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13 hrs ago | WABI-TV Bangor

Take Back the Night in Orono

People on the UMaine Campus in Orono wore purple on Tuesday to raise awareness about domestic violence.

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Related Topix: Orono, ME

Thu Oct 09, 2008

Bangor Daily News

A natural connection for children

A natural connection for children Emma Goltz, 9, a fourth-grader from Damariscotta, scales a mo-bile climbing wall at the Augusta Civic Center during the Gover-nor's Conference on Youth and the Natural World on ...

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Related Topix: Maine Government, Maine

Tue Oct 07, 2008

MaineToday

Third Annual "Best Places to Work in Maine" Program Will Announce...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 7, 2008 THIRD ANNUAL "BEST PLACES TO WORK IN MAINE"PROGRAM WILL ANNOUNCE RANKINGS AT GALA IN AUGUSTA Augusta, ME October 7, 2008 The Society for Human Resource Management & Maine ...

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Related Topix: Maine, Portland Metro, Portland, ME, Lewiston Metro, Lewiston, ME

Mon Oct 06, 2008

Lincoln County News

Harbor Committee Meets With Marina Partner

Twin Villages Condominiums and Marina representative Tom Federle apologized to members of the Joint Harbor Review Committee for his previous lack of communication and involvement.

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Related Topix: Biddeford, ME, Hallowell, ME, Saco, ME, Damariscotta, ME

Sat Oct 04, 2008

WCSH-TV Portland

Fallen Firefighters Honored In Augusta

For more than 25 years, Maine has taken the first Sunday in October to honor firefighters who died in the line of duty.

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Related Topix: US Governors, John Baldacci

Bangor Daily News

More Maine students taking online courses

More Maine students taking online courses Increase called a - response to the energy crisis' AUGUSTA, Maine - ' More Maine college and high school students are taking classes online and through campus ...

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Related Topix: Education Etc., University of Maine at Presque Isle, Presque Isle, ME, University of Maine at Fort Kent, University of Southern Maine

Thu Oct 02, 2008

MaineToday

Augusta Holiday Inn and Comfort Inn under New Ownership...

Augusta, Maine, September 30, 2008. The Holiday Inn Civic Center and the Comfort Inn Civic Drive have been recently purchased by Giri Hotel Corporation.

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Related Topix: Freeport, ME

Wed Oct 01, 2008

MaineToday

AspenCross Financial Group Announces New Hires...

Portland, ME - AspenCross Financial Group recently announced the appointment of 7 new financial representatives.

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Related Topix: Boothbay, ME, Bangor Metro, Bangor, ME, Lebanon, ME, Portland, ME

Tue Sep 30, 2008

Village Soup

Heating fuel prices drop slightly

AUGUSTA : The Governor's Office of Energy Independence and Security conducted the bi-weekly summer oil survey and found that the current statewide average cash price for No.

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Sun Sep 28, 2008

Blah Blah Blog [Ryan Rogers]

Middle of the Road

Chris and I just got back from the "BAR" run of our Fall Roadshow series late last night, and I just wanted to thank all those that came out for a rather full day of non-stop Chris and Jim .

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Middle of the Road

Fri Sep 26, 2008

WMTW-TV Auburn

Murder Victims Remembered In State House Ceremony

The annual meeting of family and friends of murder victims took on added significance this year.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime

Wed Sep 24, 2008

The Post Chronicle

Hood Disappears From Maine Ice Cream Truck

Police in Augusta, Maine, speculate the person who swiped the hood off an ice-cream delivery truck probably has an identical vehicle that needed one.

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Related Topix: Offbeat

WCSH-TV Portland

Police: Maine Teens Tried To Go To Canada

Two Maine teenagers who tried to flee to Canada in a stolen Jeep Cherokee are in hot water.

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Related Topix: South-Gardiner, ME, Gardiner, ME

Tue Sep 23, 2008

Bangor Daily News

Ranger accused of poaching placed on paid leave

Ranger accused of poaching placed on paid leave AUGUSTA, Maine - ' An Allagash Wilderness Waterway ranger who has been charged with hunting moose in closed season and with night hunting has been placed on paid ...

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WMTW-TV Auburn

Augusta Man Pleads Not Guilty In Machete Attack

A 20-year-old Augusta man has pleaded not guilty to eight charges linked to a home invasion in Pittston that seriously injured a former legislator and his young daughter.

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Related Topix: Kennebec County, ME

Danville News

Mid-Daily Items: 'Elvis is Alive' stuff for sale

The Elvis Is Alive Museum is once again for sale on eBay. The museum's collection includes photographs, books, FBI files, DNA reports and other memorabilia that aim to support the theory that Elvis Presley ...

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Mon Sep 22, 2008

Strange Maine

Sturgeon Collision Shocks Cops

Monday, September 22, 2008 Sturgeon Collision Shocks Cops Sturgeon have long been a part of Maine.

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Related Topix: Gardiner, ME

Village Soup

Dirigo head: Change needed or program will run out of money

AUGUSTA : The state's Dirigo Health Agency said it can and will pay back the money it has borrowed from the general fund to keep the subsidized health insurance program going, having run up a $20 million tab ...

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Related Topix: Health Insurance, Health

Sat Sep 20, 2008

Village Soup

Bring Out Your Dead

FARMINGTON : In December 2005 The Lords of the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel instructed me to write no more columns on Gov.

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Related Topix: Farmington, ME, Susan Collins, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Small Business, Personal Finance

Thu Sep 18, 2008

WLBZ

Officials Worry Heating Aid Still Needs More Funds

There appears to be clear, bipartisan support in Augusta for raising additional money for the LIHEAP fuel assistance program.

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