AUGUSTA — The spokesman for Republicans in the Maine House of Representatives is leaving his post to pursue different political work, he said Thursday David Sorensen, who took a leave of absence last spring to serve as spokesman for the Maine Republican Party during the last election cycle will not return to his State House […]
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Maine Democrats fill legislative leadership posts
AUGUSTA — Despite seeing their majority shrink by 10 seats after last week’s election, Maine House Democrats on Wednesday re-elected the two returning members of the past session’s leadership team to key posts for the next two years. Rep. Mark Eves of North Berwick won two more years as House speaker, and former assistant majority […]
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Cate Street CEO, his wife testify on first day of fraud trial
PORTLAND — The chief executive officer of the company that managed the now bankrupt Great Northern Paper Co. and his wife took the stand Wednesday on the first day of a fraud trial brought against them by a former business associate. The trial stemming from a 5-year-old $1.6 million judgment against Cate Street Capital CEO […]
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Androscoggin County voters send young guns to state Senate
LEWISTON — In a state increasingly haunted by its ever-aging population and national notoriety for being the oldest state in America, voters in Androscoggin County have sent three people to the state Senate this year who are all younger than 30. At 26, Eric Brakey, an Auburn Republican and a freshman to the Legislature, will hold […]
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Wisconsin firm says it will buy Old Town mill, restart production
OLD TOWN — A Wisconsin firm has entered into an agreement to purchase Old Town Fuel & Fiber, according to a news release issued Tuesday by Expera Specialty Solutions. Expera intends to invest significant additional capital and resources into Old Town to ensure the highest level of production quality and capacity, the release stated. “We […]
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Political leaders tip hats to Maine vets, point out progress and goals
AUGUSTA — The state’s top political leaders — including Maine’s Republican governor and Democratic speaker of the house — took time Tuesday to honor the state’s more than 140,000 military veterans. House Speaker Mark Eves, D-North Berwick, pointed to recent law changes that are aimed at making veterans’ lives better in Maine. Gov. Paul LePage […]
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State House leaders offer outlook for pending Maine legislative session
AUGUSTA — As they prepare for the upcoming lawmaking session, Republican leaders in the Legislature said Monday they hope to home in on key policy initiatives, including more welfare reform, lowering energy costs and reducing tax burdens. Democrats, now in the minority in the Senate, said they will take a measured approach as they work […]
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Election results bring Maine closer to ‘the middle’
Maine Republicans and Democrats are saying this week that it’s time to work together, after the GOP took over the state Senate and Republican Gov. Paul LePage was re-elected to office. Moreover, a Republican Party official said the elections are reflective of a long-term trend in Maine away from the left and toward the center […]
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Ebola nurse says she would go back to Africa to help fight disease again
PORTLAND — The Maine nurse who defied quarantine attempts after treating Ebola patients in West Africa is looking forward to stepping out her front door — “like normal people.” Kaci Hickox’s plans for the end of the deadly disease’s 21-day incubation period include a dinner out with her boyfriend, but she told The Associated Press […]
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Stephen King talks baseball, his latest book ‘Revival’ and how he’s not done yet
BANGOR — Stephen King has slowed down a bit, he’ll admit, in the way those fireballing baseball pitchers he loves to watch often do when they age. But the renowned master of horror writing says his newest novel, “Revival,” which releases Monday, shows he still can bring it. “So ‘Revival’ is a fastball,” he says. […]