AUGUSTA (AP) — A new bill to require all motorcyclists to wear helmets in Maine has been referred to committee. Lawmakers on Tuesday sent Rep. Paulette Beaudoin’s bill to the Transportation Committee. The Biddeford Democrat introduced a similar bill in 2009, but it was rejected. Current Maine law requires motorcyclists under 18 years old to […]
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Remediation rates no cause for celebration
Maine’s teachers were heartened last week when recently collected data showed that fewer Maine students entering the university system needed remediation help than students in other states. Only 12 percent of this year’s freshmen class in the University of Maine System who came from Maine high schools needed the extra help compared to 24 to […]
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Lawmaker calls for banning anonymous corporate donors
AUGUSTA — A state lawmaker who is also a Lewiston city councilor rallied with supporters of an amendment proposed for the U.S. Constitution that would strip from corporate donors the right to donate money anonymously to political campaigns. Rep. Nate Libby, D-Lewiston, said he will support a resolution coming before the Maine Legislature calling on […]
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LePage swears, storms out of meeting with independent House members, lawmakers say
AUGUSTA — swore, pounded a table and stormed out of a meeting with three independent House members last week, according to the lawmakers. The trio said they hoped to talk to the governor about alternate approaches to balancing the state budget. Instead, the lawmakers said the governor called them “idiots” and again railed against Maine’s […]
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A lifelong musical education for Hallowell-based songwriter J.T. Lockwood
Maybe there’s something in the water. Maybe there’s a genetic predisposition developed from living in a particular geographic area. Or maybe it’s just that like-minded, creative people attract one another, like magnets. Regardless of the reason, Hallowell is a remarkably fertile town for music, with a multitude of local bands and artists, several venues, and […]
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Arctic blast means temperature drop of 75 degrees this week
FORT KENT — An arctic air mass settling over the state means residents are in for a 75-degree temperature difference from last Monday’s record high temperatures. According to officials at the National Weather Service in Caribou, the mercury hit 54 degrees in the St. John Valley on Jan. 14 and by Wednesday those readings are […]
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Slow progress made against binge drinking
PRESQUE ISLE — In Aroostook County earlier this month, the dangers of underage drinking and binge drinking were highlighted after four Presque Isle-area teenagers needed medical treatment for suspected alcohol poisoning and other ailments after holiday parties. One teenager was so intoxicated that he was found passed out facedown in the snow and had to […]
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Owls Head Lighthouse keeper’s house to open doors to public
OWLS HEAD — Boats approaching Owls Head have been able to rely on the Owls Head Lighthouse for nearly 200 years. And the lighthouse has been a major tourist attraction for decades. “The first question we would get is, ‘Can we get in the keeper’s house?” said Bob Trapani Jr., the executive director of the […]
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New England shrimp season begins this week
PORTLAND (AP) — New England’s shrimp-fishing season gets under way this week. The start of the season begins Wednesday, but isn’t expected to last long with a quota of only 1.4 million pounds. That’s about one-fourth last year’s catch of 5.3 million pounds. Net fishermen have a quota of about 1.2 million pounds and can […]
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College roundup: Masters, Hackett shine
LEWISTON — Corey Conner won a pair of events to lead the University of Maine women’s track and field team to a second place finish with 192.50 points at the Bates Invitational on Saturday Conner took top honors in the mile with an ECAC-qualifying and top-3 school mark of 4:51.63. She also won the 1,000 […]