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An aerial photo, taken March 18, 2012, shows First Wind's 60-megawatt Rollins Wind project, eight miles east of Lincoln.

First Wind satisfied with electricity output in 2011, spokesman says

Maine’s four First Wind industrial wind sites generated about 27 to 37 percent of their capacity in 2011 — and thereby performed within wind industry ...

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Group of RSU 20 parents looking to add more local foods to school district’s menu

BELFAST, Maine — With 80 farmers growing fruits, vegetables and raising meat within 30 miles of RSU 20, the Belfast-area school district, a group of ...

Heather Turcotte, a nurse at St. Mary's Regional Medical Center, listens to Sandi Croft of College for ME — Androscoggin as Turcotte registered her daughter for kindergarten at Sherwood Heights Elementary School in Auburn on Friday. Turcotte has an associate degree, but has been considering going back to college for a bachelor's degree.

Auburn parents get college counseling at kindergarten registration

AUBURN, Maine — Heather Hill, 34, came to Sherwood Heights Elementary School on Friday to register her son, Elliott, for kindergarten. She didn’t know she’d ...

The Marine Corps League's Wiliam Jones Jr. (left) and Reginald Early demonstrate the proper folding of the flag during an Armed Forces Day ceremony at the Bangor International Airport, on Saturday, May 19, 2012. The Maine Troop Greeters held an open house to commemorate the day and to mark the ninth year of their greeting members of the armed forces at the airport.

Maine Troop Greeters gather on Armed Forces Day, celebrate 9th anniversary

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A 5-foot-tall robot controlled by police was being used to investigate a suspicious package inside a mailbox on Federal Street in downtown Portland on Saturday, May 19, 2012.

Beeping cellphone causes bomb scare in Portland

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A line of buses on display at the Saturday, May 19, 2012 celebration of Cyr bus company's 100th anniversary. About 500 people, including government representatives, local officials, employees past and present and their families, turned out for the event over the course of the afternoon, according to Joseph Cyr.

Cyr company celebrates century of service stretching from horses to school buses

Painters put the finishing touches on the eastern end of the West Street Hotel in downtown Bar Harbor on Saturday, May 19, 2012. Ocean Properties, which owns the hotel, is scrapping plans to build a parking deck along Rodick Street but hopes to work out an agreement to build one on town-owned land directly behind the hotel. The firm hopes to open the hotel, which has been under construction for nearly two years, next month for its inaugural season.

Bar Harbor hotel firm changes parking deck plans

Crew of the m/v Fairlift offloads the 285-ton, 345,000-volt autotransformer at the Sprague Companys Portland Terminal in Portland on Saturday, May 12, 2012.

285-ton Central Maine Power transformer to be moved along highway

Hundreds of Harleys roll into Hermon to raise funds for Camp CaPella

HERMON, Maine — As many as 200 motorcycle enthusiasts from ...

Cianbro Corp. CEO Peter Vigue (left) and Bangor City Council Chairman Cary Weston look on as ceremonial steel beam is lifted into place on the new Bangor Arena in April 2012.

Cianbro’s attention to safety impresses OSHA representatives

Lewiston call center laying off 181

LEWISTON, Maine — Nearly 200 people working at the call ...

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‘Flat Stanley’ illustrator sparks creativity as dinner guest

88 students graduate from University of Maine School of Law

PORTLAND, Maine — Eighty-eight students are getting their law degrees ...

The State House is seen Thursday, May 17, 2012, in Augusta. State legislators have turned their attention from lawmaking to campaigning with the close of the legislative session. Nearly a third of all seats we become vacant for Novembers election.

Legislators turn focus from lawmaking to campaigning with close of session

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Optimizer (right) with exercise rider Joel Cano (atop) is led off the field by trainer Wayne Lukas (left) before the 137th Preakness Stakes horse race at Pimlico Race Course on Saturday, May 19, 2012, in Baltimore.

Pictures of the Day: Saturday, May 19, 2012

Alaska Airlines Capt. Trent Davey (right) and first officer Andy Kullick (left) hold up a 55-pound Copper River king salmon on Friday, May 18, 2012, as the annual first air shipment of the prized salmon arrived from Alaska early Friday morning in Seattle. Copper River salmon are prized for their high oil content and flavor. They typically bring the highest prices at restaurants and fish markets.

Pictures of the Day: Friday, May 18, 2012

Bunny Gibson plays the role of Selma Broadwick during dress rehearsal of the original play "The Skylight Club" at the Hammond Street Senior Center in Bangor on Thursday, May 17, 2012.

Putting on an original musical makes these seniors feel young again

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Austin Merando of Belfast, a 7th-grader at Troy Howard Middle School, spends a lot of time working in his school's garden. He said he thinks it will be a good thing if the RSU 20 school district serves more locally grown food.

Group of RSU 20 parents looking to add more local foods to school district’s menu

Beeping cellphone causes bomb scare in Portland

Ex-teacher walks path of Jesus in chaplaincy; earns degree from Bangor seminary

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Moosehead fisheries efforts paying dividends

Tim Obrey and his fisheries colleagues in the Moosehead Lake region have spent the past several years addressing a problem with no easy solution. There ...

Opinion

Supporters of same-sex marriage practice role playing as they hone their persuasion skills at the Equality Maine campaign office in Brewer on Tuesday, May 15, 2012.

The course of gay marriage

Maine and the country as a whole are closely divided on the subject of same-sex marriage. But polls show there is a growing percentage of ...

Sports

John Bapst Memorial High School first baseman Dan Davis can't get a handle on a wide throw from the infield as Presque Isle's Isaac Lajoie jumps over him on his way to second base in the second inning of their game in Bangor, Saturday, May 19, 2012.

Norton, Nunez pitch Presque Isle to sweep of John Bapst

BANGOR, Maine — It was a long-awaited showdown between the top two teams in the Penobscot Valley Conference Class B baseball ranks Saturday. And surely ...

Health & Fitness

Food allergies: On the rise and, for some, life-threatening

You probably know someone with a food allergy. Studies have shown that the prevalence of food allergies among children increased by nearly 20 percent from ...