AUGUSTA — A March statewide presidential primary vote could be in the works for Maine in 2020, if the next Legislature elected in November can figure out a way to pay for it. Lawmakers on the Legislature’s Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee voted 12-0 Monday to approve a bill that would send voters to the polls […]
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Two heroin arrests made on Maine Turnpike in York
YORK — State police made two separate arrests on the turnpike Friday, seizing 480 doses of suspected heroin bound for southern Maine. Jorge Medina, 36, of Sanford was charged with aggravated trafficking in heroin and Leah Thurlow, 59, of Old Orchard Beach was charged with aggravated trafficking in heroin and violating conditions of release, Department of […]
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Logjam on funding for veterans bills breaks in Maine House
AUGUSTA — A quiver of bills meant to better assist Maine veterans as well as cover University of Maine and community college tuition costs for members of the state’s National Guard gained unanimous approval Friday in state House of Representatives. The legislation, much of it a result or recommendations from a special commission that examined […]
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Committee splits on pay increase for Maine governors
AUGUSTA — Proposals by Republican Gov. Paul LePage to hike the salary of the next governor to $150,000 a year, increase pay for lawmakers and reduce members of the Legislature appeared poised for defeat Thursday. Lawmakers on the Legislature’s State and Local Government Committee split along party lines in a 5-5 vote after unanimously voting […]
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Widow and mother seeks to settle suit over fatal Route 202 crash
AUGUSTA — Susan Cloutier isn’t looking for sympathy or pity, but she does want to be fairly compensated for the death of her husband and son. Cloutier, of Winthrop, who lost her husband, Ghislain “Gus” Cloutier, and her older son, Casey, in a Route 202 car crash in December 2014, stood before the Legislature’s Veterans […]
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Gawler Family Band at Village Coffeehouse
The Gawler Family Band will perform an evening of traditional fiddling and folk music at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 2, at the Village Coffeehouse of New Gloucester, First Congregational Church, 19 Gloucester Hill Road. The music is rooted in Maine and New England traditions, and features soaring melodies and driving rhythms. This talented musical family […]
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Lewiston lawmaker proposes using liquor profits to help veterans
AUGUSTA — A bill before the Legislature proposes using about $550,000 from the $46 million profit the state makes selling $144 million worth of alcohol each year to help Maine’s 140,000 veterans. Rep. Jared Golden, D-Lewiston, offered the proposal Tuesday as part of an amendment that rolls together several recommendations from a special commission that […]
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Bills to expand veterans’ bureau, provide tuition hit wall in House
AUGUSTA — Legislation to increase funding for the Maine Bureau of Veterans’ Services and provide free tuition to members of the Maine National Guard has hit a political brick wall at the State House. The bill was tabled Wednesday after more than 90 minutes of debate in the House as lawmakers sharply disagreed over how […]
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Lawmakers get first look at moving Maine back to presidential primaries
AUGUSTA – Lawmakers on the Legislature’s Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee got their first look at a bill that would move Maine back to a statewide presidential primary vote. The bill, LD 1673, sponsored by Sen. Justin Alfond, D-Portland, has received broad bipartisan support in its tentative form, including from Republican Gov. Paul LePage. The […]
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Face Time: Jane Ackermann, star of the new Maine movie ‘Neptune’
Jane Ackermann was cast as the lead in “Neptune” by Maine director Derek Kimball when she was 13 and filmed the movie for the next three years. About a girl raised by a priest on Maine island whose world is rocked by a classmate’s sudden disappearance, “Neptune” is now on the festival circuit. It scored great […]