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DOWNTOWN BELIEVER: Louanne Manter owns and operates Downtown Gifts & Crafts on Water Street in Augusta. See storyDowntown remains optimistic
AUGUSTA -- The announcement this week that Unisys Corporation is bringing 50 to 60 jobs to downtown Augusta is another sign that gives city officials optimism for the area.
Collins: Detecting 'home-grown terrorists' difficult
WASHINGTON -- An extremist in the United States has the right to hold his or her beliefs, can use the Internet to connect with others and access extremist materials, and can freely travel the world. These and other freedoms are precisely why home-grown terrorism is so difficult to track in the United States, according to U.S. Sen. Susan Collins.
Recession over? Don't tell the hungry
The numbers keep growing at Stone Soup Food Pantry in Biddeford.
UMA coming to downtown
AUGUSTA -- The University of Maine at Augusta is preparing to accept the donation of a downtown Augusta building.
Insurance on increase for Maine employers
It's a point of pride for John Lambert, co-owner of the Lambert, Coffin, Haenn law firm in Portland and Bangor, that his company pays the full health insurance premium for 37 covered employees. Even in a recession, many business owners say, good benefits help keep good workers.
A chance to cash in
NBC NEWS FLASH: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Ramzi Bin al-Shibh, Walid bin Attash, Ali Abdul Aziz Ali and Mustafa Ahmed al-Hawsawi will soon be tried in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District in New York. Good.
AUGUSTA Angel again watching over women's home
AUGUSTA -- The restored, rose-shaped angel window lights up the lives of residents in St. Mark's Home for Women.
Credit card fees bumped up at Registry of Deeds
AUGUSTA -- Kennebec County Registry of Deeds officials say they're still ahead in revenue from where they were a year ago, in spite of a surcharge of more than 3 percent on records paid for with a credit card.
PUMP up the JAM
HALLOWELL -- It's Sunday night.
Palermo subdivision ready for review
PALERMO -- The Planning Board will begin considering a plan for a 10-lot subdivision on Plummer Road at its next meeting.
Legal site designed for vets
PORTLAND -- When a veteran faces foreclosure on his home, there are specific federal laws that apply to the process -- law that are different from those that apply to civilians.
BRIEFS
PALERMO -- The roads advisory committee will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the Town Office for continued discussion of the 2010 budget, after Saturday's Budget Committee meeting and continued work on a grant application for Banton Road work.
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