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VASSALBORO -- An excavator scooped up piles of burnt rubble. The debris was dumped into a truck and piled into big, deep holes in the ground, where it would later be buried.
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A family member of the victim testified that the accused first fired at him.
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The Legislature's Health and Human Services Committee split on a bill to require cell phones to carry warnings they may cause brain cancer.
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Carrabec High School in North Anson and Madison Area High School will be eligible for a piece of $12 million in federal school-improvement funds after making a list of Maine's 10 "persistently lowest-achieving" schools.
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A former Augusta man is being held in California after the suspicious deaths of a central Maine couple there.
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AUGUSTA -- Former President Bill Clinton sent out a fundraising appeal Tuesday on behalf of Senate President Elizabeth Mitchell -- a high-profile endorsement in a gubernatorial primary that features seven Democrats.
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NORRIDGEWOCK -- Two separate fires destroyed one home and damaged another Tuesday morning.
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SKOWHEGAN -- It has been a year since the state Fire Marshal's Office told the town it would have to install a sprinkler system for fire suppression in the historic Skowhegan Opera House or face a possible end to concerts there.
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AUGUSTA -- The union that represents 25,000 Maine school employees called on legislators again Tuesday to raise taxes to prevent $34 million in cuts proposed for state education funding.
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STRONG -- Geneva Wood Fuels faces up to $27,000 in work-related safety fines, according to an announcement Tuesday from the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
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AUGUSTA — The Legislature's Health and Human Services Committee split on a bill to require cell phones to carry warnings they may cause brain cancer.
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AUGUSTA -- A Waterville man pleaded guilty Tuesday to beating up his girlfriend in front of a 5-year-old.
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SMITHFIELD -- Town elections and the annual town meeting will be held Saturday, at the Municipal Building at 926 Village Road.
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NEWPORT -- A 17-year-old faces charges that he sold marijuana to students at Nokomis Regional High School and at his workplace, police said Tuesday.