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NEW SWEDEN, Maine - Most of the time there's a dull ache in Dale Anderson's legs.

Most of the time there's a dull ache in Dale Anderson's legs. Those are the good days.

Kent Ward: Lightning statistics: the sequel By Kent Ward Saturday, June 07, 2008 - Bangor Daily News Last week, in a column devoted to a claim by researchers that lightning is five times more likely to strike ...

“This will be a marriage between psychology and common sense.”

Dr. Drever heads committee to find answers to teenage crime by Lucille Noble Greer The first house on the left as you turn in Norridgewock belongs to Peter and Julianne Drever. via Town Line

“It's like any traumatic event. You're never totally over it. You'll always carry some of it with you, but life moves on.”

NEW SWEDEN, Maine- It has been five years since this tiny farming community was turned upside down by a crime that still baffles: Someone used arsenic to spike the coffee at Gustaf Adolph Lutheran Church, ... via Worcester Telegram & Gazette

A Bangor man has been arrested and charged with Elevated Aggravated Assault for allegedly stabbing his ex-girlfriend on Saturday night. via WVII

Sunday marks the fifth anniversary since parishioners fell ill at New Sweden's Gustaf Adolph Lutheran Church in the largest arsenic poisoning in modern history. via WMTW-TV Auburn

Evan Graves of Presque Isle finished 51st in the Boston Marathon. He finished the race in a time of 2:29:39. He was the 26th American to finish and the first runner from Maine. via WAGM TV

“It's been a lot of money and a lot of overtime, that's for sure”

A major snowstorm, described as a blizzard by the weather service, hit northern Maine Thursday night and all day Friday pushing the area to a new record snow season. via Bangor Daily News

“Most of this should have been handled in committee”

LD 1932 began as a necessary and quick fix to the school administration consolidation law passed last year. via Bangor Daily News

A snowmobile crash in northern Maine kills one man. State Police say 55 year old Larry Doody of Caribou failed to stop his sled where I-T-S 83 crosses Jemtland Road. via WCSH-TV Portland

By Aimee Dolloff Friday, February 29, 2008 - Bangor Daily News Pretty good for a state that normally doesn't get much attention from national media: Maine is drawing film crews again. via Bangor Daily News

Icey roads are to blame for the death of a 7-year-old girl from New Sweden. Marissa Lloyd-Forbes was pronounced dead at Cary Medical Center after the car she was a passenger in collided with an oncoming pickup ... via WVII

A 7-year-old New Sweden girl was killed Friday afternoon when the car in which she was a passenger collided with an oncoming truck on Route 161. via Bangor Daily News

A seven year old girl is dead, the result of a two car collision Friday afternoon on Route 161 in New Sweden... According to Sgt. via WAGM TV

“But we have not recovered the vehicle”

Although police have received some tips, the information has not yet helped them recover a car that was believed to have been stolen in Caribou on Monday afternoon. via Bangor Daily News

Over the years, Northern Maine Community College's construction program has trained many builders and industry leaders. via Bangor Daily News