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Lewiston, June 29, 2009 - FISC Solutions has signed a contract with Down East Credit Union of Baileyville, Maine to provide check processing services for its inclearing checks.

AUGUSTA : Surrounded by legislators and public health advocates, Gov. John E. Baldacci ceremonially signed three bills designed to combat the problem of obesity in Maine.

AUGUSTA – Surrounded by Legislators and public health advocates, Governor John E. Baldacci today ceremonially signed three bills designed to combat the problem of obesity in Maine.

AUGUSTA: "Cabinet of Curiosities, the Museum Science Collections and You" continues at the Maine State Museum, State House Complex.

Gov. John Baldacci ceremonially signed three bills on Wednesday to help Mainers count calories while dining out and to improve the state's monitoring of childhood obesity.

For a small home-based businesses, finding ways to be successful in a crowded national market can be a tough nut to crack, but brothers Seth Leaf and Davy Pruzansky seem to have figured it out.

Big changes are in store for those who use Interstate 295 from Topsham to Gardiner.

The Maine Ethics Commission plans to investigate whether the organization Maine Leads violated state campaign finance laws during its efforts to get two anti-tax measures on the ballot.

The Gardiner Farmers' Market will open for the season Wednesday. The market on Gardiner Common, Brunswick Avenue, is open from 2 to 6 p.m. and features 13 local farms.

RICHMOND : Lots of people collect things such as bottle caps, matchboxes or tea cups.

The expo, which has been returning to Bangor biennially since 1983, featured 190 exhibitors.

RANDY LOOK, a retired high school physics teacher from Bowdoinham, Maine: "He's optimistic.

AUGUSTA : The white-hot issue of gay marriage drew more than 3,000 people to the Augusta Civic Center on Wednesday to debate a bill that would legalize same-sex marriage before the Legislature's Judiciary Committee.

Each year, the opening reception of the Maine Photography Show draws a standing-room-only crowd.

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Police are investigating a deadly crash in Richmond. It happened early Friday afternoon along Route 197, just west of the Interstate 295 interchange.

Famous defense lawyer F. Lee Bailey is meeting with convicted child killer Dennis Dechaine at the Maine State Prison Wednesday.

SEARSPORT : Rep. Veronica Magnan, D-Stockton Springs, will provide a forum at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 4, for citizens to learn about state government during her locally produced television program, a oeVeronica Magnan from the House.a The show, which airs on the Searsport public-access television station, will feature guest, Assistant Majority ...

AUGUSTA : Poised between an abundance of energy resources and a voracious appetite for them to the south, Maine will play a central role in the effort to reduce the region's dependence on foreign oil - and not just with its geography.