Chuck, your insurance agent, calls. “We’re running a special offer on health care insurance — three years for free,” he says. “What’s the catch?” you ask. “Nothing,” he says, “other than that the price will go up in three years.” “Hmm,” you say. “Three years for free? Then the price will go up?” “Sorry, Chuck. […]
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Sources: Gendron to be offered Maine hockey coaching job
ORONO — Dennis “Red” Gendron will be offered the hockey job at the University of Maine on Saturday, according to reliable sources in the hockey community. Gendron, a former Maine assistant coach during the 1992-93 NCAA championship season and a current assistant at Yale University, the NCAA champions, was one of four finalists along with […]
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Agitated LePage says he will move governor’s office from State House
AUGUSTA — To protest not being able to have a television display outside his office, Gov. Paul LePage says he will move out of the State House. Democrats said LePage was angry because he was not allowed to have a television screen outside his office displaying the number of days since he submitted a budget […]
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Democrats say Gov. LePage moving out of State House
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine Democratic legislative leaders say Gov. Paul LePage announced he’ll move his office space out of the State House by July 1. The Democrats say the Republican governor made that announcement after an early-morning meeting with legislative leadership Thursday. Senate President Justin Alfond of Portland calls the news disappointing and frustrating. He […]
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LePage seeks wind changes before supporting energy bill compromise
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage is withholding support for a compromise bill being worked out by the Legislature’s Energy Committee that’s aimed at expanding Maine’s natural gas infrastructure, boosting funding for energy efficiency, directly lowering businesses’ electricity costs and making it more affordable for residents to abandon oil heat. LePage won’t support the bill unless […]
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Signs to alert Maine motorists to turtle crossings
AUGUSTA (AP) — Signs are being put up to ask motorists in southern York County to be aware of rare turtles crossing area roads. The Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and the Nature Conservancy are marking the turtle crossing areas in Wells, South Berwick and York with hopes of reducing highway deaths of two […]
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Maine hermit’s court appearance postponed
AUGUSTA (AP) — A scheduled court appearance for a man who lived as a hermit in the woods of central Maine for nearly three decades has been postponed pending completion of a mental health evaluation. Christopher Knight, known as the North Pond Hermit, was scheduled for an appearance in Kennebec County Superior Court next Wednesday […]
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New Census count: Maine gains slightly; Mass. gains a lot
Auburn rolled out the welcome mat, just not a whole lot. The city gained six people in a new population estimate released by the U.S. Census on Thursday. The figures show Lewiston losing five people, Bangor losing 163 and Portland gaining 75. In the 22 Maine cities and towns included in the count, Saco’s population […]
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Colgan: Jobs recovery expected in 2016
The year 2013 is off to a promising start — but don’t get used to it. Charlie Coglan said he’s hoping for nine months in a row with modest job growth, a streak Maine hasn’t seen since 2007. Ahead of his state forecast for the New England Economic Partnership conference in Boston on Thursday, Colgan […]
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Lawmakers push off pay-freeze bill until 2014
AUGUSTA — State lawmakers Wednesday iced a bill that would have docked lawmakers’ pay if the Legislature failed to reach a budget agreement and Maine government shut down. Despite saying they favored the concept, offered by state Rep. Diane Russell, D-Portland, members of the State and Local Government Committee voted 5-4 to put off dealing […]