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Curtailment order hits education sector hardest

AUGUSTA, Maine — Gov. John Baldacci ordered more than $63 million in midyear budget cuts Friday in a curtailment order that heavily targets state funding for education and social services programs. more

By Kevin Miller
BDN Staff | 11/21/09 | 493 views

Authorities charge man with Medway arson

MEDWAY, Maine - Authorities charged a local man Friday with arson in connection with the latest of what police describe as four intentionally set fires in town. The man is the latest of seven arson … more

By Nick Sambides Jr.
BDN Staff | 11/20/09 | 1324 views

Maine governor orders $63M in department cutbacks

AUGUSTA, Maine — Gov. John Baldacci ordered Maine state departments Friday to curtail spending by $63 million to make sure the budget is balanced. Baldacci issued the order for the fiscal year … more

By The Associated Press
| 11/20/09 | 2272 views

Maine highway deaths remain below record

AUGUSTA, Maine — Safety officials say Maine’s highway death toll for the year remains below 2008, which was the safest year on the state’s roads since 1959. According to the Bureau of … more

By The Associated Press
| 11/20/09 | 82 views

Fleeing driver dies in crash on Maine Turnpike

LEWISTON, Maine — State police say a high-speed chase on the Maine Turnpike ended when the car they were chasing crashed and burst into flames, killing the driver. The driver, who police say is … more

By The Associated Press
| 11/20/09 | 2425 views

Glitch snarls air traffic nationwide

ATLANTA — For the second time in a little more than a year, a glitch at one of the two centers that handle flight plans for the nation’s air travel system set off delays and cancellations for … more

By Harry R. Weber and Joan Lowy
The Associated Press | 11/20/09 | 753 views

Panel probes Fort Hood attack

WASHINGTON — The Senate hearing Thursday on the Fort Hood shooting began with questions about how federal agencies can cooperate to identify and prevent extremist behavior and unraveled to … more

By Kase Wickman
Boston University Washington News Service | 11/20/09 | 621 views

New budget woes may shut down rural courthouses

AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine’s chief justice said Thursday that she is hopeful the judicial branch can find ways to weather the next round of deep budget cuts without closing courthouses in rural areas … more

By Kevin Miller
BDN Staff | 11/20/09 | 1530 views

Flu vaccine slow getting to Maine

Fewer than two-thirds of the very highest-priority Mainers — children and pregnant women — have been vaccinated against the H1N1 flu, largely due to the national shortage of vaccine, according to … more

By Meg Haskell
BDN Staff | 11/20/09 | 1247 views

Keeping hope alive, Milo woman hopes DNA will find sibling

MILO, Maine — Dorothy Brown sees her little brother Freddie Holmes in her mind every day. In the vision, his tiny arms are outstretched as he cries “tookie,” his way of asking her to take him … more

By Diana Bowley
BDN Staff | 11/20/09 | 4726 views