PORTLAND (AP) — The deadline for requesting absentee ballots for Maine’s election is fast approaching. The deadline for most voters is Thursday. Election officials say Mainers can request a ballot until the close of business by going online, calling or visiting their town office. Voters can return the ballots to their municipal clerk until the […]
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Bear bait vote sparks interest around the nation
WILTON (AP) — In Maine, a hunter can shoot a bear while it’s nose-deep in a barrel of doughnuts, after it’s been chased up a tree with dogs, or when it’s snared in a cable trap — but that could change in days, and hunters and animal rights advocates around the country are watching. Bears […]
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Rockland nonprofit uses volunteer power to keep Mainers warmer in the winter
ROCKLAND — It all started so small, Richard Cadwgan marveled this week as he looked around at the Window Dressers’ busy teaching workshop space in Rockland’s Lincoln Street Center — space that is packed with the makings for thousands of low-cost, high-efficiency thermal window inserts. Back in 2009, Cadwgan, a retired geotechnical engineer who lives in […]
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Collins looks for fourth term in U.S. Senate
LEWISTON – Even with a substantial lead in the most recent polls, Susan Collins — Maine’s incumbent Republican U.S. senator and one of the state’s most popular politicians – still hits the campaign trail with the vigor of a first-time candidate. Collins, who is seeking her fourth term, of late has been alternating between her […]
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Wayne Pacelle: Affirm fundamental respect for wild animals
The animals in our world and in our lives deserve respect. That’s a fundamental value on which responsible hunters and non-hunters agree. It may be a long time before everybody sees wildlife issues in exactly the same way. But as Maine’s election campaign heats up on the question of shooting bears, let’s explore the basic […]
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A feisty underdog, Bellows works to unseat Collins
PORTLAND – Ever since she announced her campaign to unseat Maine’s popular and senior U.S. Senator Susan Collins , Shenna Bellows, a Democrat and former executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Maine, knew she had an uphill climb. But she has never contemplated the possibility of defeat, often telling campaign supporters that […]
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Wildlife official: Web design on bear-baiting was public education, not campaigning
AUGUSTA (AP) — A senior Maine wildlife official said her department paid a company $6,600 for web design and a PowerPoint presentation defending bear-baiting not to sway voters in an upcoming referendum, but as a matter of public education. Judy Camuso, director of the wildlife division of the state’s Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife, […]
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Three-way race creates fireworks in northern Maine
CARIBOU (AP) — The Maine governor’s race isn’t the only three-way contest with candidates running neck-and-neck and the possibility of an independent playing the role of spoiler. Voters in Maine’s sprawling 2nd Congressional District will decide a hard-fought race featuring Democrat Emily Cain and Republican Bruce Poliquin, who are battling for an open seat that’s […]
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Former President George H.W. Bush backs LePage for governor
AUGUSTA (AP) — Former President George H.W. Bush and former first lady Barbara Bush are endorsing Maine Gov. Paul LePage in his re-election bid. In a statement Wednesday, the Bushes called LePage a “get-it-done-leader” who’s committed to solving Maine’s problems. They applauded his effort to eliminate the state’s hospital debt and said they “strongly support […]
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Judge: Maine wildlife department can campaign on bear hunting question
PORTLAND — The Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife may advocate for the defeat of a ballot question that asks voters to change the way bears are hunted in Maine, a Superior Court judge ruled Wednesday. Superior Court Justice Joyce Wheeler rejected an injunction request filed by Mainers for Fair Bear Hunting. The group, which […]