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    April 1, 2011

    Portland forum to focus on labor mural

    The public event at the Portland Museum Art will be co-sponsored by Colby, Bates, and Bowdoin college art museums, and the Maine College of Art.

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    April 1, 2011

    Panel subpoenas ex-turnpike chief Violette

    Paul Violette will likely assert his constitutional right against self-incrimination, his attorney says.

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    April 1, 2011

    Former Red Sox GM Lou Gorman dies

    "All he wanted to do was make it to Opening Day."

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    April 1, 2011

    State offices closed for snow

     AUGUSTA — Maine state government offices are closed today because of the snow.  Kennebec County offices and municipal offices opened but were closing earlier than usual.

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    April 1, 2011

    Mainer misses out on BMW on ‘Martha Stewart’

    Kendra Lord was one of the five finalists in the Simply ReMarthable contest.

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    April 1, 2011

    Most of Northeast more wet than white

    But in northern New England, the snowfall dramatically changes the landscape after a relatively snow-free March.

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    April 1, 2011

    Somerset County police logs

    Friday's police beat

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    April 1, 2011

    Unemployment falls to two-year low

    WASHINGTON — The unemployment rate fell to a two-year low of 8.8 percent in March and companies added workers at the fastest two-month pace since before the recession began. The Labor Department reported today that the economy added 216,000 new jobs last month, offsetting layoffs by local governments. Factories, retailers, education, health care and an […]

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    April 1, 2011

    Schools close as late storm hits Maine, NH and Vt.

    PORTLAND — Hundreds of schools and businesses across Maine, New Hampshire and parts of Vermont are taking a late season snow day as yet yet another snow storm moves across the region. The National Weather Service says the heaviest snow is falling across parts of coastal Maine and New Hampshire. Meteorologist Mike Kistner at the […]

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    April 1, 2011

    Medical marijuana facility opens in Frenchville

      FRENCHVILLE — Maine’s first medical marijuana facility has opened in Frenchville near the Canadian border. WLBZ-TV in Bangor says the Safe Alternatives dispensary on Route 1 is also the first facility of its kind on the East Coast. It looks like a typical house and has no signs. It does have video cameras and […]