Lewiston industrial roofer IRC installed solar panels on roofs all around New England — multimillion-dollar, multi-megawatt projects — but never converted its own headquarters to solar. Until last week. Time and price were finally right. Leaders of Saint Dominic Academy in Auburn started contemplating solar power two years ago. In December, they installed a $325,000 system that’s expected to almost halve […]
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Florida woman bankrolls push for York County casino question in Maine
LEWISTON — A Lewiston political operative is again at the center of a campaign that’s seeking to bring another casino to Maine, this time to York County. The campaign has spent $156,000 since it began in October, according to the most recent campaign finance reports available from the state. Much of that money — $111,935 — […]
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Effort to impeach Gov. Paul LePage fails in Maine House
AUGUSTA — After a nearly three-hour debate Thursday, the House of Representatives voted 96-52 to kill an effort to bring an investigation that might have led to an impeachment trial in the state Senate for firebrand Republican Gov. Paul LePage. The successful vote on the motion to indefinitely postpone taking action on the issue largely removes […]
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Maine holds off hot-shooting UMass-Lowell
LOWELL, Mass. (AP) — Freshman Devine Eke scored 25 points and Maine’s up-tempo offense hit 13 3-pointers in a 95-81 victory over UMass Lowell on Wednesday. Maine closed the first half on a 7-0 run, capped by Shaun Lawton’s deep 3-pointer just before the halftime buzzer, to take a 48-38 lead. Eke made 6 of […]
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Minimum wage question headed toward 2016 ballot in Maine
AUGUSTA — Leaders of a statewide referendum campaign to incrementally boost Maine’s minimum wage from $7.50 an hour to $12 an hour by 2025 said Wednesday they would deliver more than 80,000 petition signatures to the secretary of state’s office Thursday. The campaign, Mainers for Fair Wages, needed just over 61,000 signatures from Maine voters […]
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Emerge Maine, hoping to add female lawmakers, announces candidates
AUGUSTA — An organization that hopes to increase the number of Democratic women serving as lawmakers at the State House in Maine announced 18 candidates for 2016 on Tuesday. Emerge Maine, which conducts training and workshops for female, elected officials and candidates, announced the candidates — including 10 incumbents — during a news conference at […]
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Maine’s only black lawmaker discusses ‘white girl’ comment with LePage
AUGUSTA — The only African-American lawmaker serving in the Maine Legislature said Tuesday he met with Republican Gov. Paul LePage, in part, to discuss a controversial comment LePage made last week. Rep. Craig Hickman, D-Winthrop, said he met with LePage on a number of topics but the two did discuss LePage’s comments in Bridgton last […]
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Bill seeks to strengthen Maine’s new revenge porn law
AUGUSTA — A bill that makes it easier for a victim of “revenge porn” to more quickly get a protection from abuse order gained support Monday from range of organizations that help victims of sexual violence and domestic abuse. The bill, LD 1487, is co-sponsored by Rep. Lori Fowle, D-Vassalboro, and Rep. Ken Fredette, R-Newport. […]
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Legislature again looks to help bolster volunteer firefighters in Maine
AUGUSTA – Lawmakers on the Legislature’s Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee got their first look at a new report on problems with recruitment, retention and training for volunteer firefighters across Maine. Lawmakers also discussed how to best move forward with establishing a central training facility for volunteer fire departments and how to best fund […]
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On skiing: The “favorite” ski area question, answered
The one question I’m asked repeatedly and cannot answer is, “What’s your favorite ski area?” If I choose an area, and the answer winds up in print or elsewhere widely known, I will have folks at one ski area happy and at least a half dozen unhappy. And that only includes Maine. What about New […]