The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Maine Historic Preservation Commission are expected sign by the end of this week a memorandum of agreement to add fencing at Fort Knox State Historic Site, Skip Varney, the director of engineering and real property for the bureau, said Wednesday. The memorandum will detail the state’s understanding […]
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Bill to reopen state office in Houlton likely dead after pressure from governor
AUGUSTA (AP) — A state of Maine office will remain closed after lawmakers chose to table a bill on Wednesday that would have re-opened it. Department of Administrative and Financial Services Commissioner Sawin Millett recently decided to close the Maine Revenue Services office in Houlton to save $900,000 over two years. Five of the jobs […]
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Maine AG releases list of top consumer complaints
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine’s attorney general said the top consumer complaint in the state revolves around car sales. That’s according to a list released by Attorney General Janet Mills of the top 10 consumer complaints in the past year. The second-top complaint involved sweepstakes, prize promotions and similar types of scams, followed by complaints about […]
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Greedy green crabs overtake Maine clam flats
FREEPORT (AP) — Voracious green crabs are overtaking hundreds if not thousands of acres of mudflats along the Maine coast, cleaning out soft-shell clams and posing a threat to other shellfish, officials said Wednesday. Prompted by the invasion of the crabs, the Department of Marine Resources this week oversaw a one-day coastwide survey to gauge […]
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Bridgton man dies after West Paris crash
WEST PARIS — A Bridgton man died Wednesday morning as a result of injuries he suffered when his pickup collided with a tractor-trailer on Route 26, a Maine State Police trooper has confirmed. Jean P. Bolduc, 83, was traveling south when his 1991 Ford Ranger veered over the center line for an unknown reason and […]
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Assault complaints up at Maine psych hospital
AUGUSTA — In the past year, Capitol Police have been called to the state’s Riverview Psychiatric Center 242 times — 83 times for assault complaints, Chief Russell Gauvin said. He said Wednesday that police calls to Riverview increased from the prior year, when his officers responded to 186 calls at the facility, including 25 assault […]
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Survey to gauge Maine’s green crab population
FREEPORT (AP) — Volunteers are taking part in a one-day, coast-wide survey to gauge green crab populations along Maine’s coast. The number of green crabs has grown sharply in some coastal areas, posing threats to clams, mussels and other marine species. The Department of Marine Resources is holding a press conference Wednesday to discuss the […]
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Maine Legislature ad-hoc committee mulls Riverview funding crisis
AUGUSTA — Whether the state chooses to expand a mental health unit at the state prison in Warren may have little bearing on whether the federal government cuts off $20 million in funding from Maine’s Riverview Psychiatric Center. An ad-hoc committee of lawmakers, hastily formed last week in light of the looming funding crisis, contemplated the […]
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Man charged in theft of 100-pound bronze plaque in Sanford
SANFORD (AP) — Police have recovered a 100-pound, bronze plaque that was on the base of a statute of one Sanford’s most famous citizens and charged a 21-year-old man in connection with its disappearance. Police, acting on a tip, found the plaque taken from the statue of Thomas Goodall on Saturday covered by a sheet […]
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Fairfield man gets 8 months for Christmas burglary, ordered to pay victims’ security system
AUGUSTA (AP) — A man who pleaded guilty to breaking into an elderly couple’s Oakland home while they were sleeping and stealing Christmas gifts intended for family has been ordered to pay for a security system for his victims. Brandon Rimes of Fairfield was sentenced Monday in Kennebec County Superior Court to serve eight months […]