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Thursday, September 9, 2010
Drainage violations' cost unclear
CHELSEA -- Residents at a meeting Wednesday wanted to know how much it will cost to settle violations the town faces from the Department of Environmental Protection.
Jim Coffin of E.S. Coffin Engineering & Surveying Inc. in Chelsea called the meeting to present a strategy for the wetlands, which were drained during a culvert project that intended to stop the road from flooding.
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Strength of the team
AUGUSTA -- The right tackle crashes into the tackling dummy and drives it a few feet with the force and precision that's enough to make a coach smile.
The left tackle follows, and the dummy absorbs another blow.
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GORDON L. WEIL: Politicians make empty promises when they say they can create jobs
This is the week following Labor Day, so it is not surprising that the national focus is on jobs.
With many people either out of work or worried about keeping their jobs, political candidates are out-promising one another about job creation.
Candidates believe that the best platform is to promise that he or she knows how to create jobs, implying that those now in office don’t do it as well.
The bad news is that candidates are making empty promises....
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• MOVIE TIMES •
Regal Augusta 10 • Narrow Gauge Cinemas • Pittsfield Community Theater • The Strand Cinema • Skowhegan Drive-In • Railroad Square Cinema • Flagship Cinemas Waterville 8
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Opening Friday
A vegetable matter
Wayne Sherman, right, puts out a display of corn Wednesday with his son, Ryan, at the Litchfield Fair exhibition hall. The men, from Wales, were participating in judging local crafts and home-grown vegetables, which is part of the annual agricultural show. The fair, sponsored by the Litchfield Farmer's Club, opens Friday and runs through Sunday.
More >>Week 2 winners announced
Photo contest winners for week 2 are available. It's time to vote for your favorite entries in our weekly photo contest. Winners will be published on Monday, September13th. You also can enter photos now for Week Three of the contest now.
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Winthrop student gets 1 year in fire case
AUGUSTA -- The accused ringleader in a Feb. 21 blaze that leveled a vacant Manchester farmhouse pleaded guilty Wednesday to reduced charges.
Mitchell: Fund education with liquor profits
AUGUSTA -- Democratic gubernatorial candidate Libby Mitchell expects to announce today her education plan, which includes details of her proposal to renegotiate the state's liquor distribution agreement early to free up money for scholarship programs and other initiatives.
Poll gives LePage larger lead over competitors
AUGUSTA -- New poll results released Wednesday show Republican gubernatorial nominee Paul LePage leading the pack with 43 percent of the vote, an increase of five percentage points from a poll taken a month ago.
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Waterville City Council tables marijuana issue
WATERVILLE -- City councilors voted Tuesday to table indefinitely a request to ask the Planning Board to advise them on an appropriate location for marijuana dispensaries.
Typos delay Mt. Vernon sex business rules
MOUNT VERNON -- What does it take to fix two typographical errors?
BP scatters blame for rig blast, spill
WASHINGTON -- An internal investigation released by BP on Wednesday concluded that a series of mechanical and human failures by its own crews and its contractors led to the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, which killed 11 men and set in motion one of the world's worst oil spills.
Election races lack paperwork
Pot dispensary siting law eyed
Boosting employee health benefits draws public ire
Drug take-back program
MaineLyme focused on raising awareness of tick-borne disease
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Uncle challenges nephew's account of shooting at Togus
Affidavit: Man admits shooting his girlfriend
Kennebec Journal Sports
Strength of the team
AUGUSTA -- The right tackle crashes into the tackling dummy and drives it a few feet with the force and precision that's enough to make a coach smile.
Real Life
FOALING AROUND: Mountain View Arabians gain worldwide recognition
MADISON -- Laurie Emery washed clean one of her Arabian yearling colts in the morning recently, but a few hours later he was covered in mud from playing with his water bowl.
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Gilman Place project progressing
WATERVILLE -- Construction is in full swing to turn the former Gilman Street School into 35 affordable apartments.
News from the Press Herald
Murder suspect describes shooting amid pot plants
Joseph P. Green told police that he fired to stop the theft of marijuana, found the body later and moved it.
Nation & World
Obama: Emanuel would be 'terrific' Chicago mayor
President Barack Obama says his chief of staff would make a "terrific mayor" of Chicago. But Obama says he expects Rahm Emanuel to hold off on deciding whether to enter the race until after the midterm elections. Emanuel has long expressed interest in running for Chicago mayor one day. The job came open when longtime Mayor R ...
The State v. Daniel Fortune
Daniel L. Fortune, 22, of Augusta, is one of two men accused of invading the home of the Guerrette family in May 2008 and maiming a father and his daughter in a machete attack.
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