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Lawmakers hold emergency meeting to address DHHS funding, shut out LePage

Gov. Paul LePage makes a surprise appearance at the meeting but isn't allowed to speak.

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Bruins top Rangers, 5-2, in Game 2

Boston leads the playoff series, 2-0.

May 16

BOOKS: Fears drive the satirical ‘Odds Against Tomorrow’

Mitchell Zukor is a disaster waiting to happen — and waiting for disasters to happen to himself and the rest of us.

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SNAPSHOT: Day of Caring

Nancy Voisine, left, and Cony High students Christina Claudel and Rebecca Coniff clean up a flower bed on Thursday at the Kennebec Valley Garden Club park in Augusta.

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Pre-K programs grow, even as school districts make difficult cuts

Several photos included in this story Even as school officials have made cuts elsewhere and overall enrollment has declined by 3.6 percent since 2009-10, the number of children enrolled in pre-kindergarten in eight Augusta-area school districts has risen 11.5 percent, from 486 in 2009-10 to 542 this year.

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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.

7:54 PM

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

Several photos included in this story Like the alewives themselves, the money traded for the fish is passed up and down the Sebasticook River and all along Maine's coast.

6:32 PM

Family means the most to Wayne Cane's second-ever recipient

Priscilla Stevenson, 95, is just the second person to be awarded the Wayne Cane, the town's version of the Boston Post Cane, since the tribute began in 2008.

6:47 PM

Leeds teen injured in spectacular Wayne rollover accident Sunday

A Leeds teen was injured Sunday in a spectacular crash on Route 219 in Wayne that sent her sport utility vehicle hurtling end-over-end.

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    Hallowell, state officials to field Water Street reconstruction questions Wednesday

    Hallowell and Maine Department of Transportation officials are inviting residents and business owners to a public forum Wednesday to learn more about the planned reconstruction of Water Street.

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    Fallen heroes honored at Waterville wreath-laying Sunday

    About 50 veterans, firefighters, police officers, Knights of Columbus, Elks and others turned out for a wreath-laying ceremony in Waterville Sunday, during which uniformed officials laid wreaths at stones representing their respective groups.

    5:58 PM

    RSU 2 withdrawal subject of Monmouth referendum June 11

    Monmouth voters will decide once and for all whether they favor remaining with Regional School Unit 2 or withdrawing and returning to a town-run school system.

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    From a stranger's kindness, a better world is in our ken

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    Four arrested following twin fracases in downtown Waterville Sunday

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    6:01 PM

    Burgeoning Bull Moose plans Waterville expansion to former Mr. Paperback digs

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    Bruins top Rangers, 5-2, in Game 2

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    BOOKS: Fears drive the satirical ‘Odds Against Tomorrow’

    Mitchell Zukor is a disaster waiting to happen — and waiting for disasters to happen to himself and the rest of us.

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