ALFRED (AP) — The lawyer for the business partner of a Zumba instructor charged with running a prostitution ring from her dance studio is seeking to remove himself from the case. Dan Lilley, lawyer for Mark Strong, submitted his motion a week before the trial is set to begin, telling the judge Tuesday that he […]
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Portsmouth shipyard worker receives electrical shock
KITTERY (AP) — Portsmouth Naval Shipyard said workplace safety officials are looking into an incident in which a worker received an electrical shock. Shipyard spokeswoman Danna Eddy said the injured worker was expected to return to duty Tuesday. She told the Portsmouth Herald that paramedics from the shipyard fire department responded around 9:30 p.m. Monday […]
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Student, 13, charged with terrorizing at Eliot school
ELIOT (AP) — Police say a 13-year-old middle school student who scratched a threatening message onto a bathroom wall in southern Maine has been charged with terrorizing. Police say the message left in a bathroom at Marshwood Middle School referred to people being killed on a specific date. The youth was charged Sunday night. Eliot […]
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LePage to announce plan to repay $186M owed to hospitals
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage will unveil a plan Tuesday afternoon to pay $186 million the state owes in back payments to hospitals. The governor will release his proposal during an event at the University of New England’s dental school, which is under construction on Stevens Avenue in Portland. Maine’s 39 hospitals are owed $484 […]
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Baldacci talks about tackling $16 trillion debt, contemplates return to office
“I’m looking at it,” Baldacci said when asked whether he planned to run again before delivering a speech at the Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce’s annual business breakfast Monday morning. “It’s not about me, it’s really about making sure that we get things on the right track in Maine, and that’s what I’m more concerned […]
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LePage proposes $100M Maine prison bond
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine’s medium-security prison in Windham, which has been added on to in stages through the decades, would be replaced if a $100 million bond proposed by Gov. Paul LePage is approved. Corrections Department spokeswoman Jody Breton told the Kennebec Journal in Augusta that preliminary plans call for eight of the Maine Correctional […]
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Proposed LePage budget includes income tax hike
The Portland Press Herald reported the increase would result from a two-year suspension of the state’s indexing of the individual tax rate. Indexing takes inflation into account in calculating taxes. The proposal in the governor’s two-year, $6.3 billion budget for the two fiscal years beginning July 1 would bring a projected increase of more than […]
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Study: Downtown concerts pump $30 million into Bangor economy
BANGOR — The Waterfront Concerts Series and its big-name acts have generated more than $30 million for the local economy in its first three years, according to a University of Maine study. Since its first event, a July 2010 Celtic Woman show, Waterfront Concerts has drawn more than 200,000 people, with the number of offerings […]
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Maine rape suspect agrees to be tried as an adult
PORTLAND (AP) — A Maine teenager charged with rape who resisted efforts by prosecutors to be tried as an adult has given up his fight. The Portland Press Herald reports that Mohammed Mukhtar withdrew his objection to the prosecution’s motion to try him as an adult during a hearing Monday. Mukhtar is charged with breaking […]
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Oxford Casino proposes offering Pai Gow poker
AUGUSTA — Maine’s gambling control board is considering a proposal to allow a new a variation of poker at one of the state’s casinos. At its regular meeting Tuesday in Augusta, the board will consider Oxford Casino’s proposal to begin offering a card game known as Pai Gow, a variant of a Chinese gambling game […]