AUGUSTA — The Salvation Army’s bell-ringing, red kettle season began Thursday in Maine when Gov. Paul LePage made the first donation after giving brief remarks in the Cabinet Room. LePage said it was important to remember that charitable work continues year-round, not just during the holiday season, when volunteers can be seen ringing bells and […]
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State lawmakers push for consequences if MaineCare ride program is not fixed
AUGUSTA — Maine lawmakers Wednesday said they want a “Plan B” for a $40 million non-emergency ride program that’s foundered since it was transferred to the hands of third-party brokers in August. “I know in my community there are still very, very significant problems,” state Rep. Peggy Rotundo, D-Lewiston, said Wednesday. Rotundo is House chairwoman […]
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Sheriff seeking Maine Senate seat
SABATTUS — Androscoggin County Sheriff Guy Desjardins announced Tuesday that he is running for the state Senate in the November 2014 election. The seat is now held by Garrett Mason, R-Lisbon Falls, for District 17. Legislative redistricting approved this year means the district will be renumbered to 22 for the 2014 election. It will include […]
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Supermarket pharmacy robbed in Augusta
AUGUSTA (AP) — Police in Maine are on the lookout for a suspect who robbed a pharmacy inside a Shaw’s supermarket. Augusta police say a man in his 20s with a short scruffy beard approached the pharmacy counter inside the Western Avenue supermarket at about 12:25 p.m. Monday. He was given Oxycontin painkiller pills after […]
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Twins born soon after new Augusta hospital opens
AUGUSTA (AP) — A new hospital in Augusta has opened with a bang — or rather the cries of newborn twins. MaineGeneral Medical Center’s Alfond Center for Health opened ahead of schedule Saturday and welcomed twins just hours later. Hannah Veilleux was born five weeks premature, followed about a minute later by her brother Samuel. […]
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Bill for Maine homeless veterans and others could still move forward
AUGUSTA — Citing “inside baseball” and political gamesmanship, state Rep. Corey Wilson, R-Augusta, said he would appeal the rejection of a bill that paves the way to create a shelter for some of the state’s homeless veterans. Wilson’s bill was rejected by the Legislative Council, a committee of Democratic and Republican leaders, earlier this month. […]
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Werts to appeal rejection of MDOT notice bill
AUGUSTA — State Rep. Wayne Werts, D-Auburn, is appealing the rejection of a bill that directs the Maine Department of Transportation to contact local businesses near a planned construction project to help limit any negative impact on them. Werts said the bill helps prevent unnecessary hardships on businesses near MDOT construction projects. The bill was […]
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Orono man dies after rear-ending school bus in Augusta
AUGUSTA (AP) — Police say the driver of a pickup truck that rear-ended a school bus in Augusta has died, but no one on the bus was hurt. Police Lt. Christopher Massey says the truck driven by 60-year-old Herbert LeBreton, of Orono, struck the rear of the bus at about 2:15 p.m. Tuesday and got […]
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Jane (Eccles) Winkley
1966 – 2013 PORTLAND — Jane (Eccles) Winkley, 47, of West River Road in Augusta, died unexpectedly on Saturday, Nov. 2, at Maine Medical Center. She was born in Lewiston on July 20, 1966, the daughter of Ronald L. Eccles and Rita J. (LeBlanc) Eccles. Jane was a 1984 graduate of Cony High School in […]
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Lawmakers continue scrutiny of MaineCare ride program
AUGUSTA — The executives in charge of a new brokerage system for delivering non-emergency rides, under a program offered through MaineCare, the state’s Medicaid system, say they have largely corrected many of the problems that led to confusion, frustration and missed medical appointments earlier this fall. But advocates for those who receive the rides and […]