A Greene man was sentenced Monday in Portland on charges of theft, misbranding and giving a false statement. In a U.S. Department of Justice release, United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that United States District Judge Nancy Torresen sentenced Samuel Hall, 38, to 1 1/2 years in prison and three years of supervised […]
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L/A Arts board ponders debt, future
LEWISTON — Debt and a sense that L/A Arts has drifted from its original mission has the group’s board of directors considering the fate of the downtown arts agency. John Painter, secretary of the board, said members have been meeting over the last few weeks to pour over financial documents. They’re scheduled to meet Monday […]
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Maine gas prices continue steep climb
AUGUSTA (AP) — The cost of a gallon of gas in Maine continues to skyrocket, and is rising faster than the national average. Price-monitoring website MaineGasPrices.com reports Monday that the average retail cost of a gallon of gas in Maine jumped more than seven cents in the past week to $3.79. That compares to a […]
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Hearing set for Maine wind farm proposal
MOSCOW (AP) — Environmental officials are holding a public hearing on a proposal to build what would be the largest wind farm in Maine. The Department of Environmental Protection is holding the hearing Monday evening at Moscow Elementary School to give residents a chance to air their concerns about a proposed 62-turbine wind farm in […]
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Riding lawnmower struck by van in Lebanon
LEBANON (AP) — A man operating a commercial riding mower was thrown about 100 feet but suffered just minor injuries after the mower inadvertently entered the road and was struck by a full-size van. Rescue officials say the mower was being used to groom the side of the Carl Broggi Highway when it entered the […]
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Success of Maine lawmakers varies widely for 2013
AUGUSTA — When it comes to making law in Maine, you win some, you lose a lot. Whether minor changes or sweeping reforms, state lawmakers had varying degrees of success in getting the bills they penned passed into law during the first half of 2013. In all, lawmakers and Gov. Paul LePage offered 1,577 bills […]
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M. Larson: How much worse can it get?
Maybe the sign as people enter Maine should read, “Open for business … done the governor’s way.” Maine residents have known for some time now that the governor is a foul-mouthed bully who acts out his my-way-or-the-highway philosophy regularly in Augusta. Now, it seems that he is not such a smart businessman either. By manipulating […]
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Compare Maine, N.H. on all factors
Anyone interested in eliminating income taxes eventually finds their way to a Maine/New Hampshire comparison, as a writer for Forbes magazine did Friday. In a column on the magazine’s website, Travis Brown wrote, “Maine doesn’t attract the level of derision that extremely high-tax states (like New York) do.” That surprised us after all of the […]
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Racer proposed to at Sunday River’s Tough Mountain Challenge
NEWRY — It’s not every day you get engaged on a water slide. But Allison Smith said “yes” Saturday in the most unlikely of places. As Smith came to the end of the Tough Mountain Challenge course at Sunday River, she was looking forward to the water slide, one of the final obstacles of the […]
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Virginia ‘Ginny’ (Willis) Litchfield
died 2013 WEYMOUTH, Mass. — Virginia “Ginny” (Willis) Litchfield of Holbrook, Mass., 69, formerly of Weymouth, Mass., and Sumner, died Wednesday, July 17, after a courageous battle with lung cancer. Ginny worked for Morgan Linen Services for over 15 years. After her retirement in 2008, she went on to work for Babies R’ Us for three […]