8:22 PM

James Gandolfini, star of 'The Sopranos', dead at 51

The oft-praised actor had a stroke while in Italy, according to HBO.

6:29 PM

Former Somerset County sheriff’s deputy gets four years for unlawful sexual contact

Horace Barstow, 67, of Norridgewock, a former Somerset County sheriff’s deputy and husband of a daycare owner, pleaded guilty Wednesday to four counts of unlawful sexual contact with children under the age of 14.

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Yesterday at 11:26 PM

MLB: Gomes home run lifts Red Sox to doubleheader sweep

BOSTON (AP) — Jonny Gomes hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning to lift the Boston Red Sox to a 3-1 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday, completing a doubleheader sweep.

1:00 AM

Our View: Minimum wage boost would help teen fathers

Public discussion of teenage parenthood often leaves teenage fathers on the sidelines. Policymaking, research, media coverage and services generally focus on young mothers and the problems they face as they negotiate both adolescence and child-rearing. Young fathers, meanwhile, are stigmatized as self-centered, irresponsible and unconcerned with their children's needs.

May 31

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Yesterday at 8:21 PM

STILL LIFE: Summer reading

The McAlpine children beat the heat by grabbing a book and reading on a hammock in the shade at their home in Waterville on Monda. From left are Jenna, Iain and Audrey.

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 8:18 PM

Maine Legislature passes well-diluted gun-control bill

Aimed at encouraging background checks before private sales, the bill faces a likely LePage veto.
VoteTRAC: Private gun sales background checks

8:15 PM

Somerset County budget gains approval Wednesday

Somerset County commissioners approved the county budget for 2013-14 Wednesday, with just one change to the original draft submitted by the Budget Committee.

7:57 PM

3 arrested in Waterville drug bust

Several photos included in this story WATERVILLE -- Three people made initial court appearances Wednesday after police on Tuesday raided a Ticonic Street apartment and seized drugs with a street value of about $40,000.

8:16 PM

E.B. White's endless summer still endures in Belgrade

Several photos included in this story Images of author E.B. White's Maine linger, and still hold true today, on the eve of summer.

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7:40 PM

Towns across Maine make plans for loss of revenue sharing

Towns across central Maine are preparing for the loss of municipal revenue sharing from the state by passing the burden on to taxpayers, withdrawing from the undesignated fund balance or cutting services.
Database: Potential municipal revenue sharing losses, FY 14

7:04 PM

Harpswell woman takes koi fish fight to Maine's highest court

A Harpswell woman is taking her fight to keep her koi fish to the state Supreme Court in an effort to make the invasive species legal in Maine.

5:54 PM

U.S. tries saving Taliban talks after Karzai objects 


The Afghan president is angered when the Taliban casts its new office in Qatar as a rival Afghan embassy.

 7:55 PM

Eliot Cutler calls for Maine election changes

The independent gubernatorial candidate wants his opponents to support a run-off election or ranked-choice voting to ensure the winner gets at least 50 percent of the vote.

Sports from the Morning Sentinel

NE BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME: Lawrence's McGee was a good player, too

When the New England Basketball Hall of Fame let Mike McGee know he would be inducted as a member of the Class of 2013, it was easy to think McGee was entering the Hall as a high s ...

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