AUGUSTA — State Rep. William Noon, D-Sanford, died Wednesday after a long battle with cancer, according to a news release from House Speaker Mark Eves. Noon, 66, died just one day before the Legislature was set to reconvene and finalize its work for 2015. “We are deeply saddened by the passing of our friend and colleague […]
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Maine marijuana legalization campaign raises $53,011
AUGUSTA — A group hoping to place a ballot question before Maine voters to legalize recreational marijuana says it has raised $53,011 in the second quarter of 2015. But $50,000 of the donation to The Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol came from the Marijuana Policy Project, a Washington, D.C.-based advocacy group that claims 200,000 supporters […]
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As Maine Legislature returns for final day, outcomes remain uncertain
AUGUSTA — As top legislative leaders pushed to bring to a close one of the longest lawmaking sessions in the past 24 years, some — including House Minority Leader Rep. Ken Fredette, R-Newport — were pushing for a few more days. Rob Poindexter, a spokesman for Fredette, spoke earlier this week about “pumping the brakes” […]
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Heroin infiltrating small-town Maine
ALFRED — Two New York men died in southern Maine during Fourth of July weekend from overdoses of what York County Sheriff Bill King said was likely “a bad batch” of heroin. Deputies who arrived at the home the men rented said one man already had died, and they took the other to a local […]
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July is Park Month in Auburn
AUBURN — Mayor Jonathan P. LaBonté has declared the month of July as Park and Recreation Month in Auburn. Since 1985, Park and Recreation Month has been nationally celebrated to promote the importance of parks and recreation in health and wellness, conservation and social equity. This special month also recognizes the thousands of park and […]
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More adults are finding their inner child at Maine camps
After enrolling three daughters in a surfing camp for years, Scott Forrey saw a sign in 2014 for the new, first-in-the-Northeast Adult Surf Camp. He’d lived in Hawaii. He’d always wanted to surf. Last year at 43, Forrey, who lives in Cape Elizabeth and works for a high-tech company in sales operations, hopped on a […]
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Golf: Maine Amateur champion John Hayes IV just getting started
John Hayes IV made the news with one of the most dominant Maine Amateur golf championship performances of recent vintage. Then the 25-year-old delivered the bad news to every other player with a vested interest: He likely isn’t going anywhere, anytime soon. Past young winners of the state amateur have cut the field a break […]
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Paul LePage stance could send another 51 bills into lawbooks
AUGUSTA — A new argument by Republican Gov. Paul LePage that the Legislature adjourned on June 30 — a position disputed by legislative leaders — could result in another 51 bills becoming law without LePage’s signature. That’s the number of bills the Legislature passed and sent to his office on June 30, the last time […]
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John Hayes wins Maine Amateur golf tournament
OAKLAND — Mark Plummer made a run. Then John Hayes IV ran away. His lead sliced to a single stroke after Plummer’s birdie on the first hole Thursday morning, Hayes answered with three consecutive birdies and led by as many as seven shots before winning the 96th Maine Amateur golf championship by five. “I don’t […]
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Maine Amateur: John Hayes IV leads with sensational 65
OAKLAND — After an attempted banana cut that proved fruitless, leading to a double bogey Tuesday morning, John Hayes IV didn’t panic. Two-over par, merely three holes into the 96th Maine Amateur, might have looked like a dreadful start. The gamble fit into Hayes’ risk-versus-reward scheme, however. “I was just trying to make eagle on […]