HERMON — The railway that owns the runaway train that devastated a small Quebec town almost two weeks ago, killing 50 people, has laid off 79 of its 179 workers because of the disaster, a company official said Wednesday. Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway workers learned at the close of business on Monday that they […]
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College baseball: Dirigo’s Palmer named CMCC fall ball coach
AUBURN — Dirigo High School baseball coach Ryan Palmer has been named head coach of the fall baseball team at Central Maine Community College, the Auburn college announced on Wednesday. Palmer will continue his duties as coach at Dirigo, where he has led the Cougars to back-to-back Class C state championships in 2012-13. “This is […]
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What’s the plan for Maine’s economy?
As Maine struggled to recover from a major recession in the early 1990s, Gov. John McKernan and lawmakers formed the 19-member Maine Economic Growth Council and charged it with developing a long-term economic development strategy for the state. Council members toured the state and held focus groups to craft a statewide plan. But soon after, […]
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King says student loan compromise reached
A deal that freezes interest rates for all student loans issued after July 1, 2013, was reached Thursday by a bipartisan group of U.S. senators, said Sen. Angus King, I-Maine. The measure, backed by King and seven other senators, will go to a vote before the full Senate sometime next week, said Scott Ogden, King’s […]
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Washington group ranks LePage No. 2 in list of worst governors
LEWISTON — Maine Gov. Paul LePage was ranked among the 18 worst governors in the United States on Wednesday by a Washington, D.C.-based government watchdog group. Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington listed LePage, a Republican, as having the second-worst record based on criteria that included corruption, transparency, partisan politics, pressuring public officials, cronyism, […]
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Officials investigate plover killed by dog at Scarborough beach
AUUGUSTA (AP) — Federal and state wildlife officials are investigating after a dog killed a protected piping plover chick on a Scarborough beach. A spokesman for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife says a woman spotted an unleashed dog on Pine Point Beach on Monday morning approaching a plover nest. She warned the […]
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LePage to take part in Gettysburg commemoration
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine Gov. Paul LePage is headed to Pennsylvania to participate in celebration for the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. The Republican governor will take part in a ceremony at Little Round Top Wednesday evening. LePage will also tour the battlefield with the Maine and Alabama National Guard and offer brief […]
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Michaud and King to support nonpartisan No Labels group Thursday
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Two members of Maine’s four-person delegation to the U.S. Congress will take part in an event Thursday aimed at ending partisan gridlock in the nation’s Capitol. U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud, D-Maine, and U.S. Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, are among 70 federal lawmakers who will attend the No Labels event as members of […]
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Warden Service searches for man in Hartland lake
HARTLAND (AP) — The Maine Warden Service is continuing its search for a man whose unmanned boat was spotted circling a central Maine lake. A warden service officer said a boat belonging to 66-year-old William Witt of Harmony was spotted circling Great Moose Lake in Hartland with no one on board at about 7 p.m. […]
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Hancock County prosecutor acknowledges misconduct
PORTLAND (AP) — A Hancock County prosecutor faces disciplinary action after acknowledging to violating multiple bar rules during the trial of a rape suspect. Assistant District Attorney Mary Kellett acknowledged the violations at a hearing Monday. Lawyers for Kellett and the Maine Board of Overseers of the Bar reached an agreement before the hearing in […]