According to the department’s Facebook page, the eagles were in a territorial dispute and landed near the Augusta Arsenal. When the city’s animal control officer and a Maine warden arrived on the scene, the two eagles’ talons were locked. The two men used blankets to take the eagles into custody. Then the two raptors were […]
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State budget panel hears bill to increase trooper pay
AUGUSTA — Trooper Dane Wing said he was giving up his lifelong dream of following in his grandfather’s footsteps by being a Maine State Police trooper. Wing, who serves with Troop C out of Skowhegan, told the Legislature’s budget-writing Appropriations Committee he simply couldn’t afford to keep working for the state and was resigning Monday […]
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State will not expedite new lead standards
AUGUSTA — In a letter to lawmakers this week, the director of the Maine Center for Disease Control said his agency would not move quickly to implement lower blood-lead standards. CDC Director Ken Albert said the state would pursue a months-long process to implement the new standards, which will trigger interventions for children who test […]
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Lawmakers celebrate Maine’s Franco heritage
AUGUSTA — Maine lawmakers celebrated the state’s Franco-American residents and heritage during an annual celebration at the State House on Wednesday. For 15 years now, the Legislature has taken time from its work to acknowledge and celebrate the state’s strong French roots and to induct residents into the state’s Franco-American Hall of Fame. Raymond John […]
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Maine Maritime asks Legislature for $1 million to restore the schooner Bowdoin
AUGUSTA — The state’s official sailing vessel, the schooner Bowdoin, is in need of about $2.6 million in renovations, according to the ship’s keepers at Maine Maritime Academy in Castine. Capt. Andy Chase, a professor at the academy and former captain of the ship, has helped raise $1.1 million in private funds for the renovation. […]
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Maine panel votes 7-4 to reject blood testing for drivers on marijuana
AUGUSTA — Voting 7-4, a Maine legislative panel Thursday rejected a bill to set a blood-level limit that could have been used as evidence to convict a person for driving under the influence of marijuana. The vote split largely along party lines, with Democrats voting against the proposed standard and Republicans voting for it. The […]
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Bates College grad chosen to lead community college system
AUGUSTA — A Bates College graduate was chosen Tuesday as president of the Maine Community College System, according to an announcement. The board of trustees voted unanimously to appoint Derek Langhauser, 54. He has served as interim president since February 2015. He succeeds John Fitzsimmons, who resigned in January 2015 after Gov. Paul LePage demanded his […]
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Mendros at center of marijuana ballot question controversy
LEWISTON — Stavros Mendros, a former state lawmaker and city councilor who has been in the hot seat for questionable signature-gathering campaigns in the past is again at the center of a controversy over a ballot question drive. David Boyer, the director of a citizen petition campaign that’s hoping to ask Maine voters to legalize […]
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LePage proposes death to death tax; Dems call it giveaway for the rich
AUGUSTA — A bill submitted by Republican Gov. Paul LePage that aims to eliminate the state’s estate tax came under fire Thursday as Democrats assailed him for offering “another tax cut” to the state’s “super wealthy.” A law change in 2015, passed over LePage’s veto, increased the exemption for estates from $2 million to $5.45 […]
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Maine Senate cans bill allowing brewers to sell beer ‘to-go’
AUGUSTA — A bill that would have allowed Maine craft brewers to more easily sell their products to go was squashed like an aluminum beer can under foot by the state Senate on Tuesday. At issue is whether businesses that make beer should be allowed to sell it more easily from a brewing facility without […]