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Senate passes hospital bill, then vetoed by Gov. LePage

AUGUSTA, Maine (NEWS CENTER) - Governor LePage has publicly vetoed the hospital bill after the Maine Senate passed it 20 to 15.Just before signing the veto, LePage read out his veto message. Governor LePage also said after, he will work out of the Blaine ... [Published WLBZ 2 - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Maine Senate

First reported 22 hours ago - Updated 22 hours ago - 1 reports

Memorial for Nichole Cable grows outside Glenburn home

GLENBURN, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Since Monday night, family and friends of 15-year old Nichole Cable have laid flowers, stuffed animals and other tokens in her memory outside her home in Glenburn. The site has become a tribute and healing place for those ... [Published WLBZ 2 - 22 hours ago]

Entities: Memory, Police

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

"FAST" Signs of Stroke

PORTLAND, Maine (NEWS CENTER) - Every 40 seconds, someone in the United States suffers from a stroke. Every 4 minutes, someone dies from one. That fatality rate is extremely high, but some fatalities can be prevented, if caught in time.That's why the ... [Published WLBZ 2 - May 22 2013]

Entities: first responders, Morbidity, Patient

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

iPad

Auburn schools opt for iPads over state-issued laptops

AUBURN, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Last month, Governor LePage announced the state would be ending its contract with Apple, giving Maine students Hewlett Packard laptops instead.But that decision also comes with a choice: school districts can opt for other ... [Published WLBZ 2 - May 22 2013]

Entities: Peter Robinson, iPad, Hewlett-Packard Company, Mike Muir, Apple Inc

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Food Bank

Good Shepherd Food Bank expands School Pantry program

AUBURN, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- After a successful pilot program at Portland High School, the Good Shepherd Food Bank in Auburn is expanding its School Pantry Program to five new schools in Maine.The food bank, which already serves more than 600 agencies ... [Published WLBZ 2 - May 22 2013]

Entities: Food Bank, Island School, Morgan Stanley & Co

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Peregrines Finding a Home

Portland, ME (NEWS CENTER)-- Peregrine Falcons suffered signifcantly because of DDT spraying. Still one of the most regionally diverse raptors, they are making a comeback in Maine thanks to the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and the Biodiversity ... [Published WLBZ 2 - May 20 2013]

Entities: Peregrine Falcon, Fisheries, Biologist, Biodiversity

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

York man killed in single-car crash

YORK, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Police are investigating a single-car crash that left a York man dead Saturday afternoon.Police said 48-year-old Timothy Gerald was driving just before 3 p.m. on Route 91 in York in the area of Kingsbury Lane when his car ... [Published WLBZ 2 - May 19 2013]

Entities: Police, Investigation, Scotland

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Second juvenile fire in Lewiston since major apartment fires

LEWISTON, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Since the three major apartment fires that displaced nearly 200 people in Lewiston, there have been two more juvenile fires, according to Lewiston Fire Investigator Paul Ouellette.An 11-year-old boy attempted to set the ... [Published WLBZ 2 - May 17 2013]

Entities: Juvenile, Lisbon, Displacement

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Summer concert series kicks off in Bangor to cheers, complaints

BANGOR, Maine (NEWS CENTER) --- Bangor's much-anticipated summer concert series kicked off Thursday night on the city's waterfront. Yet the event did draw complaints from some residents in the area.Thursday night's show featured Motley Crue and Hinder. ... [Published WLBZ 2 - May 17 2013]

Entities: Complaints, Paul Edwards, Sting (musician)

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Volunteer movers needed to help Lewiston fire victims

LEWISTON, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- It is finally moving day for some of the victims of the Lewiston fires, and volunteers are needed to help move furniture.The YWCA of Central Maine is coordinating volunteer movers to help pick up furniture from the Lewiston ... [Published WLBZ 2 - May 17 2013]

Entities: World Young Women's Christian Organization (YWCA), Catholic Charities, Emergency Management

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Wardens pull a body from West Grand Lake

GRAND LAKE STREAM (NEWS CENTER) - The Maine Warden Service says they have recovered the body of a boater from West Grand Lake.According to Maine Wardens, on Wednesday, 65-year-old Vincent Bartolomeo from Old Orchard Beach was ejected from his boat after ... [Published WLBZ 2 - May 16 2013]

Entities: Honda Motor Co Ltd, Investigation

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

More Portland homeless placed in housing

PORTLAND, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- There are new policies at the Oxford Street Shelter aimed at placing more people in permanent housing.The Department of Housing and Urban Development recently released the results of the annual Point In Time homelessness ... [Published WLBZ 2 - May 16 2013]

Entities: Housing & Urban Development, Workers

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"What we've seen over the last ten years is when you move in that direction [of customized education], students have much more ownership and therefore take much better care of it, and use it more effectively" said Robinson

Auburn schools opt for iPads over state-issued laptops [Published WLBZ 2 - May 22 2013]

"It's also difficult to get to a food pantry if it's far away, so having this resource right in the school is going to be crucial" said McConnell Whitney

Good Shepherd Food Bank expands School Pantry program [Published WLBZ 2 - May 22 2013]

"I know we took complaints from mostly this east side of town and around the venue," said Sgt. Paul Edwards, "We got some calls from Brewer also. All of those calls...we look at those...the location of the calls and then we look at ways to try to minimize that."

Summer concert series kicks off in Bangor to cheers, complaints [Published WLBZ 2 - May 17 2013]

"They're packing up their things, they're picking up their bed or their couch, and so that's noticed and we get a lot of people coming in and saying, 'Jim just moved last week, and how did he do that? I want to do that too,'" Oxford Street Shelter Director Josh O'Brien said

More Portland homeless placed in housing [Published WLBZ 2 - May 16 2013]

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