PORTLAND — Striking FairPoint workers from Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont gathered in Monument Square on Saturday afternoon to rally for what they say is a fair contract that would maintain “good jobs and good service” in northern New England. “No contract, no peace,” the crowd chanted, led by Diane Winton, president of the International […]
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Out-of-state mills interested in hiring Verso Paper workers
BUCKSPORT — Paper mills outside of Maine are interested in hiring Verso Paper workers, whose jobs are expected to come to an end when the Bucksport paper mill closes its doors on Dec. 1. Flambeau River Papers in Wisconsin and Boise Paper in Minnesota have reached out to Dave Milan, economic development director for Bucksport, […]
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‘We need to do everything we can’: In culture shift, Maine Guard opens up about suicide prevention
There are 54 identification tags displayed on the Battlefield Cross Memorial in the Maine State House. Their chains are draped on the pistol grip of a soldier’s rifle, the dog tags themselves dangling just above a pair of combat boots. A helmet atop the rifle completes the cross. The dog tags are from all the […]
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Lincoln police warn residents to avoid coyotes after officer shoots one near McDonald’s
LINCOLN — Police warned residents to avoid coyotes Thursday after an officer was forced to shoot one near McDonald’s earlier this week. Coyotes and many other wild animals have lived on and near the paper mill property on Katahdin Avenue and in nearby woods for many years, police and Lincoln Paper and Tissue LLC paper […]
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LePage wins more votes than any governor in past 30 years
LEWISTON — Republican Gov. Paul LePage has entered Maine’s political history books — and this time it’s for a statistic that many of his opponents never saw coming. LePage was re-elected Tuesday with 48.4 percent of the vote over Democratic challenger Mike Michaud and independent Eliot Cutler. LePage also won more total votes than any […]
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In wake of losses, Maine Democratic Party chair says he won’t seek re-election
AUGUSTA — Two days after his party suffered defeat at the hands of Republicans, Maine Democratic Party Chairman Ben Grant announced Thursday he would step down. Grant, a 37-year-old lawyer and former Maine Senate staffer from Portland, took over the party in 2011, just months after Democrats suffered a similar thumping as Republicans rode a […]
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Feds permit Maine for incidental lynx capture
SEBOOMOOK LAKE (AP) — State and federal officials say the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is granting a permit to the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife for the incidental capture of Canada lynx associated with state-regulated trapping programs. The permit makes Maine the first state to have an incidental capture plan for Canada […]
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Request made to recount Lewiston state Senate race
LEWISTON — State election officials confirmed Wednesday that a request has been made to recount ballots in the Senate District 21 race between Democrat Nate Libby and Republican Patti Gagne. According to unofficial results from the Lewiston city clerk’s office, Libby, a state representative and city councilor, won the Senate seat by 64 votes. In […]
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LePage wins another four years in the Blaine House
LEWISTON — Before a hometown crowd of about 300 supporters in the basement reception hall of the church he attended as a boy, Republican Gov. Paul LePage declared victory early Wednesday morning. “Tonight I’m very, very humbled and very proud; I’m very, very proud,” LePage said. “Because 50 years plus, I was raised across the […]
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Big independent PAC spending had small impact on Maine races
Learn About Tableau LEWISTON — Despite spending record amounts to attack candidates they opposed, political action committee spending on state legislative races in 2014 seemed to have little success in swaying voters, based on the outcomes of Tuesday’s election. According to state campaign finance records, independent expenditures, money spent by political action committees, out of […]