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Verso restructures, puts Jay mill in specialty paper division
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Presidents at UMaine campuses reassure students after harassment reported nationwide
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Maine veteran, formerly homeless, attends event at White House
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PBS journalist Gwen Ifill dies at 61
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Weekend car crashes kill at least 6 in Maine
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Cause probed by fire marshal’s office in Hartland blaze
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Trump considers oil billionaire for Energy Secretary
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New York woman on a trip to find good in the world
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Trump’s chief strategist gave white nationalism a media platform
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White Mountain National Forest brush fire spreads
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How 9/11 changed life in America and the world
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How 9/11 changed life in America and the world
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Refugee resettlements in U.S., Maine plummet under Trump administration
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