DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Maine State Museum, Center Theatre, and Maine Whoopie Pie Festival have announced that they are joining forces to sponsor the Whoopie Pie of the Future student art contest. The contest, which is open to fifth- through 12th-graders from Maine, asks students to envision “What will the Whoopie Pie look like in 2117?” One […]
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Rumford residents denied voice in Poland Spring contract
AUGUSTA — Minutes after killing a bill that would have given Rumford residents the right to vote on an impending deal with Poland Spring Water Co., lawmakers called everyone back in the room Wednesday morning and hashed out what several deemed a compromise. But even if that new bill swiftly passes the House and Senate, […]
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Bill would make state comply with federal ID standards
AUGUSTA (AP) — A Maine-issued driver’s license won’t be enough to board a domestic flight next year without legislative action. A public hearing is scheduled Tuesday for a bill that would have the state comply with federal requirements that have raised privacy concerns in past years. The state Secretary of State’s office says compliance could […]
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Weird, Wicked Weird: The home of 'Junk and Dead Things'
COOPERS MILLS — About 20 years ago, fully living up to its name, Elmer’s Barn of Junk and Dead Things sold a coffin with a body inside to a Pennsylvania man looking for a coffee table. Today, the shop is a little lighter on the dead, but just a little. The popular stop on Route […]
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John F. Glendenning
FARMINGDALE — John Frederick Glendenning, 80, of Farmingdale passed away Friday, Feb. 24, at his home in Farmingdale with loving family by his side and the wonderful nurses and home health aides of Androscoggin Home Care & Hospice. He was born in Mapletown, Pa., the son of Edward and Dorothy Glendenning of Pennsylvania. John served […]
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Lawmakers to vote on money for treatment, military authority
AUGUSTA (AP) — A Maine legislative committee has advanced a budget request that would expand access to drug treatment. The committee on Friday sent the $29 million supplementary spending package to the full Legislature for a vote. Lawmakers will continue to hold hearings on Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s separate $6.8 billion, two-year budget proposal. Lawmakers […]
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Brazilian music coming to Jewett Hall
AUGUSTA — The Concerts at Jewett Series will feature Choro Louco at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 5, at Jewett Hall Auditorium, 46 University Drive. Based in Portland, Choro Louco is dedicated to the century-old tradition of Brazilian choro music. The ensemble is known for beautiful melodies, complex harmonies and syncopated rhythms, combining elements of European […]
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Lawmakers proposes giving the next Maine governor a raise
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine has the nation’s lowest salary for a governor and a lawmaker says it’s time to boost it. Republican Rep. Bradlee Farrin is sponsoring a bill to raise the governor’s salary from $70,000 to $150,000. The raise would start January 2019, so it wouldn’t apply to Republican Gov. Paul LePage. The bill […]
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Erna H. Smith
LISBON FALLS — Erna Leone Hildreth Smith passed away at home on Thursday, Feb. 9, after a brief period of declining health. Born in Lewiston to Earle C. and Gladys (Booker) Hildreth on April 20, 1930, Erna spent her youth in Lisbon and Lisbon Falls. After graduating from Lisbon High School in 1948, she moved […]
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Gov. Paul LePage calls KKK fliers ‘disgusting’
AUGUSTA — Ku Klux Klan fliers purporting to be about a neighborhood watch drew concern for the safety of refugees and a swift rebuke from the governor in Maine. The fliers were found on Monday in Augusta, Gardiner and Freeport. The fliers found in Augusta said they were from “Traditionalist American Knights of the Ku […]