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Lawmakers reject higher fines for using a cellphone while driving
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New homeless services center opens, expanding shelter capacity in Portland
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Crime
Clinton man evades police by jumping on freight train and riding it into town, authorities say
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With an outpouring of branches, Maine breweries are tapping new markets
Lewiston-Auburn news
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Schools & Education
Weapons confiscated from 2 Lewiston elementary students Tuesday
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Lewiston-Auburn
Photo Album: The train is rolling toward Maine Maple Weekend
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Young's Greenhouse was hopping Wednesday as plants begins to sprout.
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Residents will be asked if they want the structure "removed or razed."
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A raccoon was confirmed as rabid Sunday by Maine Center for Disease Control, experts warned town officials Wednesday.
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The Fed says the U.S. banking system is 'sound and resilient,' but warns that the financial upheaval stemming from the collapse of 2 major banks is 'likely to result in tighter credit conditions' and 'weigh on economic activity, hiring and inflation.'
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Some of the sharpest drops come again from the banking industry, where investors are worried about the possibility of customers yanking their cash to cause more collapses.
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The arrests occurred at around 8 p.m. Tuesday at a house at 93 Main St. in the village of Lisbon Falls, according to local police.
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Federal health official announces plans to break up the monopoly power of the United Network for Organ Sharing, which has run the system for nearly 4 decades.
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Russia has denied targeting residential areas even though artillery and rocket strikes hit apartment buildings and civilian infrastructure on a daily basis.
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Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School Principal Paul Bickford announces inaugural Hall of Fame inductees as this year's cheering and girls basketball teams presented their championship trophies at the school board meeting.
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Problems at the Brettunns Pond town beach prompted request authorizing enforcement.
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Current federal law requires that they wait 6 months after applying for asylum.
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The district may cut half a million dollars budgeted for out-of-district special education placements that it does not expect to use this school year.
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The Lewiston Police Department recently launched its Neighborhoods First initiative, which in addition to its homelessness crisis protocol, outlines a "proactive approach" to handling quality-of-life issues.
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Members of the Board of Selectmen wondered whether it made sense to wait for bond rates to drop for upgrading two of the three school's heating systems.
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Derailment of four cars at Leeds Junction in Wales on Monday will not be investigated by the Federal Railroad Administration, a spokesperson said. Train owners CSX Corp. will submit a report by May, which will be vetted by administration and released to the public in August.
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A report from the University of Southern Maine's Catherine E. Cutler Institute calls for expanding diversion and treatment-based criminal justice programs.
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Lawmakers call for psychiatric treatment facilities to help hospitalized children with nowhere to goHospital officials testified that the problem is acute although it's not known how many children are languishing in hospitals for longer than they should.
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Antonio A. Barns had been a passenger in a car stopped by police on Saturday.
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The Maine poet and author receives a National Humanities Medal at a White House ceremony.
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Maine's restrictions go too far, some say, while others oppose even a 'scintilla of electioneering' at polling places.
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With the state expecting large revenue surpluses, Mills is facing pressure from her own party to invest in state programs, while Republicans are calling for tax cuts.
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Scam callers have been trying to dupe electricity customers in Maine and elsewhere by threatening to turn off their service.
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Citing security concerns with voting records, Oxford County has proposed closing the unorganized territory's longtime voting location at the Albany Town Hall.
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D.A. Wilson & Co. submitted the lowest proposal at $98,576.
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Norfolk Southern's CEO says he supports stricter standards for tank car designs and money to train emergency crews.
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Brunswick schools are hiring more staff and donations are being sought for 60 families from African countries moving to Brunswick Landing.
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Tractor Supply store coming to Turner; The Cage has reopened under new owners.
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Mark Stevens recognized by Maine Recreation & Park Association.
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The 4-3 vote approved a tax increment financing agreement for the Court Street housing complex.
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The two visits, about 500 miles apart, highlighted the nearly 13-month-old war’s repercussions for international diplomacy as countries line up behind Moscow or Kyiv.
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Abby Grossberg alleges that she faced discrimination at Fox News and that she was coached to mislead in her Dominion defamation case deposition.
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Through her organization Yield Giving, Scott plans to make unrestricted $1 million donations to 250 nonprofits selected in the process.
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McCarthy's comments come as Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg appears close to deciding whether to charge Trump in the payment of $130,000 to silence adult-film actress Stormy Daniels over an alleged affair.
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She says the meltdown 15 years ago was a 'solvency crisis' as opposed to 'contagious bank runs.'
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Blanco and others were honored by President Biden during a ceremony at the White House.
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Police in Lewiston and Auburn chased an erratic vehicle Sunday evening, ending in Poland after crash.
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Authorities found the woman's 11-year-old child unharmed, but there is an arrest warrant for her mother.
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An organizational meeting will be held Thursday.
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Leeds Junction Road in Wales and Greene will be closed to traffic from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday following the derailment.
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Allen was on paid leave since Jan. 2 while an investigation spurred by a nonbinding citizen petition took place.
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A group of out-of-state travelers may be behind two Portland burglaries last week, along with 'many more' similar cases in New England and New York, police said.
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Independent U.S. Sen. Angus King, whose first professional job was in Skowhegan, was in town Monday to hear how federal money is being invested in projects, including the River Park and redeveloping the former Solon Manufacturing Co. mill.
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Working with the U.S. Border Patrol, Skowhegan police Chief David Bucknam stopped a pickup truck that was hauling a 21-foot trailer with potted marijuana plants inside.
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Elections for one selectman and three school board members will be held June 13.
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