CHINA (AP) — Three people, including a 6-year-old boy, escaped serious injury when the all-terrain vehicle they were on broke through the ice of China Lake. The operator of the ATV, Lucas Cole of Benton, was trapped in the water for about five minutes and suffered hypothermia and frostbite. The 25-year-old Cole told the Kennebec […]
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Eight Aroostook County residents face poaching charges
ALLAGASH (AP) — Maine authorities have charged eight Aroostook County residents in a crackdown on illegal hunting in the region. Seven residents of Allagash and one Palermo man were charged Thursday with various poaching offenses from hunting with a suspended license to possession of a moose killed at night. The Maine Warden Service said the […]
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Maine panel explores regulating ‘narrow band’ insurance networks
AUGUSTA — A legislative panel is working on how Maine might regulate so-called “narrow band” networks offered by health insurance providers. The Insurance and Financial Services Committee on Thursday again tabled a pair of bills that seek to improve disclosure for patients and health care providers and to determine limits for how far a patient […]
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Maine House votes 114-21 in favor of revenue sharing bill
UPDATED 1:25 P.M.: LD 1762 advances in the Maine House after a 114-21 vote. AUGUSTA – A bill meant to restore $40 million in state revenue sharing for cities and towns will go before the Maine House of Representatives today. The bill, LD 1762, was approved by the Legislature’s budget-writing Appropriations Committee earlier this week on […]
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Heating oil customers on budget plans facing increased monthly payments
Citing an extended cold snap that began in December, heating oil suppliers are increasing the monthly payments of certain customers who are burning more oil this winter than expected. Customers from Dead River Co. and Downeast Energy who contracted for oil at a set per-gallon price have reported having their monthly payments increased by the […]
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Norridgewock man says gun incident a misunderstanding
SKOWHEGAN (AP) — A Norridgewock man prosecutors say brought a gun into an Athens store and threatened people has pleaded guilty, even though he says the entire incident was a misunderstanding and he did nothing wrong. Kerry Stevens pleaded guilty to criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon and disorderly conduct, but can have charges reduced […]
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College Football: Turner, Lucas among 16 UMaine additions
Dexter Turner was interested in becoming a Maine Black Bear, and Jack Cosgrove was interested in making him one. The coach just wanted the relationship to carry a little more weight. So Turner, a Pine Tree Conference All-Star at Oxford Hills in 2012, hired a personal trainer, enrolled at Cushing Academy in Ashburnham, Mass., put […]
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Our View: Public needs accountability. Not the shaft
“In an unprecedented move by majority lawmakers Monday night, the Democratic members of the Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee voted ‘ought to pass’ on a $40 million budget proposal without a single Republican present.” So says the GOP. Democrats say they were forced to make this move to restore $40 million in revenue-sharing cuts that […]
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Snow returns to much of the state Wednesday
Snow will blanket the area Wednesday with a daylong storm dropping up to 14 inches at the coast and to the south, the National Weather Service said. Winter storm warnings were posted throughout much of New Hampshire and into Maine for Lewiston, Rumford, Farmington, Norway and Augusta, as well as the entire coastline. Snow is […]
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Top challengers for governor’s office rip LePage on address
AUGUSTA — The two men who want to give Maine’s State of the State Address in 2015 held little back as they blasted Republican Gov. Paul LePage on Tuesday. “The state of the state is no better than it was when he was elected,” said Eliot Cutler, an independent candidate for governor from Cape Elizabeth. […]