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28 min ago | Kennebec Journal

Body of missing Maine girl likely found

Maine law enforcement officials say they've likely found the remains of a 15-year-old Glenburn girl last seen more than a week ago.

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Related Topix: Old Town, ME, Penobscot County, ME, Bangor, ME, Hudson, ME

28 min ago | Kennebec Journal

2 lawsuits filed against Maine Catholic church

Two brothers who served as altar boys in the 1970s are suing the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland, claiming diocese officials knew the Rev.

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Related Topix: Roman Catholic Church, Religion, South Berwick, ME, Berwick, ME, Sanford, ME

4 hrs ago | WVII

Meth In Maine on the Rise

"Meth is a drug that has worked it's way across the country. Now we are seeing them in our state." Says Perry Antone, Director of Public Safety for the City of Brewer.

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8 hrs ago | Herald Gazette

Every Tuesday is - Free Appraisal Day' at Thomaston Place Auction Galleries

Join us at our gallery every Tuesday from 10:00 a.m. to noon and from 1:30 to 4:00 p.m. for free expert valuations of your fine art, antiques, and collectibles.

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9 hrs ago | Sun Journal

Maine Senate OKs bill that would link hospital debt to Medicaid expansion

For the third time in a week, Democrats in the Legislature prevailed Monday on a vote to link an expansion of Medicaid eligibility in Maine to a plan to repay the state's Medicaid debt to its 39 hospitals.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, US News, Maine Government, US Governors, Paul LePage

9 hrs ago | Sun Journal

LePage wants to eliminate Maine's income tax

In an hourlong briefing to media Monday, Republican Gov. Paul LePage said his goal, if re-elected in November, would be to eliminate the state's personal income taxes entirely by the end of his second term.

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Related Topix: Maine Government, Tax, US Governors, Paul LePage

Mon May 20, 2013

State of Maine

Free Courses on Employment Law for Employers Added Due to Popular Demand - 5/20/2013

The Maine Department of Labor has added three more sessions of its popular free course that educates employers and the public about regulations governing the workplace.

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Related Topix: Law, Employment / Labor Law

Bangor Daily News

Older Mainers need Medicaid expansion

Lately, the news has highlighted the opportunity to expand health care coverage in Maine.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Maine Government, Opinion

Bangor Daily News

What legislators can do about Maine's social worker shortage

Social work is defined as the professional activity of helping individuals, groups or communities enhance or restore their capacity for social functioning and creating societal conditions favorable to this goal.

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Related Topix: Bangor, ME, Opinion

Sun May 19, 2013

Kennebec Journal

Sebasticook to the sea: Alewives' perilous lives crucial to ecosystem, economy

Craig Mott, 36, center, the dock manager at the Friendship Lobster Co-Op, helps unload the day's lobster haul from the Miss Kylie in Friendship Harbor on Wednesday.

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Kennebec Journal

Maine Turnpike toll hike pays off

In the first six months since the Maine Turnpike Authority increased tolls at various spots along the 106-mile highway, revenue increased by 16 percent even as the number of cars on the turnpike dropped by 4 percent.

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Related Topix: South Portland, ME, New Gloucester, ME, Saco, ME

Kennebec Journal

'Laboratory in a can' monitors red tide off Maine

Red tide monitoring is going high-tech with a robotic "laboratory in a can." A garbage can-size canister was deployed in late April in the ocean waters off southern Maine to collect and transmit data about toxin-producing algae blooms, known as red tides, that show up in the Gulf of Maine each spring.

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Related Topix: CPU, Science / Technology

Kennebec Journal

Federal bill could boost local farmers' sales, even as it trims food-stamps benefits

Congress is preparing to debate major farm and food policy bills that would likely cut funding to programs used by many low-income Mainers but could separately provide a boost to Maine's thriving local foods movement.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Representative Chellie Pingree, Albion, ME, Waterville, ME, Life, Food, Nutrition

BroadwayWorld.com

Now Playing Onstage in Maine - Week of 5/19/2013

View All Show Listings for Maine Click Here to View BroadwayWorld.com Maine Calendar HAIKU, HIP HOP & HOT DOGS The Public Theatre 5/19-5/22/2013 The Public Theatre : - Click Here for More Information ALL SHOOK UP The Portland Players 5/17-6/2/2013 Click Here for More Information AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS Penobscot Theatre 5/15-6/2/2013 Bangor ... (more)

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WMTW-TV Auburn

EMS memorial to go up in Augusta

A new memorial is being erected to honor Maine emergency medical services personnel.

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Sun Journal

Elver fishermen flocking to the Penobscot River

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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Related Topix: Penobscot, ME, Bangor, ME, Brewer, ME, Wiscasset, ME

Sat May 18, 2013

WCSH 6 Portland

4 Maine community colleges hold commencements

Commencements are being held Saturday for graduates of Southern Maine Community College in South Portland, Kennebec Valley Community College in Fairfield, Northern Maine Community College in Presque Isle and York County Community College in Wells.

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Related Topix: South Portland, ME

SeacoastOnline

Health care showdown: Pressure mounts for Medicaid expansion

Jim Stott, co-owner of Stonewall Kitchen, left, speaks about once needing a bone marrow transfusion and wonders, if he didn't have health insurance at the time, what would have been the outcome.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Medicaid, Health, Health Insurance, US Politics, Ron Paul, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Governors, Paul LePage

State of Maine

Maine Unemployment Rate 6.9 Percent

Survey of Households - The preliminary seasonally adjusted unemployment rate estimate for Maine was 6.9 percent in April, down slightly from 7.1 percent in March and 7.3 percent one year ago.

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Related Topix: Cumberland County, ME

Herald Gazette

Spring Bird Walk

Spring Bird Walk on the Pleasant Point Nature Preserve, Cushing, led by Georges River Land Trust volunteer and Midcoast Maine Audubon Society former president Bill Goodwill.

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