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  • Maine senators oppose border crossing fees

    AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - Maine's two senators are joining other members of Congress in opposing border crossing fee along the northern and southwestern borders. U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, a Republican, and independent Sen. Angus King, along with a bipartisan group of other senators, sent a letter Friday expressing their concerns about the Department of Homeland Security's plan to study the ...

  • 2 fires police chase lead to Maine mans arrest

    MINOT, Maine (AP) - A Minot man faces charges after allegedly burning down his home and a mobile home belonging to his estranged wife, then leading police in car chases reaching high ...

  • Maine governor has new clash with lawmakers

    AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - In his latest clash with the Legislature, Gov. Paul LePage is telling his department heads not to testify before a key ...

  • Bowdoin awarding degrees to 464 graduates

    President Barry Mills will preside over Saturday’s commencement at the Brunswick school, with degrees being awarded to students from 42 states and 14 foreign countries and ...

  • Deadly B-52 crash remembered in Maine

    ELEPHANT MOUNTAIN, Maine (AP) - One of the two survivors of a deadly B-52 bomber crash is in Maine to join in a 50th anniversary remembrance this Memorial Day ...


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Movie Review

Dancer in the Dark [DVD]

Dancer in the Dark [DVD]

After its premier at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival, where it eventually won the coveted Palm d'or, Lars von Trier's Dancer in the Dark was met equally with intense celebratory applause and boos of vociferous condemnation. It has since divided audiences and critics straight down the middle: either you love it or you hate it. Von Trier is either a boundary-pushing genius or he is a ego-m ... ...

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  • Don McLean to perform with Portland symphony

    The singer-songwriter has agreed to perform his 1971 hit with the Portland Symphony Orchestra during city’s annual Stars and Stripes celebration on the Eastern Promenade. An estimated 60,000 people are expected at the event, where the symphony will perform before and during the city’s fireworks ...

  • Southern Maine REMAX offices merge

    After 14 years serving southern Maine, RE/MAX Realty One of York announced it has joined forces with RE/MAX Absolute, with offices in Saco and South ...

  • Peace Action Maine Mainers Unite to Prevent War With Iran

    Delegates to the Democratic National Convention Will Propose a Platform Emphasizing Diplomacy, Not War PORTLAND, Maine - August 15 - Peace Action Maine, Pax Christi Maine, Military Families Speak Out/ Maine, the Peace and Justice Center of Eastern Maine, and other Maine based organizations are circulating a statewide petition that opposes preemptive military action, acts of war, a naval ...

  • Maine Senate approves bill requiring exercise in schools

    - A bill requiring Maine public schools to provide at least 30 minutes of physical activity each school day for students in kindergarten through fifth grade has won an initial round of votes in the state ...

  • Massachusetts judges win $30000 raise from legislators

    Salaries for the state’s judges would climb by $30,000 during the next three years under a measure that won legislative approval this week with little ...

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