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  • Maine police Cyclist probably fell into truck

    dhench@mainetoday.com Staff Writer The 23-year-old cyclist from Massachusetts who was killed last week on the opening day of the annual Trek Across Maine most likely lost his balance while he was sipping from a water bottle and fell into a passing tractor-trailer, state police said ...

  • Maine Senate approves warrant for drones

    The state Senate has passed a bill that would require a warrant before law enforcement agencies could use drones to spy on people as part of ...

  • Maine insurance bills pass but face likely vetoes

    – A pair of Democratic-backed adjustments to the Republicans' 2011 health care reform law received initial approval Monday in both houses of the Maine ...

  • Maine gov vetoes Medicaid expansion for 2nd time

    AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) -- Maine Gov. Paul LePage on Monday vetoed a bill to expand Medicaid for a second time, leaving the proposal in limbo because the bill passed without a two-thirds majority in either ...

  • 2 arrested in Maine pharmacy robbery

    - Two 23-year-old men from Dresden, Maine, have been charged with robbing a Walgreen's pharmacy in Bath. Federal authorities say Nicholas Alexander and Devin Alexander were charged in connection with a Friday incident in which a pharmacist was handed a note demanding the prescription drug Oxycontin and threatening death if it wasn't turned over. If convicted, the men face up to 20 ...


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In Good Company

In Good Company

In Good Company is a feel-good dramedy about the power of honesty, decency, and good ol' fashioned belief in what one is doing to overcome the perils of faceless corporate hegemony. To fully enjoy the movie, of course, one must overlook the fact that it was produced and distri ... ...

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  • Former Newtown resident brings call for gun-sale background checks to Augusta

    Jeanne Rocque of Augusta was one of a number of activists who attended a "No More Names" gun control rally on Monday, June 17, 2013, at the Unitarian Universalist Congregational Church in ...

  • NASA picks 8 new astronauts one from Maine

    This photo provided by NASA shows Jessica U. Meir. NASA has eight new astronauts - its first new batch in four years. Meir, Ph.D., 35, is from Caribou, Maine. She is a graduate of Brown University, has an advanced degree from the International Space University, and earned her doctorate from Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Meir currently is an Assistant Professor of Anesthesia at Harvard ...

  • Maine Senate nixes gun background checks bills fate up in the air

    AUGUSTA - Democrats in the Maine Senate broke ranks Monday on a gun-control bill aimed at encouraging background checks before private firearm sales, putting its passage into ...

  • Maine lawmakers uphold LePage veto on five bills

    Maine Senate nixes gun background checks; bill's fate up in the air One measure considered Monday would have barred the state from contracting for timber harvesting on land under its management if the contractor employs foreign workers for logging. LePage called the measure unconstitutional in his veto letter. Another bill would have directed the state to consider establishing a new license ...

  • Maine video peeper gets two years in jail

    - A former Westbrook man who installed hidden video cameras in a residence to record unsuspecting teenage girls while they were undressed was sentenced Monday to two years in jail, followed by eight years of ...

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