driving while on drugs with child, 3, in car
Stephen Loring
57 mins ago Traffic stop in Searsport nets more than 22 ounces of marijuana
Laurie A. Uhrin
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Merry Carrigan
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Edwin Guzman
Bangor man arrested for third time in three weeks
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