LEWISTON — Maine Senate President Justin Alfond, D-Portland, on Monday denounced Gov. Paul LePage’s efforts to derail a deal between the state of Maine and the Norwegian energy giant Statoil. New details of the lengths that LePage’s administration went to unhinge a full-scale offshore wind energy pilot project off the coast emerged Monday in a […]
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Gas prices fall again in Maine
PORTLAND (AP) — Gasoline prices in Maine have fallen 5.5 cents per gallon in the past week. Price-monitoring website MaineGasPrices.com reported Monday that gas in Maine is now averaging $3.62 a gallon. Prices in Maine are 31.2 cents lower than a year ago and are a penny lower than the national average, which dropped 7.3 […]
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Maine weighs more financial perks to lure Hollywood
AUGUSTA — Cinematically, the streets of Portland would not pass for Manhattan. And Mount Katahdin, though majestic, is no Kilimanjaro. Nevertheless, Maine is attracting increasing numbers of television and movie productions this year and cumulative spending has more than doubled. “Film production in Maine is a great economic opportunity,” said Karen Carberry Warhola, who just […]
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LePage to host Blaine House food drive, offer tour of mansion
AUGUSTA (AP) — Gov. Paul LePage is inviting Maine residents to the Blaine House next month off to drop off food donations and receive a tour of the governor’s mansion. The Republican governor and First Lady Ann LePage are hosting the third annual food drive on three consecutive Saturdays in October, starting on the 12th. […]
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Old Port blaze ruled accidental
PORTLAND (AP) — A fire in a commercial building in Portland’s Old Port last week has been ruled accidental. Investigators said the fire early last Thursday started in a utility area in the basement of the multi-story building on Fore Street. Several businesses were damaged and residents of upper floor apartments were evacuated but there […]
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Maine health exchange committee to begin work
AUGUSTA — A special committee that will be overseeing Maine’s health care exchange under the federal health care overhaul is meeting for the first time this week. The Maine Health Exchange Advisory Committee is scheduled to meet on Monday at the State House. It includes lawmakers, insurance company representatives and consumer advocates. The group was […]
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Moose hunting season begins in Maine
AUGUSTA (AP) — Moose hunting season is kicking off in eastern and northern Maine this week. The season begins Monday. Maine’s Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife said there are about 950 hunters who have permits for the hunting season’s first week. The department said more Mainers have moose hunting permits this year than ever […]
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LePage says he won’t issue supplemental budget in 2014
Maine Gov. Paul LePage speaks during a recent event at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. LePage has said repeatedly he will not present state lawmakers with a supplemental budget in 2014. AUGUSTA — If Maine lawmakers are expecting to work on a supplemental state budget in 2014 they are going to have to go […]
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Wildcats chase off Bears, 35-21
EVANSTON, Ill. — Big-time teams have the ability to make some big-time plays.Northwestern University did just that Saturday afternoon to take the upper hand against the University of Maine.The 16th-ranked Wildcats returned two interceptions for touchdowns, blocked a field goal and blocked a punt that set up a score to earn a 35-21 victory over […]
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Parents in best position to instill motivation
The biggest problem in U.S. education isn’t teachers. It isn’t funding. It isn’t public schools versus charter schools. It isn’t unions or teacher pensions, the choice of instructional system or educational standards. All important issues, but they are peripheral to the central problem — a culture where too many parents, and by extension their children, […]