AUGUSTA (AP) — A new hospital in Augusta has opened with a bang — or rather the cries of newborn twins. MaineGeneral Medical Center’s Alfond Center for Health opened ahead of schedule Saturday and welcomed twins just hours later. Hannah Veilleux was born five weeks premature, followed about a minute later by her brother Samuel. […]
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Maine highway deaths down for year
AUGUSTA (AP) — Highway safety officials say traffic deaths are down in Maine. The Bureau of Highway Safety says 118 people have been killed in traffic accidents on Maine roads so far this year. That’s down from 137 traffic fatalities at this time last year. Officials said August has been the deadliest month so far […]
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Maine proposes new elver reporting rule
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine fisheries officials are seeking comments on a proposed rule that would require elver fishermen to record their sales to dealers on a swipe card to provide regulators more accurate and timely information on the elver catch. Elvers have come under scrutiny since prices escalated to $2,000 and more per pound for […]
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Coming out has been positive for Michaud
PORTLAND — When the intensely private Rep. Mike Michaud laid bare his private life and announced he’s gay, one openly gay congressman joked that the Maine Democrat had never registered on his “gaydar.” As he prepares to return to Capitol Hill this week as the seventh openly gay member of the U.S. House, Michaud said […]
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Maine veteran honored at White House ceremony
SANFORD — Adam Cote of Sanford, a 15-year veteran of the U.S. Army and CEO of Thermal Energy Storage of Maine, was honored at the White House Tuesday as one of 12 Veterans Advancing Clean Energy and Climate Security. Cote, who is currently deployed as a company commander in Afghanistan with the Maine Army National […]
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Portland coffee roaster true to roots — by design
PORTLAND — It started in Portland’s pornography district. Wafting among the peep shows and girlie mags, the aroma of freshly roasted coffee was an anomaly on Congress Street in 1994. “Everybody told us we were crazy to open there,” said Mary Allen Lindemann, co-owner of Coffee By Design. “The vacancy rate was 40 percent.” But […]
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SJ will soon charge for unlimited access. New ‘bundle’ can include 7 papers
On Dec. 3, the Sun Journal and our family of weekly newspapers will begin charging for Web access, and offering something unique in Maine: an all-access bundle of newspapers that will include the daily Sun Journal and six weekly newspapers in Franklin, Oxford and Androscoggin counties. As a current Sun Journal print subscriber, you will […]
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Talk about gun safety at your own risk
The rules: Handle any gun as if it’s loaded. Never point a gun at another person. Never treat a gun like a toy. Those are basic lessons taught to young hunters around the country, lessons that can stick with a person for life. But lessons apparently unlearned by a 31-year-old Waterville man who last week […]
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Bill for Maine homeless veterans and others could still move forward
AUGUSTA — Citing “inside baseball” and political gamesmanship, state Rep. Corey Wilson, R-Augusta, said he would appeal the rejection of a bill that paves the way to create a shelter for some of the state’s homeless veterans. Wilson’s bill was rejected by the Legislative Council, a committee of Democratic and Republican leaders, earlier this month. […]
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Bath Iron Works to lay off 81 workers
BATH — Bath Iron Works will lay off 81 shipyard workers effective Nov. 22, the company confirmed Thursday. The company notified union leadership on Thursday that it will lay off 81 workers across multiple trades in order to balance its workforce with the current amount of work at the shipyard, Jim DeMartini, BIW’s spokesman, told […]