AUGUSTA — The Maine Equal Rights Center announced Wednesday that it will launch a citizens’ petition campaign to repeal Maine’s reliance on a set of education standards used in 45 states. The ballot question, which would go to a November 2014 referendum if petitioners gather enough valid signatures, is the first of its kind in […]
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Portland charter school fails inspection again
PORTLAND (AP) — A charter school in the Maine city of Portland has failed another inspection less than three weeks before it’s scheduled to open. City inspectors have cited electrical and fire safety issues at the Baxter Academy charter school. The building failed two previous inspections on Aug. 12 and in July because of fire […]
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Campaign for Blaine House revved up
FALMOUTH — Democratic U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud said if Republican Gov. Paul LePage — one of the congressman’s chief rivals in the 2014 gubernatorial race — told GOP donors recently that current Democratic President Barack Obama “hates white people,” it’s “unfortunate.” But the Democrat from Maine’s 2nd District was careful to say he didn’t know […]
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Houlton native eliminated from ‘America’s Got Talent’
Sam Johnson rides a unicycle on a slack line during his performance at the Bangor State Fair in 2007. Johnson was eliminated from NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” on Tuesday. Houlton native Sam Johnson was eliminated Tuesday night from the “America’s Got Talent” reality TV competition. Johnson, 34, had hinted in an interview late last week […]
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Man’s body found in road in Bowdoin
BOWDOIN — The body of a man in his 50s was found early Wednesday morning in the middle of Adams Road. The man, who lived in Bowdoin but whom police did not identify, was unresponsive when emergency crews arrived just before 5:30 a.m., according to Chief Deputy Brett Strout of the Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Office. […]
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LePage calls for special session on bonding bill, Riverview issues
Bond Specifics: What the $149.5 million will pay for AUGUSTA — On his way to a manufacturing conference in Florida, Maine’s Republican Gov. Paul LePage issued a proclamation Wednesday calling the Legislature back to work Aug. 29. In a release, LePage said lawmakers are expected to pass a $149.5 million state borrowing package that has been […]
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Small fire strikes Gifford’s ice cream factory
SKOWHEGAN (AP) — No one was seriously injured and the supply of ice cream to overheated New Englanders was barely interrupted by a small fire at one of the region’s most famous ice cream manufacturers. The Skowhegan Fire Department responded to a fire at the Gifford’s Famous Ice Cream factory building just after noon Tuesday. […]
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Frantasia, renowned out music and arts festival, to be held Aug. 22-24
To see a music festival which draws world-renowned performers from places such as Ethiopia, Argentina and Switzerland and the United States, you might expect you’d have to travel to New York City, or at the very least, Boston. But I have good news for you. All you’ll have to do is put a gallon or […]
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Michaud and Woods to hold joint news conference Wednesday
Two Maine Democrats who have said they would seek their party’s nomination for governor in 2014 will hold a joint news conference in Falmouth on Wednesday. U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud, D-Maine, who made his official campaign announcement in Lewiston on Thursday, Aug. 15, will appear with Steve Woods, a Falmouth businessman and town council chairman. […]
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Arizona man dies in I-95 crash in Medway
MEDWAY (AP) — Police say an Arizona man has died in a single-car crash on a rural eastern Maine highway. Police said 85-year-old Paul Benn from Phoenix was traveling north on Interstate 95 in Medway at about 10:30 a.m. Monday when a witness driving behind him saw his car drift onto the rumble strip. Benn […]