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Every so often, a well-respected, often bipartisan or nonpartisan group gets together to outline a vision for Maine and to set goals for achieving that vision.

ORTLAND, Maine - One of the first encampments inspired by the Occupy Wall Street movement is well on its way to being dismantled, though Portland officials decided Monday to allow campers another four days to remove 16 tents that remained on Monday.

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Heating prices rose again last week to a statewide average of $3.71 per gallon, more than a dollar per gallon more than consumers paid last winter.

As part of a gallery program that highlights Maine artists, Thos. Moser Cabinetmakers will host a group show "Viewpoints" featuring new work by Midcoast artists Eric Hopkins and Colin Page, as well as James Mullen; and also presenting Carl Little's newest book, "Eric Hopkins:A Above and Beyond." The public is invited to an opening reception for the ... (more)

Medicaid spending is a matter of urgency almost everywhere in the country right now, but in few places is the urgency as palpable as it is here, where the governor refers to the federal-state health insurance program for the poor as "welfare," says it's necessary to eliminate coverage for 65,000 adults, and wants to stop paying room and board for ... (more)

The value of the state's seafood harvest ranges from $350 million to $450 million each year and contributes three or four times that much in economic activity to Maine.

The caucuses won't conclude until next weekend, when the winner of what is essentially a presidential preference straw poll will be announced in Portland.

A Buxton, Maine, climber is OK after being rescued in New Hampshire's mountains.

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About Us Last Updated: Feb 5, 2012 - 12:21:33 AM Millinocket, East Millinocket, Medway, and all of Maine! Staff Login Several days ago as I left a meeting at our church, I desperately gave myself a personal TSA pat down.

As the state and national primary season continues, over 20 towns in Penobscot County will comprise a so-called 'super caucus' at Husson University, where they will attend to party business, elect state convention delegates and take a pulse of county GOPers favorite presidential candidates.

Brent Cote of Nashua, N.H., flares out as he comes to a stop at the Maine Adaptive Sports & Recreation lodge at Sunday River in Newry.

Baron Wormser has been possibly the steadiest voice we've had over the last 30 years of poetry in Maine.

Anne Dobson lives in Saco, Maine. She was born in Hartford, Maine during the famous blizzard of 1943 and was raised in Pittsfield as a child.

With 30 rural Maine post offices facing potential closure and nationwide service cutbacks looming, some local postal service employees and activists are attempting to ratchet up pressure on Congress to rescind a law they insist is causing the agency's financial woes .

Caucus participants in Maine, beginning Saturday, have a week to voice their support for their preferred candidates for the Republican presidential nominee against President Obama .

YORK, Maine - York County Shelter Programs does not expect to make up the $31,000 in lost county funding through increased donations from towns.