AUGUSTA (AP) — The average price of gasoline in Maine went up by less than a penny per gallon in the past week and remains about where it was one year ago. The gasoline pricing website GasBuddy.com says drivers in Maine are paying an average of $3.49 a gallon for gas, according to a survey […]
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BIW awarded $23 million contract modification for work on destroyers
BATH — The Department of Defense has awarded Bath Iron Works a $23 million contract modification to continue work on the DDG 51 class of destroyers. The funds will allow BIW to provide further planning, design and liaison work for the destroyers, BIW spokesman Matt Wickenheiser said Monday. “This is money we had planned for […]
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Deadline Monday to sign up for health coverage that starts Jan. 1
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine residents that want to get coverage on the federally-run health exchange by the start of the new year are rushing to get signed up. The deadline to sign up on the exchange for coverage that kicks in on Jan. 1 is Monday. Residents can still sign up for coverage until March […]
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Maine Turnpike offering tired travelers free coffee
PORTLAND (AP) — Tired travelers over the holidays will be able to get free coffee at Maine Turnpike Service Plazas to help them stay awake on the road. Free coffee will be available at all five service plazas from 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. overnight on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year’s Eve and New […]
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Warren Cook: Broadband can play important role in Maine’s economic future
Improving the business climate in Maine, and keeping more of our high school graduates from leaving the state, are topics constantly on the minds of politicians, educators and business owners. Fortunately, Maine already has one major ally to make each topic a reality: broadband Internet. The high-speed Internet we rely on daily for email, social […]
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Outdoors in Maine: With or without venison, a growing respect for deer
No venison for the Reynolds freezer this time around, but I don’t think my hunting partners and I have ever enjoyed the deer woods any more than this year! We saw a lot of new country and found plenty of deer sign for a change. Despite a lot of personal distractions, time was put […]
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Freezing rain for Lewiston-Auburn tonight
Temperatures in the Lewiston-Auburn area are expected to remain close to or just above freezing this afternoon and evening, with freezing rain expected sometime between 9 p.m. and 1 a.m. The National Weather Service in Gray estimated this area will get half an inch to three-quarters of an inch of ice during the weekend storm. […]
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Santa’s Helpers to continue in Mexico
MEXICO — Although the Free Store will close at the end of the year, Santa’s Helpers, which operates out of the Roxbury Road building, will continue at a new location in 2014, an official said. Margaret McNeal, who has carried on her mother’s legacy by running Santa’s Helpers for the past five years, said the […]
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Maine unemployment rate dips to lowest rate since 2008
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine’s unemployment rate for November was 6.4 percent, down nearly 1 percent since last year. The Maine Department of Labor said Friday that it’s the lowest figure the state has seen since November 2008. It said the unemployment rate for November dropped 0.3 percentage points from the prior month. That’s down from […]
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LePage lifts ban on commissioners attending legislative meetings
AUGUSTA — said Thursday that he’ll once again allow department heads to address lawmakers face-to-face in committee meetings. For months, LePage has upheld a policy that members of his Cabinet and other executive branch employees correspond with legislative committees in writing only. Democrats who chair legislative committees — especially the budget-writing Appropriations Committee and the […]