For the fifth consecutive year, Gifford’s Famous Ice Cream took home top honors from the World Dairy Expo Championship Dairy Product Contest — the first ice cream company to win that many times in a row. Lindsay Gifford-Skilling, the general manager of Gifford’s, said that her family-run company is thrilled about the win. “It’s a […]
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Peak fall colors throughout much of Maine
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine officials say that peak fall colors have reached much of northern and western parts of the state. In its weekly fall foliage report, the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry says that peak leaf color is being seen from Bangor up north to Fort Kent. Leaf colors have also reached […]
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Michaud unveils plan to help Maine’s paper industry as LePage seeks buyer for Bucksport mill
BREWER — Maine’s candidates for governor weighed in Thursday on the announced closure of the Verso mill in Bucksport by airing ideas for preserving the paper industry and criticizing the policies and inaction they said led to the economic bad news. Verso officials announced Wednesday afternoon that the local mill will shut down by the […]
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Maine auto sales magnate teams up with inventor for Hot-Tubes energy-saving venture
SOUTH PORTLAND — Conserving money and energy is the goal of a new company called Hot-Tubes. Founded by South Portland resident Bill Zelman and Cumberland resident Adam Lee, the company is developing what it calls “an inexpensive hanging tubular fan system that can be placed anywhere, bringing hot ceiling air down to the floor, lowering […]
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LePage relents, approves raises for state attorneys after stalling 3 months
AUGUSTA — Roughly 100 lawyers working in the Maine Attorney General’s Office will receive their mandated raises after Gov. Paul LePage relented and signed off on the pay increases Monday. The Legislature approved the mandatory 5 percent pay increase for assistant attorneys general, district attorneys and assistant district attorneys as part of the supplemental budget […]
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Portland Pirates: Former University of Maine goalie right at home with AHL club
But Maine is still home. He retired as a professional player after his fifth year with Soenderjyske in Denmark last spring. Tuesday, he was back on the ice — and in full gear — helping out another Maine hockey institution, the Portland Pirates. The team hired Michaud this summer as a part-time goalie coach. He’s […]
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Maine’s fall turkey season begins Thursday
PORTLAND (AP) — Maine’s autumn wild turkey season is underway. The fall turkey season begins Thursday and runs until Halloween. Hunting is legal with a bow and arrow or shotgun and possession of valid permits. There is a two turkey bag limit in ten wildlife management districts in central and southern Maine. Eight other districts […]
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Prison for bank exec who used firm’s card for champagne, lap dances
PORTLAND (AP) — A former TD Bank executive who used a company credit card to buy $240,000 in Champagne and lap dances at strip clubs to ease his stress from work has been sentenced to 18 months in prison. The Portland Press Herald reported 42-year-old Jeffrey Burnham of Arundle had pleaded guilty in U.S. District […]
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Verso mill in Bucksport to close by year’s end; 570 employees to lose jobs
UPDATE: Jay, Livermore Falls managers sympathize with Bucksport mill workers, community BUCKSPORT — In an announcement that caught many people off guard, Verso Paper officials indicated Wednesday afternoon the local mill will shut down by the end of this year, laying off about 570 employees. Verso president and CEO Dave Paterson said in a statement the […]
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Collins calls rival campaign’s claim on her equal pay stance ‘ludicrous’
BANGOR — Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins blasted the recent campaign tactics of her Democratic opponent, Shenna Bellows, calling her rival’s claims “ludicrous” during a luncheon stop in Bangor on Wednesday. “Modern campaign cycles tend to be ruled by the caustic Internet slogan of the day,” Collins said in a packed meeting room at the […]