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Hiring signs: State slowly climbs back from recession

Two weeks ago, Pete Waterman spray painted a large plywood sign and propped it on his lawn near a bunch of tractors. "Good help wanted." "To [...]

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Riding lawnmower burns, catches Rumford garage afire

RUMFORD — Rumford and Mexico firefighters were sent to a tractor and structure fire on Route 2 late Saturday afternoon. But when they [...]

Cadets place flags on veterans' graves in Lewiston

Maine Army Cadets Owen Murray, left, and Michael Gordon, eighth-graders at Auburn Middle School, salute after placing a flag on a veteran's [...]

4-H Horse Club's annual manure sale attracts many customers

Giddy-Up & Go 4-H Horse Club members shovel manure into bags for customers at Rocky and Ken Decker's Genesis Farm in Farmington on Satur [...]

Visions of 9/11, jailbreaks, accidents, unexplained answers, short-term girlfriends — A sixth sense: These people say they have it. Do you?

Visions of 9/11, jailbreaks, accidents, unexplained answers, short-term girlfriends — A sixth sense: These people say they have it. Do you [...]

Bates College director finds plenty of friendliness, adventure in Maine

Darby Ray wasn't looking for a change when Bates College came calling. But the opportunity to be director at the school's Harward Center for [...]

Summer bulbs and early vegetables

Spring’s magical earth truly displays its most wonderful colors and sweet scents as April turns into May and June. The bright yellow f [...]

U.S. military policy cannot be maintained

Current United States policy promotes a belief so flawed that it rises to the level of a fatal error. The belief that military power confers [...]

UMF graduates 456 in outdoor ceremony

University of Maine at Farmington Class of 2013 marshals Jennifer R. Caron, left, and Benjamin D. Dunbar lead graduates down High Street dur [...] 1

Municipal health and safety codes not being enforced

The horrific downtown fires have once again put the spotlight on the housing situation in downtown Lewiston. As an attorney who has represen [...]

Kiwanis pancake breakfast coming back June 2, bigger and better

Zoe Caron, left, Ryan Spooner, Bella Bennett and Anya Lee paint wooden boxes to be used as syrup dispensers at St. Dominic Academy in Auburn [...]

Let the light of day shine

As members of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Maine Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King now are faced with a particularly important opport [...]

YPLAA contest ends, community involvement begins

LEWISTON — Jason Michael Thompson, 29, of Lewiston said Saturday he had no idea there were three established 5K routes in town. Zac Ga [...]

The role of mental health in the current public discussion on gun control

It is true that, sometimes, a mentally ill person, usually a paranoid schizophrenic or a bipolar disordered person who suffers from psychoti [...]

LePage: State will run out of money for DHHS bills June 10

AUGUSTA — Maine’s health and human services commissioner said Friday her department only has enough money to pay its bills throu [...] 3

Elver fishermen flocking to the Penobscot River

BREWER — At first glance, the scene at the Penobscot Salmon Club on Friday seemed like old times: Trucks packed the small parking lot. [...]

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