Mainers troop to a Boston rally to show support for ‘the principles of liberty’ and seek inspiration from Sarah Palin.
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Mainers find kindred spirits at Tea Party rally
BOSTON — Saturday Night Live alum Victoria Jackson has just left the stage, after singing a few songs and entertaining the crowd of roughly 1,500 still on the Boston Common, gathered for the Tea Party Express rally. The rally was scheduled to end at 1 p.m. It began at about 10, and featured former Alaska […]
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Expert links businesses to Haiti aid
Darcy Pierce explores the quake-damaged areas to assess how Maine companies can assist with rebuilding.
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Analysis: Obama victory tour seeks to build support
PORTLAND — President Obama took a victory lap in Maine on Thursday, riding the passage of health care reform with confidence, joking easily with thousands of supporters, gently mocking detractors and laying out his administration’s next steps. He showed the same energy, enthusiasm and momentum he had when he came to Maine after his victory […]
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Free tickets? Priceless.
Passes to see President Obama in Portland today are snapped up in short order after long waits.
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High water breachesdam in Oxford County
PORTER — State and local officials continue to monitor flood waters following the breach of a small dam on Colcord Pond. A metal door on the dam gave way at about 9 a.m., according to Oxford County emergency officials. The flood waters seriously damaged the rural Colcord Pond Road, undercutting the asphalt and making the […]
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Saco Middle School locked down
A reported house burglar in the area leads to the lockdown.
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Man charged withsmuggling drugs at jail
County corrections staff became suspicious when a Biddeford man requested to be kept in a specific unit of the jail.
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Mentors return to Kennedy Parkto aid scholars
Two women who grew up in the housing project now run the study center there.
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State gives unenrolled candidates some hope
Eliot Cutler, seen as the lone independent Blaine House contender, aims for Maine’s base of unaffiliated voters.