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A 15-year-old Bangor area girl who was missing for more than a week before her body was found has been laid to rest.  Over 300 people gathered Monday for Nichole Cable’s funeral at the Bangor Baptist Church.

Authorities in Washington County, Maine say a 5-year-old boy was killed after he was hit by a vehicle that was driven by his father who was backing up in their yard.

A 56-year-old Ontario man has died following a single-vehicle collision on the Trans-Canada Highway in northwestern New Brunswick over the weekend.

NB Power will be raising power rates for all of its residential and industrial customers by two per cent on Oct. 1.

The Dirigo Health insurance program, established with great fanfare a decade ago to cover Maine's uninsured, is phasing out of business.

The cost of a gallon of gas in Maine has inched up by about a penny in the past week, yet still remains 8 cents below the national average.

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