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Cumberland County to review crashes involving pedestrians for potential prosecution

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Portland Teacher’s Union Urges Voters to Reject School Budget

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Independent bookstores are multiplying, although many people still think they’re dying out

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Allison Hill, CEO of the American Booksellers Association, is used to strangers expressing sympathy when they learn what she does for a living. "It's all so funny," she says. "When I tell them I run the trade association for independent stores, they'll say, 'It's just so sad that they're disappearing.'

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Cumberland County to review crashes involving pedestrians for potential prosecution

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Cumberland County is introducing tougher policies after recording the deadliest year for pedestrians in the county last year.

42 minutes ago in Local

Moped driver hospitalized after crashing into ditch in Harpswell

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A moped driver suffered serious injuries in a crash Tuesday afternoon in Harpswell.

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Portland Teacher’s Union Urges Voters to Reject School Budget

The Portland Education Association contends the $179 million budget is too top heavy