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WCAX.COM Local Vermont News, Weather and Sports-News Minute: Latest Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine - City workers moved in to finish cleaning up Portland's Lincoln Park after a deadline passed for Occupy Maine to clear away its four-month-old tent city.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Maine was encouraged by President Barack Obama 's announcement Friday that church-affiliated institutions will not have to include coverage for contraception in their employees' health insurance plans, as had been required under health care reforms enacted last year.

The U.S. Department of Education this week announced that 10 states had received approval to bypass oft-maligned provisions of the federal No Child Left Behind law.

AUGUSTA, Maine - A bill that would allow the New Hampshire-based COAST bus company to expand into southern York County was heard before the Legislature's Judiciary Committee Thursday.

With the Keystone XL pipeline on hold and the fight for the 'Northern Gateway' tar sands pipeline in full swing in western Canada, producers of tar sands oil and pipeline operators continue to look for ways to get Alberta's oil resources.

He is the only one of the four contenders for the Republican presidential nomination not to have won a state primary or caucus.

Warden Jonathan Parker interacting with a hunter during filming of "North Woods Law" during deer season.

Lawyers for a political consultant who created a website targeting independent Eliot Cutler in the 2010 race for governor says the online attack was constitutionally protected political speech.

Maine's court system is acting swiftly to prevent domestic violence by tightening up bail rules for alleged abusers, Chief Justice Leigh Ingalls Saufley told the Legislature on Thursday.

Six tents remained standing as today's deadline came and went for Occupy Maine to clear away its tent city in Portland's Lincoln Park.

SPEAKING UP: Supporters cheer after Matt Schlobohm, the executive director of the Maine AFL-CIO, finishes up a rally for Labor Lobby Day in the State House in Augusta.

Paul Violette, who led the Maine Turnpike Authority for 23 years, now has 60 days of freedom before he goes to jail for stealing from the agency to finance a lifestyle of world travel, fine restaurants and five-star hotels.

Margaret "Meg" A. Weston, a longtime Maine resident and respected leader in higher education, business and consulting in international imaging, has been appointed President of Maine Media Workshops + College.

After losing three contests to Rick Santorum this week, a win in Maine's non-binding presidential preference contest becomes more important, if only symbolically.

The 219-room DoubleTree by Hilton Portland Maine, is situated directly off the Maine Turnpike, just two miles from the Portland International Jetport and directly across from The Maine Mall, one of northern New England's largest shopping malls.

Born Feb. 6, 1917, Olive Octavia Pullen Palmer, was among the first WAVES in the U. S. Navy.

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Spectrum Generations Coastal Community Center, 521 Main Street in Damariscotta will host its Wednesday Lunch and Learn program on February 15, 2012 beginning at 11:15 a.m. Following the luncheon Maine writer and poet Robert Erickson will be reading from his book 'Snooky' whichA recalls life as a twelve year-old boy.

An arrest or summons does not constitute a finding of guilt. An individual charged with a crime is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in court.

AUGUSTA – Attorney General William J. Schneider announced that a former Medway man was sentenced to 60 days in jail following his plea of guilty to perjury.