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Sebasticook to the sea: Alewives' perilous lives crucial to ecosystem Several photos included in this story

Like the alewives themselves, the money traded for the fish is passed up and down the Sebasticook and all along Maine's coast.

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USM heads to Division III World Series

The Huskies shut out Endicott 9-0 to win the New England Regional championship.

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: Flyin' Hawaiian

Chris "Flyin' Hawaiian" Thompson, of Windsor, rides in the bowl in the Augusta Skate Park during the Maine Sk8 Series Jam on Saturday, in Augusta.

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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.

Understaffed, undersized and under siege: Riverview hospital struggles with safety

Several photos included in this story Data the Kennebec Journal received through a records request show the total number of injuries reported at Riverview is the highest it's been in three years, though lower than in years before that.
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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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Jefferson voters take first pass at budget, decide on dam purchase Tuesday

Jefferson rresidents on Tuesday will consider approval of the school budget that will appear on the June ballot and whether to take ownership of the contentious Clary Lake dam.

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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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    USM heads to Division III World Series

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