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Low-interest loans available for Lewiston fire victims
LePage says the Small Business Administration has approved his request for emergency low-interest disaster loans, which will be made available to property owners, residents and other local businesses affected by the ...
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Justice says F. Lee Bailey should be granted law license
Celebrity lawyer F. Lee Bailey has been cleared to practice law in Maine. Supreme Court Justice Donald Alexander revisited an order from April to address Bailey’s tax debt with the government. On Friday, he said Bailey’s tax litigation should not stand in the way of his being admitted to the bar. His decision was delayed, however, in the event that the Board of Bar Examiners chooses ...
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Trek Across Maine ride takes somber turn after cyclist killed
- Participants in the Trek Across Maine woke up early Saturday morning to begin the second day of their journey, which took an early tragic turn Friday morning when a cyclist was killed by a ...
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Utility worker dies of apparent electrocution
NEW LIMERICK, Maine (AP) - Maine State Police say a utility worker has died after apparently being electrocuted by exposed power lines in New ...
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Maine Turnpike in Falmouth reopens
From staff reports FALMOUTH - The Maine Turnpike reopened shortly before midnight after crews from Central Maine Power Co. replaced two utility poles that were slumping toward the highway. The turnpike was closed between exits 52 and 53 shortly after 10 p.m. and reopened about 11:55 p.m. The poles began falling over during the day on Saturday, Maine Turnpike Authority spokesman Dan Morin said, ...
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Enforcement dispute jeopardizes future of county drug court
For more than a dozen years, the Cumberland County Drug Court program has provided an alternative to incarceration, helping convicted felons overcome drug addiction and re-establish themselves as productive members of ...
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Maine fun-run promoters race to cash in on fitness craze
Participants are doused in orange-tinted cornstarch during The Color Run in South Portland earlier this month. It is one of several in Maine this year being put on by for-profit companies, reflecting a national trend. Some worry that the fun runs will compete for participants with traditional local road ...
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Maine Company Reclaims Sunken Logs
jhall@pressherald.com Staff Writer MILLINOCKET - Quakish Lake is far from the trading floors of the New York Stock Exchange. And Tom Shafer, co-founder of Maine Heritage Timber Co., couldn't be happier with his new job ...
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