STOCKTON SPRINGS (AP) — Authorities say a man’s body has been pulled from the Penobscot River in Stockton Springs. The Waldo County Sheriff’s Department said someone spotted the body at about 11 a.m. Sunday. It was pulled from the water with the help of the fire department. There was no identification on the body. The […]
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Tribe says maple syrup operation gives people new hope
PRENTISS TOWNSHIP — The members of the Passamaquoddy tribe have looked under their feet for a bottled water plant and have turned to the sky for a wind farm. But it’s the forest that will be the first to deliver as the impoverished tribe seeks to become one of the biggest maple syrup operations in […]
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Maine’s delegation spans the globe for official business
Independent U.S. Sen. Angus King took a selfie at the Arctic Circle last month while up there watching the U.S. Navy put a new nuclear-powered submarine through its paces. U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, flew overseas to talk Turkey. U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud, D-Maine, went on a veterans’ sweep — health care, services and cemeteries […]
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Sugarloaf’s reggae fest again King of Spring in Maine
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Maine’s biggest cure for spring fever was underway Saturday during Sugarloaf’s 26th annual Reggae Festival. It was a scene in which three bananas and a chicken drank beer with a Gumby. The ski resort celebrating spring to the beat of Caribbean music got a boost from warm and sunny weather. “People just […]
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LePage indicates opposition to $30 million budget patch, threatens to keep lawmakers in Augusta
“If they try to do what they’ve done for the last three years, they will be here until Election Day because I will call them back every day to fill the hole in the budget,” said LePage during a press conference on Wednesday. “They are playing games.” Though LePage was not specific about his opposition […]
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Sidney father, son face sex trafficking charges
SIDNEY (AP) — Maine authorities say a father and son are facing sex trafficking charges for allegedly running a prostitution operation out of their Sidney home. Forty-six-year old Frederick Horne Sr. and 19-year-old Frederick Horne Jr. were both issued a summons to court to face a charge of sex trafficking following a raid on the […]
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Maine college grads missing out on overlooked student loan tax credit program
AUGUSTA — It’s been more than five years since Maine created tax credits for college graduates who remain in the state to work, but only a fraction of graduates take advantage of the program because of the state’s failure to effectively market it, lawmakers and advocates say. Lawmakers heralded the Educational Opportunity Tax Credit as […]
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Maine Democrats urge LePage to sign offshore tax haven legislation
AUGUSTA — Lawmakers in the Legislature’s Democratic majority were urging Republican Gov. Paul LePage not to veto a tax-reform bill that they say closes loopholes in state law that allow multinational corporations to evade Maine income taxes. House Majority Leader Seth Berry, D-Bowdoinham, along with a host of Democratic colleagues, including those who serve on […]
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House passes bill to remove and regulate signs on Maine interstates
AUGUSTA — The Maine House on Thursday overwhelmingly voted in favor of a bill that revamps the state’s laws for signs along interstate highways. On an initial vote of 120-23, LD 1831 passed despite concerns from some lawmakers who said the bill would lead to the removal of signs that help their communities’ tourist trade. […]