PORTLAND (AP) — President Barack Obama’s inaugural committee may have scaled back festivities, but that isn’t stopping a Maine law firm from holding a Maine event. The law firm Perti Flaherty is hosting an invitation-only event featuring Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King, Reps. Mike Michaud and Chellie Pingree and a host of dignitaries, including […]
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Public vs. charter debate heats up
AUGUSTA — Maine public school administrators lodged a new complaint Monday about the state’s two new charter schools: They won’t feel any impact of $12.6 million in education aid cuts Gov. Paul LePage ordered late last month to close a $35.5 million hole in the current state budget. Public school officials say that’s not fair, […]
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Former AG Schneider lands in governor’s policy, management office
AUGUSTA — Former Maine Attorney General William Schneider will move to the Governor’s Office of Policy and Management as its deputy director, Gov. Paul LePage’s office announced Monday, just hours after Schneider’s two-year term as attorney general came to a close. Schneider will join the newly formed office that is taking over some of the […]
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LePage to propose more measures to limit welfare
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage plans to revisit a familiar policy target as a new legislative session gets under way: the state’s welfare programs. The LePage administration is proposing bills that would make drug felons ineligible for benefits through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, or TANF, program and bar food stamp recipients from spending […]
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Facebook announces fourth-quarter results
NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook delivered fourth-quarter results above Wall Street’s expectations on Wednesday and sought to show that it has finally transformed into a “mobile company.” But its stock dropped sharply in after-hours trading as investors placed more significance on the company’s growing expenses rather than on its increasing user base and higher advertising […]
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LePage cabinet officials focus on jobs
AUGUSTA — George Gervais may not always be pleased with media reports about Maine’s business climate. As commissioner of Maine’s Department of Economic and Community Development, Gervais watches the national business press consistently rank Maine low in business-climate terms. But every now and then, something crosses Gervais’ desk that makes him smile, he said Friday. That […]
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Man accused of robbing Sanford credit union turns himself in
SANFORD — A man wanted for robbing a credit union in York County last week surrendered to police Monday. Justin Brady, 23, of Manchester, N.H., who is accused of holding up the York County Credit Union in Sanford on Jan. 3, turned himself in at the Sanford Police Station, according to Sanford Deputy Chief Tim […]
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Snowmobile trail argument leads to shooting in Lowell
LOWELL — An argument over snowmobile trails Saturday night resulted in one person being shot in the hand, Stephen McCausland, spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety, confirmed Monday. The injured person, one of several people who entered the residence of the person they were arguing with, was in a private vehicle when located […]
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8-year-old testifies that he saw father shoot mother in New Gloucester
PORTLAND — The 8-year-old son of Joel Hayden and Renee Sandora told jurors Monday he saw his father shoot his mother outside the home they shared in New Gloucester on the evening of July 25, 2011. The boy, who was 7 years old at the time, was one of four witnesses called to the stand […]
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Maine flu outbreaks already top last season’s total
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine’s early flu season is hitting the state hard, with more reported outbreaks than all of last season. The Maine Center for Disease Control said there were 10 outbreaks last season. This season, there’s triple that number with 27 at long-term care facilities, two in schools, one at a camp, and two […]