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Oxford Casino sale waiting on gambling board license

AUGUSTA, Maine — The Oxford Casino won’t be asked to apply for a new casino operator’s license if the Gambling Control Board approves the casino’s ...

Lewiston moves toward fake pot, bath salts prohibition

LEWISTON, Maine — Police are calling for local rules that ban bath salts and other synthetic drugs, closing a gap in federal and state rules. ...
Adriana (right) and Jamie Garcia unpack boxes of furniture delivered Tuesday afternoon from Marden's by the Cumberland County Department of Corrections work crew to their new apartment on Pine Street in Lewiston. &quotI love it. It's so cozy," Adriana said. &quotI am so happy with it." The Garcias, along with hundreds of other people, lost their homes in a string of fires in downtown Lewiston.

With help from community, Lewiston fire victims putting lives, homes back together

LEWISTON, Maine — Weeks after fires destroyed downtown apartment buildings, displacing as many as 200 people, families are finally finding themselves at home again. On ...

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Sandy Nesin joins Community Health Options as provider relations rep

LEWISTON, Maine — Kevin Lewis, CEO of Maine Community Health ...

Oxford County man accused of drug trafficking

PERU, Maine — A Peru man is facing a drug ...

Auburn school budget, tax increase, sent to the voters

AUBURN, Maine — Councilors held their noses Monday night and ...

Sneeze causes two-car crash in Farmington

FARMINGTON, Maine — A driver’s sneeze resulted in her car ...
Tony Leonard, left, and his attorney, Henry Griffin, listen to Assistant District Attorney Lisa Bogue during opening statements Monday in Androscoggin County Superior Court in Auburn. Leonard was on trial for the stabbing of Vincent Turner on Bartlett Street in Lewiston last October. After Turner took the witness stand and invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination, a deal was reached between the lawyers, and Leonard was sentenced to time served.

Lewiston man walks when alleged victim of fork stabbing incident won’t talk

Man injured when motorcycle hits stopped car in New Sharon

NEW SHARON, Maine — A Dixfield man suffered minor injuries ...
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MAS Home Care Lewiston open house

LEWISTON, Maine — MAS Home Care of Maine, which offers ...

School, state, tax error driving Auburn budget

AUBURN, Maine — Three things are driving the city’s budget ...
Deputy Chief Chris Bryant of the Rumford Fire Department, center left, and Al White, a tenant at 1806 Route 2 in Rumford, talk outside a garage that caught fire late Saturday afternoon when flames engulfed a riding lawnmower parked beside the garage.

Riding lawnmower catches fire, burns Rumford garage

Pete Waterman of Waterman Farms in Sabattus posted a help-wanted sign along Route 126 in front of his family's farm recently because he was looking for a skilled farmhand. He had 14 applicants. Many were unfamiliar with simple farm tasks such as driving a tractor or milking cows. He ended up hiring a student helper and a part-time worker from the 14.

Job openings on the rise as Maine slowly climbs back from recession

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

Zam Zam Mohamud votes for her first time Tuesday as a member of the Lewiston School Committee.

Lewiston’s Zam Zam Mohamud becomes first Somali immigrant on school board

Oxford Hills Bookmobile losing funding this month

NORWAY, Maine — The popular Oxford Hills Bookmobile may come ...
An M/T Pockets tow truck crewman retrieves a 1997 Subaru Legacy station wagon late Thursday afternoon from a drainage ditch along Thad White Road in Mexico. Its teen driver backed the car onto the dirt road's soft shoulder and the wagon flipped over and fell into the ditch, landing atop and pinning a teen who was riding on the roof, police at the scene said.

Dixfield teen riding atop car roof pinned under it after rollover

Commencements at Maine colleges and universities, May 18-June 8, 2013

University of Maine at Machias MACHIAS, Maine — The University ...
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Lewiston-Auburn Sports

Ray Wood of Bangor celebrates his first professional bout win over John Raio during Fight Night V on Nov. 18 at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee in Lewiston. Wood is 3-0 as a pro after another win Saturday night.

Bucksport’s Wood enjoying the professional cage in MMA bouts

LEWISTON, Maine — Ray “All Business” Wood doesn’t see a mere opponent standing across the cage from him when he visualizes an upcoming mixed martial ...
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    Workplace regulations classes set for Wilton, Bangor, Augusta
    AUGUSTA, Maine — The Maine Department of Labor has added three sessions of its free course that educates employers and the public about regulations governing ...
     
    Open hangar event to kick off UMA’s new B.S. in aviation program
    AUGUSTA, Maine — The University of Maine at Augusta (UMA) and Maine Instrument Flight (MIF) will hold an Open Hangar Community Event from 11 a.m. ...
     
    MaineGeneral contracts with Maine Community Health Options
    LEWISTON, Maine — Maine Community Health Options (MCHO) and Kennebec Region Health Alliance, MaineGeneral’s physician hospital organization, recently announced their partnership to provide comprehensive, patient-centered ...
     
    Norway Downtown getting ready for Project Start-up
    Previously vacant storefronts in Norway will be teeming with life this summer season thanks to an innovative program and forward-thinking landlords in Historic Downtown Norway. ...
     
    Maine Technology Institute to offer business workshops
    Maine Technology Institute will of workshops to help identify, fund and grown promising local technolgy and innovation-based businesses. MTI will give an overview of grants, ...