AUGUSTA — An offshore wind power pilot project for the Gulf of Maine could still cost the state’s electric ratepayers hundreds of millions of dollars over the course of a 20-year power purchase agreement now on the table before the state’s Public Utilities Commission. The project, headed by the University of Maine, replaces a similar […]
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AG’s office tells Augusta restaurant to stop charitable work
AUGUSTA (AP) — A popular Augusta restaurant that has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for charity has been told to stop because it isn’t properly licensed as a charity organization. Laura Benedict, owner of the Red Barn restaurant, received a form letter last week from the attorney general’s office, raising the hackles of management […]
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LePage’s efforts to remove child labor barriers to continue in January
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage’s goal of making it easier for minors to work will continue in January when the Department of Labor proposes streamlining the work permit process despite previous failed attempts to do so. Child labor in Maine has been regulated by state government since the mid-1800s and a key component of those […]
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Augusta woman faces harsh sentence for pharmacy robbery
BANGOR (AP) — An Augusta woman described by a federal judge as the mastermind of a pharmacy robbery faces more than four years in prison at sentencing. Stephanie McCormick is scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Bangor in connection with the Jan. 22 robbery of an Augusta Walgreens. Although McCormick’s cousin, […]
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Hearing on Lewiston casino campaign ethics violations set for Thursday
AUGUSTA — Maine’s ethics commission Thursday will take up a case involving the local backers of a 2011 campaign that aimed to bring a casino to downtown Lewiston. Earlier this year, investigators for the state’s Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices suggested fining Stavros Mendros and Peter Robinson for misleading investigators and the media […]
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Study misses deadline
AUGUSTA — The first part of a five-part study on Maine’s welfare system that had a target due date of Dec. 1 has not been submitted to the state’s Department of Health and Human Services, a department spokesman said Monday. The Alexander Group, the consulting company awarded a nearly $1 million no-bid contract for the […]
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Augusta man faces sex charge out of Colorado
AUGUSTA — A local man was arrested Wednesday in connection with a sex crime that apparently took place in Colorado, police said. Shane Pelletier, 23, was taken into custody at his Augusta apartment around 11:30 a.m., Department of Public Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland said. Pelletier faces a charge of sexual exploitation of a minor via […]
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Auburn Scouts bring Tree of Honor to Maine State House
LEWISTON — A troop of Scouts, with the help of some local veterans and state lawmakers, is bringing a holiday tradition it started in 2011 in Auburn to the State House in Augusta this holiday season. Boy Scouts of America Troop 111 will install its Tree of Honor in the State House Hall of Flags […]
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Rumford lawmaker folds Legislature’s gaming commission
AUGUSTA — State Sen. John Patrick, D-Rumford, has terminated the work of a special legislative commission meant to examine the economic impacts of gambling in Maine and New England. Patrick, chairman of the 20-member Gaming Commission, said the group’s work was “sidelined” when a majority of members shifted the focus. The commission was charged with […]