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IN HONOR: Ken Niles, Oakland, says his partially completed tattoo includes camouflage, a grenade and boots, rifle and helmet memorial marker. He said the tattoos are "to honor all the people that have left this world. People that I know and that I don't know. It's about things I did, saw." He said he was a combat engineer in Saudi Arabia, Croatia and Bosnia.
Summer bookings appear strong in Belgrade Lakes
BELGRADE LAKES — Maine Turnpike traffic might not be breaking records at the start of this holiday weekend, but that must mean vacationers are finding another route on their way to this tourist haven.
Jazz group leads off concert series Kennebec Valley Performing Arts Co. to perform in Coburn Park this Sunday
SKOWHEGAN — It was a muggy summer night Tuesday and Big Band sounds were seeping through the cracks at the Skowhegan Federated Church on Island Avenue.
Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands, Madison Paper deal results in conservation easement for land in Madison, Anson, Starks
More than 300 acres of land along the Kennebec River was set aside this week by the Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands in a permanent conservation easement from Madison Paper Industries.
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The Maine International Film Festival begins July 11.
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