AUGUSTA — In an early sign that a divided Legislature will have trouble agreeing on what in the past were routine matters, the Taxation Committee voted along party lines Tuesday for a bill that in previous years has caused little disagreement. The 7-6 vote in favor of LD 138 constitutes little more than a recommendation […]
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Chicken-skin doughnuts?: Chefs take apres-ski flavors to new level
What’s Arabian barbecue doing at a Nordic setting? Appeasing a new sports segment: gourmets on skis. Foodies and skiers have not always been bedfellows. But up at Sugarloaf Mountain Resort, the two are getting cozy. So much so that Clayton Norris, owner of Arabian barbecue food truck C.N. Shawarma, created a hashtag: #foodieloafer. “A Sugarloafer […]
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In all weather, Lewiston bike rider makes 30-mile commute
LEWISTON — If you think your morning commute has been tricky the past few days, put yourself in Rich Clark’s boots. Or on his pedals. Clark, of Lewiston, climbs on his motorized bike each workday, in all weather, and rides it some 30 miles round trip to work at Hannaford supermarket in Turner. He even […]
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Legislative committee hears resolve to create code of ethics
AUGUSTA — An effort to create a unified ethics code of conduct for state workers following a scandal in which workers at the Maine Centers for Disease Control destroyed public documents in 2013 took its first tentative steps toward a law change Wednesday. The document destruction in question came in advance of an anticipated Freedom […]
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Maine Democrats pre-empt LePage’s State of the State Address with salvo
AUGUSTA — In a pre-emptive political salvo, the Maine Democratic Party warned Mainers Tuesday to listen carefully to Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s State of the State Address later tonight, saying LePage’s agenda will only hurt the state’s middle class. In a release to media early Tuesday, Democrats attacked LePage’s proposal to cut the state’s income […]
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Divorce rates in Maine lower in recent years, yet higher than national average
As a young bride, Bangor resident Karen Foley had an idea of what her life would look like a few decades in the future. She and her husband would raise their four children, stay madly in love and eventually retire around the same time and travel the world together. It didn’t work out that way. […]
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T. Fallon: Embrace the silence, the peace
After all the fear and trembling of television news reports and monster storm pronouncements in the newspapers, I would like to say that I like snow. I was in my yard here in Rumford on Friday with snow falling slowly around me, a single crow calling way back in Blue Heron Swamp behind my home, […]
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Elusive brown trout still fascinate devout fishermen
If splake are viewed by Maine sportsmen as the Rodney Dangerfield of Maine’s sport fishery, then brown trout might be deemed the Willie Loman of the Maine sport fish family. (Liked, but not well liked). Not in my mind, though. Brown trout have always held a fascination for me, even though I have not caught […]
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Espling focuses on women’s leadership, charter school reform, tax elimination for seniors
AUGUSTA — For state Rep. Ellie Espling, R-New Gloucester, serving in the Maine Legislature is a matter of making sure that “normal, regular, everyday people” have a voice in their government. Espling, serving her third term in the Maine House, was recently elected by her colleagues to the position of assistant minority leader. She represents […]
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Brewer lawmaker wants to make it clear: You need to be 18 to ink
State Rep. Arthur Verow saw too many tattoos on high school basketball players who looked too young to have them. And that sent him digging into state rules. He discovered it’s in Maine regulations — but not currently state law — that a licensed tattoo artist must be at least 18 years old. Verow, a […]