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  • Maine State House tension grows over budget

    AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - Maine Gov. Paul LePage says the Department of Health and Human Services will run out of money to pay Medicaid providers in three weeks, and he’s blaming the Democratic-led Legislature for inaction on his budget proposal. Democrats, meanwhile, are accusing the administration of financial ...

  • 4 Maine community colleges hold commencements

    Commencements are being held Saturday for graduates of Southern Maine Community College in South Portland, Kennebec Valley Community College in Fairfield, Northern Maine Community College in Presque Isle and York County Community College in ...

  • EMS memorial to go up in Maine

    A groundbreaking ceremony is being held in Augusta on Saturday for the new EMS Memorial, which will be located between the law enforcement and firefighters’ memorials along State ...

  • Busy weekend for college commencements in Maine

    U.S. Sen. Angus King is the keynote speaker at the University of New England’s 178th Commencement at the Biddeford campus on Saturday. The university will award 1,450 degrees at the event. Included are 26 students who make up the inaugural graduating class from UNE’s College of ...

  • A place for Lewistons displaced

    Displaced Lewiston fire victims get bedding, beds and furniture delivered to their new apartments Friday. Above, Ali Sheikh directs his family's move into a new apartment at 49 Knox St. in ...


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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Extended Edition) [DVD]

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Extended Edition) [DVD]

Unlike The Fellowship of the Ring, which opened with an information-packed prologue and then slowly eased itself into an extensive and leisurely introduction to all the major characters in the film, The Two Towers, the second installment of Peter Jacksons gloriously ambitious adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkiens sprawling fantasy epic The Lord of the Rings, dives right into the acti ... ...

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  • Panel keeps ambitious Maine tax proposal alive

    Maine Rep. Gary Knight, R-Livermore Falls, is one of the bipartisan 'Gang of 11' trying to push through an ambitious tax overhaul in the Pine Tree ...

  • Former General Mills CEO E. Robert Kinney dies at age 96

    From left, Gorton’s executives Havey H. Bundy Jr. and Paul M. Jacobs with E. Robert Kinney during a fishing boat inspection off Gloucester in ...

  • Maine committee deeply split on dental care bill

    – A bill designed to help expand access to dental care in Maine deeply divided a legislative committee Friday, with supporters saying it's time to help poor children in rural areas and opponents arguing that the bill is not the right solution. Sen. John Patrick, D-Rumford, who has served in the Legislature for more than 10 years, said the issue is one of the toughest he has dealt ...

  • Catholic Church selling many Maine properties

    D – St. Patrick Church will host its final Mass on Sunday afternoon, with its sale to the owner of the adjacent Westgate Shopping Center set to close this ...

  • Dancing rules spark controversey in small Maine town

    "Right now we're on a month-to-month because of the infractions," siad Deanna Thibeau, a bartender at Higher Grounds. Higher Grounds can't allow dancing. "It's a scary thing when people are regulating something that shouldn't be regulated," said Thibeau. Thibeau said they've had to tell patrons to stop dancing, some to stop moving, because it could ...

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