AUGUSTA — Maine’s cities and towns are bracing for what’s sure to be another battle over how much tax revenue the state should ship their way as part of the state’s revenue sharing program. The funds, meant to be 5 percent of all sales and income taxes collected, have increasingly become a source of funds […]
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Residents sound alarm as Coast Guard converts older foghorns to newer technology
YORK (AP) — For Tom Bradbury and his neighbors, the town foghorn is more than just a familiar, wistful noise — it represents something greater, like peace itself. “There’s a sense that someone is on guard, watching over those who are on the water,” Bradbury said. “We find it a very pleasing, comforting sound.” That’s […]
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Players picked, agendas defined as state lawmakers get ready for 2015
Now that state lawmakers have received their committee assignments, the planning starts for a new budget-making cycle and a host of other bills covering everything from tax policy to welfare reform that will play in the political arena for the next two years. Well-rested and well-fed from the holidays, lawmakers should all have bipartisan visions […]
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Maine soldiers helping Ebola treatment efforts in Liberia
A Mainer from Hartland, a platoon leader with the 902nd Engineer Company, helped build a 50-patient Ebola treatment unit in Liberia, and another from Bingham is the noncommissioned officer in charge of protection, lodging and logistics for the facility. 1st Lt. Abraham Richardson and the 902nd built the first Ebola treatment unit, which opened on […]
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Maine grapples with sharp rise in dangerous and costly meth lab busts
AUGUSTA (AP) — Methamphetamine labs have proliferated at a startling rate across Maine, and drug agents say that the growth in the costly and dangerous raids has stretched their resources. Maine officials busted 28 meth labs this year, up 12 from last year and more than six times as many as three years ago, said […]
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Maine putting 2015 hunting and fishing licenses up for sale
PORTLAND (AP) — Maine officials said they are now making hunting and fishing licenses for 2015 available. The licenses can be purchased online or at more than 800 licensing agents, which are located throughout the state. The state Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife uses its Maine Online Sportsman Electronic System website to sell and […]
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Checking your backtrack just as important to us bipods
The New Year is almost always a welcomed event. The slate is clean. As we look ahead, it’s a lot like a field of virgin snow. As we move on, the tracks we leave will take us to unseen ground. This is especially sweet for outdoor people who have an affinity for exploration, for finding […]
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Ebola nurse, devastating fire, GOP victories top ’14 Maine stories
PORTLAND (AP) — The top three stories of the year in Maine all happened in little more than a week: a fire that killed six people, a nurse who treated Ebola patients and fought quarantine attempts, and the GOP winning big on Election Day. The worst fire in more than two decades — a blaze […]
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Maine town to fine residents for ‘loud and unreasonable noises’
OAKLAND (AP) — Sssshhhhhhh! Don’t make too much “unnecessary noise” in the Maine town of Oakland. The Town Council gave final approval Tuesday to an ordinance that creates stiff penalties for residents who are too loud. The ordinance, which takes effect immediately, forbids causing annoyance to others by intentionally or recklessly making “loud and unreasonable […]
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Rotundo and Hamper to chair state budget panel in 2015
AUGUSTA — State lawmakers from Western Maine landed some key committee appointments as an early Christmas present from their respective leaders in the state’s Senate and House of Representatives on Wednesday. Rep. Peggy Rotundo, D- Lewiston, will again serve as the House chairwoman of the state budget-writing Appropriations Committee, a post she has held for […]