AUGUSTA — Enrollment in pre-kindergarten programs in Maine increased for the seventh year in a row in the 2013-14 school year, according to data from Maine’s Department of Education. In the 2012-13 school year, 4,887 students were enrolled in public pre-kindergarten programs, which jumped this year to 5,004 students, Maine appears to be bucking a […]
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LePage honors Norway businesswoman
LePage was there to honor Suzanne Grover, a co-owner of Grover Gundrilling and one of the original backers of the Oxford Casino, and to congratulate Grover on being named the Oxford Hills Distinguished Citizen for 2014 by the Boy Scouts. “Suzanne is an incredible lady,” LePage said. “No. 1, she’s a real friend.” LePage said […]
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LePage criticizes Dems, says nursing home funding need is ‘critical’
PORTLAND (AP) — Maine Gov. Paul LePage says lawmakers’ failure to approve his bill to increase funding for the state’s nursing homes could force more facilities to shut their doors. After visiting a nursing home in Portland on Wednesday, LePage criticized lawmakers for nixing his $5 million bill earlier this month. The Republican governor said […]
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Michaud picked as grand marshal for Portland Pride Parade
PORTLAND (AP) — Rep. Mike Michaud will be a grand marshal in this year’s Pride Parade in Portland. The Portland Press Herald (http://bit.ly/T30czE) reported Wednesday that Michaud will lead the parade through downtown Portland on June 21. Other grand marshals will be University of Southern Maine Center for Sexualities and Gender Diversity coordinator Sarah Holmes […]
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Deadline for Maine moose hunt lottery Wednesday night
AUGUSTA (AP) — Mainers hoping to enter the lottery for moose hunting permit had better do it soon. The state Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is accepting online applications until 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday. Winners will be announced June 14. The state recently announced that it would reduce the number of permits to 3,095, […]
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Farmer Brown goes to court: Justices hear oral arguments in unlicensed raw milk case
PORTLAND — The 3-year-old question of whether a Blue Hill farmer should be allowed to sell raw milk without a license now lies with the state’s highest court, which heard oral arguments in the case on Tuesday. Maine Supreme Judicial Court justices asked tough questions of both sides, making it hard to predict which way […]
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New data leads to 25 percent reduction in moose permits
BANGOR — The state’s top moose biologist said on Monday that data gathered through a moose research project provided the tipping point when the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife reduced hunting permits by nearly 25 percent last week. “The bottom line with what happened this year is that we have our [moose] survival project […]
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Police arrest ex-husband of Maine Republican vice chairwoman for threatening her with gun
WINSLOW — Police have arrested the ex-husband of Maine’s Republican party vice chairwoman on charges that he threatened her, her boyfriend and one of her children with a loaded gun. The Morning Sentinel reported that police said Wilfred Morissette was intoxicated when he pulled the weapon on Susan Morissette, who is also a former state […]
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Candidates for governor hold conflicting views on minimum wage
LEWISTON — Everybody knows the saying, “It’s the economy, stupid.” That infamous phrase, coined by political strategist James Carville as he helped Bill Clinton become president in 1992, is as pertinent as ever. The candidates running for governor certainly know it’s true, but how they would go about fixing the economy and improving the financial […]
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Remaining four parts of nearly $1 million welfare study all past due
AUGUSTA — The final portion of a controversial five-part study of the state’s welfare system that’s costing Maine taxpayers $925,200 is due Thursday, but, according to state officials, only the first part of the study — due Dec. 1, 2013 — has been turned in. Maine has paid the Rhode Island-based Alexander Group $501,760, more […]