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Kaci Hickox and boyfriend, Ted Wilbur, take questions about Maine's quarantine policy outside Wilbur's home in Fort Kent on Wednesday.

News

Nurse emerges from Ebola quarantine to speak to media under police watch

Kaci Hickox, who treated Ebola patients in West Africa, says she is fighting a state quarantine order on behalf of 'other aid workers coming back every day.'

Local & State

Skowhegan Rite Aid robbery suspect nabbed

Police took a man into custody an hour after a robber demanded drugs and threatened to do bodily harm to employees.
News

Central Maine reaction: Ebola concerns over Maine nurse

Residents of the Augusta and Waterville area are asked whether they're worried about the nurse who treated patients in Africa with Ebola.
Politics

Angus King switches endorsement from Cutler to Michaud

The independent senator announces his decision on the same day that Eliot Cutler urges Mainers to 'vote their conscience' in the gubernatorial election.
News

Cutler staying in race, insists Mainers should ‘vote their conscience’

The independent candidate for governor says he detests the notion of releasing voters and plans to keep campaigning through Election Day.
Local & State

Monmouth cemetery road rage damage to be repaired

The mother and daughter accused of ramming into each other's vehicles in the cemetery 13 months ago both pleaded guilty Wednesday to criminal mischief.
Local & State

Vassalboro’s Old Mill ready for fright night

Volunteers have spent the past month preparing the former American Woolen Co. mill in Vassalboro for Halloween.
Girls' Soccer

Hall-Dale girls stun top-seeded Madison

The Bulldogs advanced to the Western C quarterfinals with a 2-1 win in overtime.
Football

Robinson carries on family’s Bulldogs tradition

The second-generation Lawrence standout plays wherever he's needed on the football field.

Schools and Education

Windsor, Palermo voters to decide on RSU 12 withdrawal
Factions in both towns are divided on conflicting concerns about cost, quality and local control.
Schools and Education

Fairfield school board member Spaulding quits
Local Elections

Somerset County Jail tops issues in county commissioner race
News

Hagel approves 21-day Ebola quarantine for troops
Local & State

Waterville mayoral candidates debate Thursday
Local & State

Franklin County firefighters to work on grants, group purchasing, training
House

Incumbent faces House challenge in Madison, Norridgewock, Solon
Local & State

Two seek Oakland Town Council seat
Local & State

Kennebec Journal Oct. 29 police log
Local & State

Morning Sentinel Oct. 29 police log
News

Think tank reduces Maine’s business standing four notches
News

Judge dismisses part of free-speech suit against Portland
News

FairPoint cites spike in vandalism of its equipment
News12:59 AM

Quarantined nurse emerges, plans legal fight if state gets court order

Capitol Ticker

Confusion reigns after Cutler conference

Gubernatorial candidate Eliot Cutler’s defiant statements Wednesday were, at times, seemingly contradictory, writes Steve Mistler.

Columns

Amy Calder

Staff photo by Michael G. Seamans
Mark Gould, 61, background, tends to his goats Tuesday at his Norman Road farm in Sidney. Gould’s goats have been escaping to land beside Interstate 95 through a state-built fence.

Creature Features

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Maureen Milliken

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J.P. Devine

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Yesterday at 9:13 PM

Franklin County firefighters to work on grants, group purchasing, training

About 50 county officials gathered Wednesday night to seek solutions to declining volunteerism and shrinking budgets.

Yesterday at 11:15 AM

Hagel approves 21-day Ebola quarantine for troops

President Obama has made clear he feels the military's situation is different from that of civilians, in part because troops are not in West Africa by choice.

Yesterday at 9:13 PM

Franklin County firefighters to work on grants, group purchasing, training

About 50 county officials gathered Wednesday night to seek solutions to declining volunteerism and shrinking budgets.

October 28

Maine falls 4 places in business-tax rating

A general sales tax increase enacted last year drops the overall national ranking to No. 33.

Yesterday at 4:36 AM

OUR OPINION: Augusta voters should approve charter change

The superintendent residency requirement makes it harder to find the right person to run the city's school department.

Yesterday at 4:00 AM

Castellanos a good person who cares about people

Yesterday at 4:00 AM

We’ll rid roads of campaign trash, host Blaine House Saturday nights

Retirement and benefits change will give legislators and governor same package as state employees.

Yesterday at 9:35 PM

Maranacook girls soccer upsets St. Dom’s

The Black Bears march on in the Western C tournament thanks to a 1-0 win over the Saints Wednesday.

Democrat Steve Aucoin makes a point while Republican Nick Isgro and Councilor Karen Rancourt-Thomas, D-Ward 7, listen during the Oct. 17 debate between Waterville’s three mayoral candidates. The three face off again Thursday night at Thomas College.

Yesterday at 8:57 PM

Waterville mayoral candidates debate Thursday

Nick Isgro, Steve Aucoin and Karen Rancourt-Thomas get a last chance to make their pitch to the public in a forum sponsored by the Morning Sentinel and Thomas College.

Yesterday at 8:57 PM

Waterville mayoral candidates debate Thursday

Nick Isgro, Steve Aucoin and Karen Rancourt-Thomas get a last chance to make their pitch to the public in a forum sponsored by the Morning Sentinel and Thomas College.