AUGUSTA — A legislative committee has given unanimous support to a bill that would provide up to $1 million in state funds to help launch a project that would build up to 21 cabins for homeless veterans. The bill, LD 1062, sponsored by state Rep. Jared Golden, D-Lewiston, is meant to jump-start the Cabin in […]
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Joseph A. St. Michel Jr.
1930 – 2015 AUGUSTA — Joseph A. St. Michel Jr., 84, of Durham passed away at the Maine Veterans’ Home on Wednesday, April 22. He was born in Marlborough, Mass., the son of Joseph and Ellen Collins St. Michel. He attended local schools and graduated in 1947. Joseph was married to Helena Quarton, and together […]
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Maine lawmakers struggle to find funding solution for county jails
AUGUSTA — Lawmakers are struggling to find a solution for a looming county jail funding crisis that’s being driven in part by a dysfunctional Board of Corrections. The Legislature’s Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee on Thursday discussed legislation offered by state Rep. Ricky Long, R-Sherman, that would return control of the jails, along with […]
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Leroy Earl Bragdon Sr.
1928 – 2015 AUGUSTA — Leroy Earl Bragdon Sr., 87, left to be with his wife on Tuesday, April 21. He was born on Jan. 29, 1928, in Royal Oaks, Mich., the son of Ruth (Inman) Bragdon and Lee Bragdon. Leroy married Ruby Patterson, the love of his life, on March 23, 1946, in Lisbon, […]
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Maine lawmakers hear proposals to return missing ‘and’ to energy law
AUGUSTA — Maine lawmakers Wednesday took the first steps toward fixing what’s become known as a $38 million typographical error in a law that funds the state’s energy-efficiency programs. But looming over any potential fix is the less-than-subtle hint that Republican Gov. Paul LePage will veto the correction if it doesn’t also include the creation […]
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Leonel L. L’Heureux
1943 – 2015 LEWISTON — Leonel “Leo” Laurier L’Heureux, 72, of Winthrop, formerly of Auburn, passed away peacefully with his loving wife and family by his side on Sunday, April 19, at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston after a short but courageous battle with cancer. Born in Lewiston on April 3, 1943, Leonel was […]
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Maine House rejects hands-free only cell phone bill
AUGUSTA — The Maine House of Representatives on Tuesday defeated a bill that would have made it illegal to drive while using a hand-held mobile phone. The 55-88 vote against LD 185, a measure penned by state Sen. Roger Katz, R-Augusta, followed broad support for the bill in the state Senate earlier this month. Lawmakers in the […]
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Pair of Augusta men charged with robbery
AUGUSTA — Two Augusta men have been charged with robbery following an incident Friday night on Laurel Street that police believe was drug related. Tyler Robinson, 26, and Samuel Smith, 24, where each charged with robbery and Robinson was also charged with possession of a firearm by a prohibited person, refusing to submit to arrest […]
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Bill expanding list of those prohibited from possessing guns passes key Maine committee
AUGUSTA — A bill that would ban gun ownership for individuals convicted of non-felony domestic violence crimes passed a key legislative committee Friday. The Legislature’s Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee voted 5-3 in favor of LD 600, a bill offered by state Rep. Richard Pickett, R-Dixfield. Pickett is a former police chief and state […]
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Maine panel rejects bill to block foreign law in state courts
AUGUSTA — A legislative committee voted 8-2 Thursday to reject a bill that attempted to codify the state and U.S. constitutions as the law of the land. The legislation, LD 330, sponsored by state Rep. Michael McClellan, R-Raymond, was modeled after a law passed in Tennessee aimed at preventing the use of Muslim Sharia law […]