AUGUSTA — Just a day after officials with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs notified members of Maine’s congressional delegation that they had filled one of four vacant mental health counseling positions for Lewiston’s Vet Center, a veteran who attends counseling sessions at the center said another counselor has left. On Thursday, a Korean War […]
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Vets Center leader to visit Maine after staff shortages prompt concerns
LEWISTON — A shortage of mental health counselors at the Vets Center in Lewiston that drew the attention of Maine’s Congressional delegation has also prompted a visit from the acting regional manager for the program. That manager, Steven Reeves of Fairfield, Calif., who is also the manager for the Vets Center program in the Pacific […]
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Former president on mend after taking fall at summer home
KENNEBUNKPORT (AP) — Former President George H.W. Bush is healing well after taking a fall this summer, feeling good enough to go out on his speedboat and even visit a local biker bar with his wife. The nation’s oldest living president is “healing nicely” after he fractured his C2 vertebra, the second one below the […]
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Maine group and national coalition call for stricter gun laws
LEWISTON — A group hoping to bring a statewide ballot question to voters in 2016 to require federal background checks on all gun sales in Maine is joining similar organizations across the country in urging Congress to tighten gun laws. Emma Connor, director of the Maine Gun Safety Coalition, said Friday her organization is concerned […]
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Lost Valley announces it will open for 2015-2016 winter season
AUBURN — Much to the relief of local skiers and snowboarders, the Twin Cities’ only ski hill announced via Facebook on Friday that it will open for the coming winter. Co-owner Connie King said in an email that more important news about the resort, which will be launching its 55th season, will be announced soon. There had […]
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Failed Maine DHHS lawsuit costs taxpayers $108,000
AUGUSTA — A failed federal lawsuit and subsequent appeal by the administration of Republican Gov. Paul LePage that was turned down by the U.S. Supreme Court has cost Maine taxpayers $108,000 in legal fees paid to a law firm outside state government. The Maine Department of Health and Human Services released the legal costs paid […]
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As local debate heats up, Androscoggin Chamber reasserts support for passenger rail plan
LEWISTON — Top local business leaders expressed their support again Tuesday for moving forward with a $500,000 passenger rail plan for Lewiston-Auburn. The proposed plan, which involves $400,000 in Maine Department of Transportation funding and a $50,000 local match from both Lewiston and Auburn, could be stalled if Auburn city councilors don’t approve the city’s share […]
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Keeping an eye on Maine’s deer population in winter
One of the more important jobs performed by Maine’s deer research leader, Kyle Ravanna, in concert with state regional wildlife biologists, is the annual estimate of winter deer losses. Deer mortality may take place at the wintering deer yards and elsewhere in early spring as undernourished whitetails disburse in search of new forage. If the […]
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Lewiston mayor wants public listing of welfare recipients
LEWISTON — Mayor Robert Macdonald, who is seeking re-election to a third term, said he intends to submit a bill to the Legislature to require the creation of a website listing names of people on welfare, their addresses, length of time on welfare and types of benefits received. All of that information is shielded from […]
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Maine’s Congressional delegation says ‘no’ to government shutdown
As federal lawmakers wrestle with the latest specter of a government shutdown, Maine’s Congressional delegation appears to be mostly unified in their stance against closing the government’s doors — again. A 17-day federal government shutdown in 2013 resulted in millions of dollars lost to Maine’s economy and billions being lost to the national economy. The […]