HARTFORD — Residents last week elected a new town clerk and approved next year’s fiscal budget. Voters on June 14 selected Hartford resident Elizabeth Plumley over Paris resident and Deputy Town Clerk Barbara Robinson as town clerk in a 59-36 vote. Plumley will serve a three-year term. At the town meeting on June 18, residents approved […]
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Wood, Melaragno, Sheats, Fuller win State House primaries
AUBURN — Democratic voters Tuesday decided to stick with state Rep. Gina Melaragno in a Maine House District 62 primary races that pitted the first-term lawmaker against former Rep. Brian Bolduc. But Melaragno’s message of improving the economy for all Mainers with a focus on poverty, health care and climate change seemed to win Democrats […]
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Race tight for Register of Probate
LEWISTON — The race for Register of Probate was too close to call Tuesday night, with all but three towns reporting unofficial results. Leslie Dubois of Lewiston led by 42 votes over Joanna Said of Livermore. The towns of Livermore, Livermore Falls and Sabattus had not reported their tallies. The total from all other Androscoggin […]
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Lewiston-Auburn Democrats pick candidates for State House races
LEWISTON — Democrats in Lewiston and Auburn were deciding candidates for three state House of Representative seats Tuesday, while Republicans in Greene and Sabattus were doing likewise. Republicans were facing off in a House District 57 primary, while Democrats were paired in primaries in districts 59, 62 and 64. The races are only among a […]
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Maine to get $3.4 million for lead hazard abatement
LEWISTON — U.S. Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King said Monday the Maine State Housing Authority will be awarded $3 million to eliminate lead hazards in housing for low-income families. The grant will be part of a federal Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration program. MaineHousing will also receive $400,000 in Healthy Homes supplemental funding. The two […]
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Maine bogs are one of nature’s mysterious and alluring places
For me, Maine bogs have always held an allure. It may be the deer hunter in me. The buck of my dreams is always seen in a bog, ghosting its way silently on the mossy ground, weaving slowly between gnarled old cedar trees and grey, weathered deadfall. There is a dusting of snow underfoot. The […]
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Gov. Paul LePage rips Humane Society for egg farm undercover video
UPDATE: Humane Society says LePage wrong; state knew about egg farm sting AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage blasted the Humane Society of the United States Friday over its recently released footage from an undercover operation at a Turner egg farm. In a letter to the society’s CEO Wayne Pacelle, and released to the media, LePage expressed […]
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Maine eyes changes for exotic pet permits
AUGUSTA — You won’t be able to keep a gorilla in your garage anytime soon. But those who do keep or breed exotic animals have until June 17 to weigh in on proposed changes to Maine’s rules that determine which creatures are legal to keep and which aren’t. Regulated by the Maine Department of Inland […]
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Mark Eves asks open records committee to review Warden Service conduct
AUGUSTA — A top state Democratic leader is calling on the Legislature’s Right to Know Advisory Committee to look into concerns that the Maine Warden Service either delayed or ignored requests for public records under the state’s Freedom of Access Act. On Thursday, outgoing Speaker of the House Mark Eves, D-North Berwick, sent a letter […]
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State says eggs at Turner farm safe for consumption
AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry said in a statement Wednesday that the eggs from a Turner farm are safe for consumption. The statement confirmed that the department was investigating an undercover video released Tuesday by the Humane Society of the United States that claims to show animal abuse at the […]