The American Community Survey numbers, released by the U.S. Census Bureau on Tuesday, show that Maine’s uninsured population rose from 135,000 in 2012 to 147,000 in 2013, an increase of 12,000 people. However, that difference carries a margin of error of 10,000 people. That means Maine could have between 2,000 and 22,000 more uninsured. In […]
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Maine seeking information about hard-to-fill jobs
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine officials want to know which jobs businesses have a hard time filling. The Department of Labor’s Center for Workforce Research and Information is sending a survey to 3,500 Maine businesses this month. Officials hope the results will help the department tailor its worker training programs to ensure Mainers have the skills […]
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Camden standoff at pharmacy ends with hostage freed, suspect found dead
CAMDEN — An all-night armed standoff at a downtown pharmacy ended with a hostage released unharmed and the suspect found dead from an apparent suicide. The suspect in the hostage taking and standoff was identified by Camden Police Chief Randy Gagne as Robert Beerman, 44, of Camden. Beerman’s body was discovered by members of the […]
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Police surround Camden drugstore; hostage released
CAMDEN — Police were outside the Camden Rite Aid on Monday night into Tuesday morning as a robbery was in progress, according to authorities. A woman who said she works at the Rite Aid said a man walked in just before the 8 p.m. closing time and ordered everyone to get out. He was holding […]
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Orono manager says The Grove management ‘very, very angry’ at crackdown
ORONO — After repeated attempts to work with operators of The Grove to curb the kind of loud, raucous parties for which it has developed a reputation, town officials are cracking down. And the management of Orono’s largest student housing complex is not pleased about it, Town Manager Sophie Wilson told town councilors Monday night […]
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Maine gas prices fall slightly in last week
PORTLAND (AP) — Gas prices have fallen 1.4 cents in Maine in the last week. The average price of a gallon of gas in Maine on Monday was $3.49 a gallon, down 4.8 cents from one month ago, according to gasbuddy.com. That’s 10 cents higher than the price of a gallon of gas nationally, which […]
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Maine’s moose hunt starts in a week
PORTLAND (AP) â?? Maine’s annual moose hunting season is set to begin in a week. The moose hunt starts Sept. 22 in eight of the state’s 29 wildlife management districts. The districts are all in far northern and northeastern Maine. More management districts open up Oct. 13, and others on Nov. 3. The hunt closes […]
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Humane Society CEO goes door to door in Bangor to solicit support to ban ‘inhumane, unsporting bear hunting practices’
BANGOR — The heated debate over whether to ban baiting, trapping and hounding in Maine brought the head of the nation’s largest organization dedicated to the protection of animals to Bangor on Saturday. Wayne Pacelle, president and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States, went door to door in a Bangor neighborhood with […]
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Runaway tire smashes through vacant Fort Kent store
FORT KENT — No charges are pending after a wayward automobile tire crashed through the window of vacant Main Street building owned by a Fort Kent police officer early Saturday morning. According to Dana Thibeault of the Fort Kent Police Department, Alshane Linton, 21, a student at the University of Maine at Fort Kent from […]
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With new copper coat, Maine Statehouse dome won’t return to green for 30 years
AUGUSTA — The weathered green copper that has crowned the Maine Statehouse for decades is now a fading memory. Workers are nearing the end of a more than $1 million, months-long project to replace the century-old copper sheath, making the dome look like a shiny penny and setting the Capitol abuzz. The dome’s new look […]