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Lakes Region Weekly News

  • Published
    November 6, 2013

    Motown founder Berry Gordy Jr. honored

    NEW YORK — Motown founder Berry Gordy recalls that when he first signed The Jackson 5, he sent them to live in a house in California – and the rowdy kids ended up getting kicked out and had to move in with him. Joked Gordy: “Be careful what you wish for.” On Monday, Marlon Jackson […]

  • Published
    November 6, 2013

    Probe continues into Maine tribe’s ex-finance director

    Charles Fourcloud’s past as a convicted embezzler resulted in his dismissal at Pleasant Point.

  • Published
    November 6, 2013

    Probe continues into Maine tribe’s ex-finance director

    Charles Fourcloud’s past as a convicted embezzler resulted in his dismissal at Pleasant Point.

  • Published
    November 6, 2013

    MaineCare dentists say minor clerical errors draw massive fines

    Some clinics face more than $200,000 in penalties under a new audit system that threatens to wipe out services for kids.

  • Published
    November 5, 2013

    Red Sox reach out to St. Louis in newspaper ad

    The full-page advertisement is titled ‘From one great baseball town to another,’ and lauds the Cardinals and their fans.

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  • Published
    November 4, 2013

    Hedge fund SAC Capital to pay $1.8 billion fraud penalty

    Federal prosecutors alleged the company earned hundreds of millions of dollars illegally for a decade by making trades based on insider information.

  • Published
    November 4, 2013

    Briefs

    ORLAND High school students sought for Legion’s speech contest The American Legion is looking for contestants to participate in its 2014 Constitutional Speech Contest. High school students in grades 9-12, of public schools, private schools, parochial schools, military schools, charter schools and home-schooled are invited to participate in the 2014 American Legion National School Oratorical […]

  • Published
    November 4, 2013

    Briefs

    ORLAND High school students sought for Legion’s speech contest The American Legion is looking for contestants to participate in its 2014 Constitutional Speech Contest. High school students in grades 9-12, of public schools, private schools, parochial schools, military schools, charter schools and home-schooled are invited to participate in the 2014 American Legion National School Oratorical […]

  • Published
    November 4, 2013

    Our View: Referendum wrong way to settle Congress Square issue

    The city of Portland may be on shaky legal ground, but on the issue of good government, it is correct.

  • Published
    November 4, 2013

    Group fights tax break for expansion of BIW

    Opponents say the project will be built anyway and won’t add jobs. The company says it needs the deal to stay competitive.