AUGUSTA — As the full Legislature remained on spring break, lawmakers on two key committees were working together on closing a state budget gap estimated at more than $800 million. In a joint meeting of the Appropriations and Financial Affairs and Health and Human Services committees Tuesday, lawmakers reviewed line items in the Maine Department […]
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Acadia National Park rangers seek person who illegally cut trees
ACADIA NATIONAL PARK — Somebody took it upon themselves to clear some vegetation near a popular climbing spot on Champlain Mountain and park rangers are trying to find out who. Doing anything to change the landscape in Acadia National Park, without approval from park officials, violates federal law. According to Ed Pontbriand, someone took a […]
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North Pond Hemit attracts variety of offers
AUGUSTA (AP) — — High bail is appropriate to prevent the exploitation a Maine man who has attracted a marriage proposal and a stranger’s offer to bail him out since his high-profile arrest for theft and burglary after living in the woods for nearly three decades, a prosecutor said Monday.Bail for Christopher Knight was raised […]
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Maine gas prices down by about a nickel
AUGUSTA (AP) — The cost of a gallon of gas in Maine is down by almost a nickel. Price-monitoring website MaineGasPrices.com reports Monday that the average retail cost of a gallon of gas has dropped in the past week to $3.59. Even though that’s almost 40 cents lower than at the same time last year, […]
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Maine group using pizza as props in tax event
PORTLAND (AP) — Demonstrators will be using pizza slices as props to make their point about tax loopholes on income tax filing day. On Monday, members of the Maine People’s Alliance plan to hand out slices of pizza and pie representing what they see as the sliver of revenue generated from the current corporate tax […]
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Maine can afford to wait on drone regs
We wonder how long it was after Orville and Wilbur Wright launched their first airplane that a police officer thought to use an aircraft to spot or chase criminals. We’re not sure, but 28 years after the Wright brothers’ famous flight the New York City police department established the first police aviation unit. As far […]
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Weather changes, party stays the same as Sugarloaf celebrates 25 years of reggae
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — The weather may be different every year, but the party pretty much stays the same at Sugarloaf’s annual Reggae festival. And for 25 years the faithful who, for various reasons, enjoy the eclectic combination of the music of the Caribbean and spring snow conditions have flocked to Maine’s tallest ski mountain. “Everyone […]
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Dentists oppose Maine expanded dental care bill
AUGUSTA (AP) — Dozens of dentists are expressing their opposition to a bill that supporters say would expand access to dental care in Maine. The bill sponsored by North Berwick Democrat Mark Eves would establish a license for mid-level dental hygiene therapists to provide limited care. They would be allowed to pull teeth, place crowns, […]
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Parents to sue town over son’s shooting death
BIDDEFORD (AP) — The parents of a Biddeford man who was shot and killed minutes after police had left his apartment building plan to sue the city and police department. Police say 19-year-old Derrick Thompson and his 18-year-old girlfriend, Alivia Welch, were shot and killed on Dec. 29 by their landlord after he argued with […]