Regional News
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Troubled Charter Back on Track to Open This Fall
- Maine's charter school commission has put a proposed Portland school involved in a high-profile controversy on track to open this fall. Baxter Academy for Technology and Science already...
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Investigator: Candle Starts Fire Killing Homeless Portland Man
- Maine fire marshal investigators believe a candle started a fire that claimed the life of a homeless man at an encampment in Portland. Officials on Monday identified the victim as 53-year-old...
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Homeless Man Died in Portland Fire
- Portland authorities say a homeless man has died in a fire at his encampment along railroad tracks in the city. Firefighters responded to reports of a fire on West Commercial Street just...
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Waterville Opera House Premieres Spamalot
- Waterville is the place to be for Monty Python fans Friday night. The Waterville Opera House is premiering Spamalot. Tonight is the first of six performances. "It's a lot of fun, if...
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Bowdoin Tennis Team Punished for Hazing Incident
- Bowdoin College's nationally-ranked men's tennis team will forfeit its next four matches and won't be allowed to participate in postseason play for what school officials call a hazing...
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Androscoggin County Jail Cracks Down on Banana Peel Smoking
- Administrators at a Maine jail have ordered kitchen staff to peel bananas before they're served to inmates, and the jail has stopped serving oranges entirely, because prisoners have been drying...
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50th Anniversary Events Planned for the Sinking of the USS Thresher
- Those who lost loved ones in the deadliest submarine disaster in U.S. history are preparing for an emotional 50th anniversary. There are weekend events in Portsmouth, N.H., and Kittery, Maine,...
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Big Pricetag to Repair Sarah Long Bridge
New Hampshire transportation officials estimate it will cost $2.5 million to repair a bridge between New Hampshire and Maine that was struck by an oil tanker that broke loose from a pier on...
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Woman Attacked in Lewiston Apartment
- Police say a Lewiston woman has been taken to a hospital after she was attacked by a knife-wielding man in her own apartment. A suspect was taken into custody shortly after the attack was...
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Massachusetts Man Found Trapped Under Overturned Snowmobile
- Maine game wardens say a Massachusetts man survived being trapped under an overturned snowmobile for 20 hours. Wardens say searchers on Wednesday morning found 64-year-old Paul Lessard of...
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State Police Increase Patrols for Holiday Weekend
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Pittsfield Students Honor Men and Women Who Serve
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UMaine Unveils Floating Buoy to help with Offshore Wind Power
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Maine Criminal Justice Academy Graduation
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KahBang Film Festival Announces Screen Selections
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Job Fair in Rockland
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Small Businesses in Belfast Eligible for Financial Boost
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Senate Passes Privacy Protection Bill
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War of Words Heats Up As Governor Vetoes Hospital Repayment - Medicaid Expansion Bill
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Governor LePage Moving His Office
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Video: Baby gray foxes arrive at Minn. wolf park
Three baby gray foxes arrived at Wolf Park near Battle Ground, Minn. The 17-day-old pups are part of a master's degree project to understand the species since little is known about them. Visitors can see the pups during park hours.
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Video: Students create car that runs on social media
High school students from Kansas City, Mo., turned an old-school Volkswagen Karmann Ghia into an electric car that runs on social fuel. KCTV's Alice Barr reports.
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Photos of the week
The best images from the week's news, May 17 - May 24, 2013
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New York's Main Beach tops expert's list for best in U.S.
Vacation playground for rich and famous serves as home to No. 1 beach in annual list coinciding with unofficial start of summer
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Best U.S. beaches 2013
The best beaches in the country according to "Dr. Beach," coastal expert Stephen P. Leatherman