SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Trump administration has proposed rules that could deny green cards to immigrants if they use Medicaid, food stamps, housing vouchers and other forms of public assistance. Federal law already requires those seeking green cards to prove they will not be a burden — or “public charge” — but the new […]
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Last two nuns in Portland monastery being moved to N.H.
PORTLAND (AP) — The last two nuns are moving from a monastery where they’ve lived since 1934 in Portland, Maine. The Sisters Adorers of the Precious Blood once comprised 14 nuns living in silence on State Street. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland announced Monday that the two remaining nuns will move next month to […]
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Robert Indiana's Vinalhaven home needs love if it's to be museum
ROCKLAND (AP) — Pop artist Robert Indiana died in a house with a hole in the roof and pigeons living inside. The front windows are now boarded up. Buckets collect water. Clapboards are peeling. The degraded condition of the Victorian, dubbed the Star of Hope, means millions of dollars will have to be spent to […]
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Maine political strategist finds himself in Mueller’s crosshairs
Four years before working to boost participation in Iraq’s first democratic elections in generations – and nearly two decades before his lobbying for foreign clients drew scrutiny from special prosecutor Robert Mueller’s investigators – Sam Patten was helping lead a political ground game in Maine. “Pulling in some kind of a big-league speaker at this […]
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Jay fire destroys Church Street apartment; 13 residents homeless
JAY — An apartment on Church Street was destroyed by fire Sunday morning. Firefighters from several area towns battled the stubborn blaze at 12 Church Street. The extensive damage to the structure displaced 13 residents. The fire was first reported sometime after 9 a.m. Sunday. Firefighters responded to reports of smoke. Images from the scene […]
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Talk of the town: Your Yankee Doodle Dandy in a gold Rolls Royce
Campaign season hell As a sort of reporter, I get put on to all kinds of lists so I get mail from every political candidate from one end of the state to the other. It’s a real joy, especially during campaign season. You think campaign signs are a blight? You ought to see my email […]
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Southern Maine sees building boom as cities bust out permits
BIDDEFORD — In the next few months, city officials in Biddeford and Saco will review plans for large-scale projects that could transform riverfront properties in each city with new housing and retail space. The projects in York County’s largest cities come at a time when officials in Biddeford and Saco say they have been issuing […]
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Car-moose collisions on decline in Maine
Good news for moose: The overall population is up, but the number of car-moose collisions is trending down. In 2017, there were 287 car crashes in Maine involving a moose, according to new data from the Maine Department of Transportation. That’s less than half the 646 crashes 10 years earlier, in 2007, and down 32 […]
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Alan Caron’s unusual path to the race for governor
FREEPORT — He’d heard his mother crying behind the closed bedroom door one too many times. She had had a child out of wedlock 18 years earlier. The church had excommunicated her. He was the child. Several of his friends had private grievances of their own with the Catholic clergy of Waterville, then a powerful […]
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Has 'drive-by shooting' replaced 'high-tech lynching?'
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, used a violent metaphor Tuesday to express sympathy for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. It recalled a metaphor used the last time Americans found themselves witnessing a Supreme Court sexual-misconduct scandal. The Washington Post reported that senior Republicans are increasingly determined to press forward with Kavanaugh’s nomination despite his accuser, […]