Maine State Employees Association has started a lobbying campaign highlighting comments made last week by Sawin Millett, the state’s finance chief, to make their case for an end to a four-year pay freeze. MSEA President Ginette Rivard sent a letter to Millett on March 1 in response to his comments about the impact of frozen […]
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Topsham masseur pleads not guilty
BATH (AP) — A massage therapist from Topsham charged with inappropriately touching a client at the fitness center where he works has been arraigned. Lionel Beaucage pleaded not guilty Monday in Sagadahoc County Superior Court to one count of felony unlawful sexual contact and two misdemeanor counts of unlawful sexual touching. The 55-year-old Beaucage was […]
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Maine Labor Department warns of scam
AUGUSTA (AP) — The Maine Labor Department is warning people about a telephone scam in which the caller offers help finding a job. The department says the caller tries to get personal information from individuals by posing as an employee of the department. People who get calls should not give personal information. The scam was […]
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Norridgewock man gets 45 years for drug-related killing
SKOWHEGAN (AP) — A Maine man has been sentenced to 45 years in prison for the drug-related slaying of another man sitting in his pickup truck. Robert Nelson of Norridgewock was sentenced Tuesday for killing 60-year-old Everett Cameron of Anson with a close-range gunshot to the head during a drug transaction in October 2009. Nelson […]
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Maine high court upholds sex offender registry
PORTLAND (AP) — Maine’s highest court has upheld the state’s sex offender registration law in a narrow 4-3 decision, saying it does not violate the rights of people convicted of sex crimes before 1999, when the law was retroactively applied to include them. The majority opinion released Tuesday said Maine’s law requiring offenders to register […]
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LePage vows to keep seat vacant after nominee rejected
AUGUSTA — A legislative committee voted along party lines Tuesday to oppose Gov. Paul LePage’s nomination of a vocal and longtime Dirigo Health critic to the program’s board. LePage said late Tuesday he would keep the board seat open because of the committee opposition, rather than nominate another candidate. In an 8-5 vote, the Legislature’s […]
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Jay legislator sponsors bill addressing youth suicides
LIVERMORE — Suicide is the second leading cause of death for Maine’s young people and the 10th leading cause of death among Maine people of all ages. Livermore Elementary School guidance counselor Grace Eaton knows firsthand the pain of losing a loved one by suicide. Her son, Glen Gilchrist, died by suicide in December 1997. […]
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Maine bill seeks to rebuke UN’s Agenda 21
AUGUSTA – Supporters of bill that seeks to have the state of Maine ban what is known as the United Nations’ Agenda 21 packed three committee rooms at the State House on Tuesday. The bill, sponsored by state Rep. Ricky Long, R-Sherman, would prohibit the state, any governing body or quasi-governing body in Maine from […]
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RSU 73 chooses architect for school buildings
LIVERMORE FALLS — The RSU 73 Facilities Committee selected the Augusta-based architectural firm of Bunker & Savage to design the $1.8 million renovation of Spruce Mountain high and middle schools, and Community Building, all in Jay. Plans are to go solicit construction bids in April and begin construction in mid-May, Superintendent Robert Wall said. The […]
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Judge refuses to dismiss charges in Zumba prostitution trial
ALFRED (AP) — A judge on Tuesday declined to dismiss any of the remaining 13 counts against an insurance agent accused of helping a Zumba instructor run a prostitution business, setting the stage for closing arguments. Lawyers for Mark Strong Sr. asked the judge to dismiss all but one or two misdemeanor charges, citing problems […]