Nearly a a century after it hosted the first one, Augusta Country Club rolls out the red carpet for the 94th edition this morning. That’s welcome news for one icon of the sport. Mark Plummer, who won the Maine Amateur a record 13 times from 1973 to 2002 and was runner-up in five more, is […]
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Maine gas prices up slightly
AUGUSTA (AP) — Gas prices in Maine have inched up a little more than a penny in the past week, and are now 4 cents per gallon above the national average. Price-monitoring website MaineGasPrices.com reports Monday that the average retail cost of a gallon of gas is now $3.53, compared to a national average that […]
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Free meals program expands to all Maine counties
PORTLAND (AP) — A federal program that provides low-income schoolchildren with free meals during the summer has for the first time expanded to every Maine county. Angela Wight, Summer Food Service Program coordinator for the state Department of Education, said there are now 307 summer meal sites in the state, up from 242 last summer. […]
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Former Maine basketball coach Keeling dies
LONDONDERRY, N.H. (AP) — Former Maine and Northeastern coach Rudy Keeling has died. Both universities announced that Keeling died Saturday in Londonderry, N.H. after an illness. He was 64. Keeling coached the Black Bears from 1988 until 1996 where he compiled a record of 104-124. He earned North Atlantic Conference Coach of the Year honors […]
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Group urging LePage to sign anti-BPA bill
AUGUSTA (AP) — A group of Maine parents are calling on Gov. Paul LePage to sign a bill designed to provide information about food packaging that contains the toxic chemical bisphenol-A. The group of parents will meet at the Capitol’s Hall of Flags on Monday morning. The bill would require companies with $1 billion or […]
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Legislature back in session for budget fix, override votes
AUGUSTA — You may have thought the session was over for the summer, but the Legislature will reconvene on Tuesday to make a technical correction to a recently enacted $6.3 billion state budget. The fix is in the “errors and omissions” bill, LD 1572, which, depending on who you ask, is either a big deal […]
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Former UMaine basketball coach Keeling passes away
ORONO — Former University of Maine men’s basketball coach Rudy Keeling died in his home in Londonderry, N.H., Saturday after a brief illness, according to a news release from the University of Maine. He was 64. “The Black Bear men’s basketball program, and the entire UMaine community is deeply saddened to hear the news of […]
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Linda Sanborn: Mainers deserve affordable health care
Mainers deserve the medical care they need, when they need it, without facing huge medical bills. Over the past six months, Democrats have worked tirelessly to extend health insurance to more Maine people by accepting federal health care dollars set aside for Maine under the Affordable Care Act. No man, woman, or child should ever […]
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There ought to be a law . . . or maybe not
AUGUSTA — If you want to drink a pint of Guinness before 9 a.m. on a Sunday when it’s St. Patrick’s Day in Maine you can now, thanks largely to a good story. One tavern owner — a long-time Republican — suggested the idea to Rep. Barry Hobbins, D-Saco, last winter, and just in the […]
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Face Time: Auburn’s Janet Theriault — An unplanned ride inside world of modeling
School secretary by day, model stylist by . . . well, whenever she’s needed. Watch out neighbors! Name: Janet Theriault Age: 57 Residence: Lived in Auburn, Maine, almost all my life. So what does a model stylist living in Auburn really do and where do you do it? And how did you get to be […]