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  • Hats off to graduates of colleges and universities in Maine

    From staff reports Several colleges in Maine held commencement ceremonies on Saturday. Southern Maine Community College graduated its largest class in the school's 67-year history during ceremonies at the South Portland campus athletic fields. A total of 1,074 students from 17 states and eight countries were expected to receive their degrees. The Class of 2013 also included 33 students who ...

  • Maine Warden Service asking for volunteers to help search for missing girl

    The search will include wooded and swampy terrain and volunteers are reminded to dress appropriately. Volunteers should also bring their own food and water and an orange hunter-style vest, if they have ...

  • Man who boasted of escape held in Conn.

    A Maine man wanted by police after leading officers on a high-speed chase is in custody in Connecticut. Authorities say an FBI agent arrested 31-year-old Ernest Almeida on Friday after overhearing him on an Amtrak train bragging aboard about being wanted in Maine. He is due in court Monday in Connecticut. In Maine, Waterville Deputy Chief Charles Rumsey says Almeida was driving with a suspended ...

  • Maine fugitive with loose lips arrested in Conn.

    Authorities say an FBI agent arrested 31-year-old Ernest Almeida on Friday after overhearing him bragging aboard an Amtrak train about being wanted in ...

  • Man wanted in Maine arrested in Conn.

    Authorities said Ernest Almeida, 31, of Waterville, was on the train Friday when a plain-clothed FBI agent overheard him talking about being a wanted ...


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Movie Review

Dead Again [DVD]

Dead Again [DVD]

With a sudden crash of shrieking strings, the word "MURDER" from a yellowing newspaper headline quickly fills the screen then fades away, making clear from its opening moments exactly what Kenneth Branagh's reincarnation thriller "Dead Again" is all about. The opening credits sequence, with its bits of old newspaper stories and thundering score by Patrick Doyle, quickly establishes both the story ... ...

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  • Maine School of Law graduates 98

    Mara Liasson, who covers national politics for National Pubic Radio, called on graduates to put the collaboration skills they learned at the University of Maine School of Law to work in their professional ...

  • UConn to host training session on NE school safety

    STORRS, Conn. (AP) - The University of Connecticut is hosting a training session for New England educators this week on how to prepare and respond to a ...

  • NYC mans DNA not on gun used in Maine killing

    PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- Newly unsealed court documents indicate a gun allegedly used to kill a Maine woman had traces of DNA from a couple accused of hiding the weapon but not from the accused ...

  • 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 ...

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