AUGUSTA — Pressure is growing on the panel tasked with finding $40 million of savings in the budget in order to avert further reductions in revenue sharing that some have said would decimate municipalities around the state. From a distance, it might look easy. There are billions of state revenue dollars lost to tax expenditures […]
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Theodore W. Mullins
1930 – 2013 AUBURN — Theodore W. Mullins, 83, a resident of Main Street, Jay, passed away peacefully Thursday, Oct. 17, at Hospice House of Androscoggin Home Care and Hospice in Auburn, surrounded by his loving family. He was born Sept. 29, 1930, in Hallowell, the son of Allen and Helen (Tobey) Mullins. He attended school […]
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Maine PUC chairman recuses himself in water case
AUGUSTA (AP) — The Maine Public Utilities Commission chairman is removing himself from a case involving the Fryeburg Water District and the company that owns Poland Spring bottled water. Thomas Welch had come under pressure to recuse himself because he represented Nestle Waters North America, which owns Poland Spring, until his appointment to the PUC […]
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Alice ‘Marie’ Sparks
1929 – 2013 AUBURN — Alice “Marie” Adam Sparks, 84, formerly of Hillcrest Street, Gardiner, passed away Saturday, Oct. 12, at Clover Health Care in Auburn. She was born in Houlton on Jan. 3, 1929, a daughter of Olen and Alice Stewart Adams. Marie was a graduate of Gardiner High School, Class of 1946. On […]
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Dr. John H. Gould
1934 – 2013 AUBURN — Dr. John H. Gould of Turner passed away on Monday, Oct. 14, at Hospice House of Androscoggin Home Care and Hospice in Auburn. Dr. Gould was born in Portland on Sept. 10, 1934, the first child of Eleanor (Webster) Gould and Richard Gould. He grew up in both Cape Elizabeth […]
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Alice A. Couturier
1940 – 2013 AUBURN — Alice A. Couturier, 73, a longtime resident of Auburn, began her heavenly journey on Thursday, Oct. 10, at 4:30 p.m., after a brief illness, while surrounded by family in her home. She was born on Aug. 14, 1940, to Maurice G. Jutras and Anita L. Rouleau at 72 Webber Ave. […]
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Dems say way forward for Riverview remains unclear
LEWISTON — Democratic state lawmakers on the budget-writing Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee are saying they were misled and misinformed when they agreed to back Gov. Paul LePage’s proposal aimed at preserving about $17 million in federal funding for the Riverview Psychiatric Center. Despite passage of a law change expanding the staff and treatment capacity […]
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Maine’s Capitol Park to have ‘edible landscaping’
AUGUSTA (AP) — Fruit, vegetables and herbs will soon be planted at Capitol Park near Maine’s State House, under a new state law. The law that went into effect last week directs the state to plant edible landscaping in the Augusta park. Democratic Rep. Craig Hickman of Winthrop was the bill’s sponsor. Hickman says in […]
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Top LePage consultant worked on failed Lewiston casino campaign
LEWISTON — A top political consultant who is the campaign spokesman for Gov. Paul LePage was heavily involved in a failed 2011 attempt to bring a casino to downtown Lewiston. The Sun Journal has learned that Brent Littlefield was hired by a pair of Maine political action committees to buy airtime on Maine television and […]
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Augusta City Council sinks Dunkin’ Donuts proposal
AUGUSTA (AP) — Efforts to open a Dunkin’ Donuts shop in a residential neighborhood of Augusta have apparently died. The proposal found no supporters on the City Council on Thursday night. The planning board had previously rejected the developer’s proposal to rezone a residential lot on Davenport Street for business. The Kennebec Journal (http://bit.ly/GOW143 ) […]