Executive Director Steve Levesque said Wednesday that the difficult decision followed the Pentagon’s decision to cancel flyovers, jump team demonstrations and civilian air shows effective April 1. The Navy’s Blue Angels were set to be perform at the air show on Sept. 14 and 15. Levesque said the Navy flight demonstration team was a major […]
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Maine, N.H., Vt., form disaster medical team
LEBANON, N.H. (AP) — Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont have formed a specialized disaster medical assistance team to respond to disasters in the region. The 56-member team has expertise in emergency and wilderness medicine, toxicology, pharmacology, respiratory therapy, orthopedics and radiological protection, among other fields. Dubbed NH-1, the team operates within the National Disaster Medical […]
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Maine business coalition opposes Medicare cuts
BOOTHBAY (AP) — The Maine Small Business Coalition has released a report that shows 39 percent of the state’s small-business owners are older than 55 and increasingly reliant on social programs such as social security and Medicare. The coalition released the report, “Business is (Baby) Booming,” in Boothbay on Wednesday. It was prepared by the […]
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Bill would push high-voltage power-line setback to 300 feet in Maine
AUGUSTA — The electromagnetic fields from high-voltage power lines and how far those lines should be from homes or other places where children congregate was the subject of a public hearing Tuesday night. Lawmakers on the Legislature’s Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee heard testimony on a bill that would require lines transmitting 5,000 volts of […]
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Maine lawmakers still distant on how to solve $880M shortfall
AUGUSTA — With fewer than 100 days left in the state’s fiscal year and a June 30 deadline for a balanced budget looming, Maine lawmakers are far from agreement on how they will settle an $880 million budget gap. Many expect the debate on the state’s $6.3 billion budget and how to fix that 14 […]
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Bill would allow minor crimes to be sealed from public view
AUGUSTA — A bill touted as a “second chance” for young people convicted of minor crimes will need a little work if it’s to become law. LD 549, authored by Rep. Joan Welsh, D-Rockport, would allow people ages 18 to 20 to request one conviction of a misdemeanor crime be sealed from the public record. […]
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Police investigate suicide of 13-year-old girl
THORNDIKE — Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the suicide late Monday or early Tuesday of a 13-year-old girl. The girl has been identified as a sixth-grade student at Mount View Middle School in Thorndike. “It’s just a horrible case to have to work on,” Chief Deputy Jeff Trafton of the Waldo County Sheriff’s Office […]
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Maine House OKs minimum-wage increase
AUGUSTA — The Maine House voted 86-58 Wednesday in favor a bill that would bump the state’s minimum wage from $7.50 to $9 in a three-stage approach beginning in July 2014. The measure includes a built-in inflation-based trigger that would boost the minimum wage accordingly each year after 2017. Currently, Mainers working full-time for the […]
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Redemption fraud conviction upheld by Maine court
PORTLAND (AP) — Maine’s highest court has upheld a former redemption center operator’s conviction for illegally redeeming cans and bottles from out of state. Thomas Woodard, who ran Green Bee Redemption in Kittery, was convicted in 2011 in the state’s first criminal trial over redemption fraud for passing off no-deposit containers from New Hampshire and […]
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Maine National Guard rescinds furlough notices
AUGUSTA — Maine has rescinded notifications of furloughs sent to National Guard members last week, officials said Tuesday. The Department of Defense informed Maine National Guard leaders last week that mandatory federal budget cuts — the sequester — would mean 22 furlough days for its airmen, soldiers and employees over the next six months. A […]