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Nominations sought for top awards
The MPA is reminding members to consider their nominations for the top individual awards of the year and the Freedom of Information Awards.

Contest entries go to the judges
With 30 newspapers competing in the MPA's 2008 Better Newspaper Contest, entries were set to be sent out to judges at the end of May.

VillageSoup owner announces purchase of Courier
Village NetMedia Inc., owner of the VillageSoup newspapers and Web sites in Knox and Waldo counties, announced on June 17 that it will buy Courier Publications and its six papers in midcoast and central Maine. The sale was expected to be complete by June 30.

MPA membership stands at 36 newspapers
With 29 weekly newspapers and all seven of the state's dailies, MPA membership stands at 36 for 2007-08, along with 23 associate and individual members.

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Scholarship awarded to Maine Campus editor
Nicholas McCrea of Orrington has been awarded this year's MPA Memorial Scholarship at the University of Maine.
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Lincoln County News names new editor, hires two reporters
Sherwood Olin, who joined The Lincoln County News as a reporter in 1999, was named to succeed Judith Finn as the weekly paper?s editor after Finn?s retirement on April 30.
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KJ and Sentinel claim national award
The Kennebec Journal/Morning Sentinel has won a national award for its editorial series ?For I Was Hungry.?
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Two reporters answer unusual call for help
An unusual help-wanted ad has drawn two new reporters to the Wiscasset Newspaper.
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