LogistiCare scheduled roughly 40,000 rides to doctor’s offices, therapy and other MaineCare-related appointments around Maine in the last week of August. According to the state’s figures, it missed 40. “We’d like to get it down to zero missed trips, (but) it’s a much healthier number than we were a year ago,” Stefanie Nadeau, director of […]
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New study suggests Maine has room for one more casino
AUGUSTA — A new study commissioned by the Legislature suggests the state could sustain another casino or two depending on the size and location. The study released Aug. 30 shows the state’s economy could easily handle one more casino as long as it is in southern Maine, which likely would be in direct competition with […]
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Former President Clinton to campaign for Michaud in Maine governor’s race
PORTLAND — Former President Bill Clinton is visiting Maine on Tuesday to give a boost to Democrat Mike Michaud’s campaign for governor. More than 1,500 people are expected to attend the 8 p.m. event at the Portland Exposition Building, where Clinton will rally the party faithful and raise money for the Democrat hoping to defeat […]
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Emerge Maine honors lawmakers Hill and Rotundo as women of the year
PORTLAND — An organization dedicated to electing Democratic female candidates to public office has named state Rep. Peggy Rotundo, D-Lewiston, one of two Women of the Year for 2014. Emerge Maine named Rotundo, House chairwoman of the Legislature’s budget-writing Appropriations Committee and the committee’s Senate chairwoman, Sen. Dawn Hill, D-Cape Neddick, its Women of the Year […]
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Former Topsham manager selected for Bar Harbor post
BAR HARBOR — A former town manager of five other Maine towns, who resigned from his last job earlier this year to move to Washington, D.C., has been picked to become Bar Harbor’s top municipal administrator. In a prepared statement released last week, Bar Harbor officials announced they decided to hire Cornell F. Knight as […]
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Labor Day fire destroys mobile home, crash ties up Route 1 traffic
SEARSPORT — A mobile home was destroyed Monday afternoon by a fire. Searsport Fire Chief Andrew Webster said there were no injuries from the fire that occurred on the Sanborn Valley Road. He said the a couple, whose names were not immediately available, were renting the mobile home and had moved in the previous night. […]
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‘The mill is gone, but we’re not’: Katahdin region, state reflect on Labor Day
EAST MILLINOCKET — In the gloomy days that immediately followed the February shutdown of the local paper mill, mill workers would gather in town neighborhoods and walk every morning, sometimes for miles, Greg Libby says. They’d be in groups of three or four. They would discuss the weather, sports, their families, but the purpose of […]
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Nearly 39,000 arrest warrants remain unserved in Maine
Police say 63-year Randy B. Smith of Owls Head began stalking a Camden woman after his relationship with her deteriorated. They said he would break into her home, once hid in her basement, and in another instance, he threatened to stab her. Smith was scheduled to answer to those criminal charges in a Rockland court […]
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Missing Woodstock woman found safe
WOODSTOCK — A Woodstock woman who had been missing since Wednesday has been found safe. An Oxford County communications center dispatcher confirmed Sunday afternoon that the woman had been found, but referred other questions to the sheriff’s office. A telephone message was left with an officer. The Facebook page for Kathleen Zurzolo also was updated […]
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Officials: Maine mum on Sarah Long bridge project
Local officials and stakeholders in the Sarah Mildred Long Bridge replacement project say they have not heard a peep from Maine Department of Transportation officials since last fall about the new bridge. They say no meetings have been held, no e-mails or newsletters sent, no word of any sort has been forthcoming. “There clearly needs […]