June 18

Maine leaders try and fail to dilute recycling's success

'Product stewardship' regulations – even those with industry and bipartisan support – meet staunch resistance from, among others, a commissioner with former ties to corporate interests.

Political parties split in response to newspaper series
Efforts to reduce risks to kids run into a powerful foe
Sources describe a department under duress
The lobbyist in the henhouse: Whose interests is Maine’s DEP commissioner serving?

11:20 PM

STANLEY CUP FINALS: Bruins shut out Blackhawks, take 2-1 series lead

BOSTON (AP) — Tuukka Rask shut out the Chicago Blackhawks in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup finals on Monday night and got enough help from the Bruins' offense to do it without another exhausting overtime.

1:00 AM

Our View: Corporations win, Maine people lose under DEP regime

Corporations can hire lobbyists to fight for them and influence public policy.

7:52 PM

'Nashville' star Keith Carradine is Maine International Film Festival award winner

Award-winning actor, songwriter, and producer Keith Carradine will be honored at the 2013 Maine International Film Festival with the Mid-Life Achievement Award in July.

8:03 PM

SNAPSHOT: Water Street watercolor

Ned Reade, of Arlington, Vt., inspects a watercolor he painted Monday on Water Street in Hallowell.

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7:42 PM

Augusta rally calls for background checks on private gun sales

Judi Richardson, the mother of a woman shot in 2010 in Portland by someone who used a gun sold without a background check urged state and federal legislators Monday to require background checks for private gun sales.

12:23 AM

2 drivers killed Monday in Augusta Route 3 head-on crash

A head-on crash claims Laura Hall, 46, and Dean A. James, 45; James, who caused the crash by crossing the center line, was a convicted drug dealer.

11:59 PM

LePage vetoes bipartisan Medicaid expansion plan

The bill would extend health insurance to more than 60,000 low-income Mainers under the federal Affordable Care Act.
LePage's finance chief wants to avoid government shutdown

12:48 AM

Maine police: Cyclist probably fell into truck

Evidence indicates the rider was killed when he lost his balance while sipping water, police say.
Trek Across Maine riders pedal on in honor of cyclist

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7:16 PM

Kents Hill science teacher to take over as head of school

The Kents Hill School Board of Trustees, citing "personal and professional reasons," declined to renew Head of School Jeremy LaCasse's contract, naming teacher Patrick McInerney to the position.

7:11 PM

Augusta woman facing charges she hit boyfriend with a car

Dalene Louise Black, 31, of Augusta, is facing charges she intentionally hit her boyfriend with a car as he walked on a Gage Street sidewalk on Friday.

11:05 PM

2 Dresden men charged in Bath pharmacy robbery on Friday

Nicholas Alexander and Devin Alexander, both 23 and of Dresden, have been charged with conspiring to rob a Walgreens pharmacy in Bath on June 14.

10:49 PM

PHOTO: Playing for fund

Gov. Paul LePage tees off Monday during the 8th annual Marlee Johnston Golf Tournament at the Belgrade Lakes Golf Club.

4:27 PM

Winthrop announces summer concert series line-up

Winthrop's fourth annual concert series begins on Sunday.

Kennebec Journal Sports

STANLEY CUP FINALS: Bruins shut out Blackhawks, take 2-1 series lead

BOSTON (AP) — Tuukka Rask shut out the Chicago Blackhawks in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup finals on Monday night and got enough help from the Bruins' offense to do it without another ...

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'Nashville' star Keith Carradine is Maine International Film Festival award winner

Award-winning actor, songwriter, and producer Keith Carradine will be honored at the 2013 Maine International Film Festival with the Mid-Life Achievement Award in July.

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