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During the mid-19th century, the Shakers were the largest and most successful utopian group in existence, with tight-knit communities scattered throughout the Northeast and in Kentucky.

Just a week after Moody's Investors Service downgraded its outlook on Maine's economic health, the rival debt-rating agency Standard & Poor's took the opposite position Friday, improving its outlook on Maine.

Kevin Strong, a Camden resident and pediatric hospitalist at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, has created Dunk the Junk, a nonprofit organization and hip hop-filled, graffiti-covered campaign to encourage kids to drop soda and junk food in favor of fruits, vegetables and other healthy fare.

In early May, Maine author Cynthia Thayer's farm in Gouldboro suffered a devastating fire.

The budget, which is down 3.5 percent from last year, passed by more than a 2-1 margin.

Joshua Bartlett of North New Portland, David Coffren of Kingfield and Seth Hinkley of Strong were indicted on one felony count of arson each.

Although the proposed SAD 58 budget is 3.5 percent lower than last year's budget, the decline in the state's share of funding translates into a higher burden for taxpayers.

Nearly two dozen residents met Thursday evening to discuss other locations and costs.

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Patients and staff were evacuated from a Farmington nursing home Sunday afternoon after a fire broke out in the facility's laundry room.