PORTLAND (AP) — A coalition of diverse groups is launching a campaign to raise public awareness about pollution they say is threatening Maine’s lobster population. The Maine Lobster Council, Ready Seafood Co., the Maine Restaurant Association, the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center and the Natural Resources Council of Maine are holding a press conference […]
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M. Keim: Stop using the scare tactics
Kudos to the Maine House and Senate for having the courage to overturn the governor’s veto of the state budget bill. I always hear the same old arguments about change — restaurants will close if the patrons can’t smoke; bars will close if people can’t smoke; families will fall apart and people will be forced […]
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Jackson announces he will make run for U.S. Congress
ALLAGASH — State Sen. Troy Jackson announced Monday he will make a bid for the U.S. Congress. Jackson, a northern Maine Democrat and assistant majority in leader in the state Senate, was recently the brunt of vulgar criticisms uttered by Republican Gov. Paul LePage. Jackson will seek the 2nd Congressional District seat of U.S. Rep. […]
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Police say fight over woman led to shooting in Prospect
PROSPECT — Police said that a fight over a woman that began in fisticuffs early Saturday morning ended with a gunshot, bloodshed and a trip to Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor for a wounded man. No charges have been filed yet and police are not releasing the names of those involved, Chief Deputy Jeff […]
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Maine gas prices fall almost 4 cents
AUGUSTA (AP) — The cost of a gallon of gas in Maine has dropped nearly 4 cents in the past week to average of $3.52. Price-monitoring website MaineGasPrices.com reported Monday that the average retail price of gasoline in Maine is now 2 cents more than the national average, which has dropped nearly 6 cents in […]
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Maine professional boxing supporters hope to regain legal status in state
PORTLAND — The glory days of boxing in Maine remain vivid in Bobby Russo’s memory. As a youngster he often worked as the glove boy for cards at the Portland Exposition Building, where thousands turned out frequently during the 1960s to watch Pete Riccitelli emerge as a star on the local scene. “Portland’s always been […]
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Maine GOP holds firearms training fundraiser
AUGUSTA (AP) — The Maine Republican Party is raising money in an unconventional way — by holding a firearms training class for people who want to get concealed weapons permits. The GOP is holding a class complete with breakfast, lunch and door prizes on July 13 at the Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine in Augusta. The […]
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Lights! Camera! Amish apocalypse!
Ah, summer. Mosquitoes. Tourists. Zombies. Just the way life should be. Filmmakers across Maine are furiously at work this summer on tales of horror and musical sci-fi, tales of real life and unreal deaths. There’s a mad scientist. A hermit. An understandably distraught dad (zombies just ate his family, natch). And a wickedly creepy creature […]
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Playing the brain card in the Legislature
It was a remarkable moment in a remarkable legislative session when House Minority Leader Ken Fredette stood to explain that he was having a hard time understanding Democrats because they think like women. Fredette said he had read the book “Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus” and it explained why Democrats favored using […]
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Heard on the street: We asked, ‘Should LePage seek a second term?’
LEWISTON — Gov. Paul LePage’s recent rape analogy in reference to a Democratic lawmaker made national news. And last week, after state legislators voted to override the budget LePage had vetoed, he said he may not run for a second term. We asked the lunch crowd at Gridiron Restaurant and Sports Pub on Lisbon Street: […]