PORTLAND — A late power-play goal from Ryan Lomberg at the 13:54 mark of the third period provided the University of Maine men’s ice hockey team the edge it needed to earn its third consecutive win with a 2-1 victory over the Mercyhurst Lakers in front of 4,650 fans at Cumberland County Civic Center on […]
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Maine’s A.G.: Trooper legally justified in shooting Lamoine man
LAMOINE (AP) — Maine’s attorney general says a state police detective who fatally shot an armed man who’d just killed his father and uncle met the legal requirements for use of deadly force. The report released Friday says Detective Randall Keaten quickly opened fire, without time for voice commands, when he encountered the gunman running […]
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Obama renominates Cape Elizabeth man for federal judgeship
PORTLAND (AP) — President Obama has renominated a lawyer from Cape Elizabeth for a federal judgeship. The president originally nominated William Kayatta early last year for a seat on the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston, but his Senate confirmation was stalled by election-year politics despite an endorsement from the Senate Judiciary Committee. […]
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Sanford police seek credit union robber
SANFORD (AP) — Police are looking for a suspect in New Hampshire who is wanted in connection with a credit union robbery in Maine. Police say a man entered the York County Federal Credit Union on Main Street in Sanford on Thursday afternoon and demanded money from a teller. He did not show a weapon, […]
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LePage wants to add teeth to child abuse reporting law
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage has his eye on Maine’s law that obligates professionals who are in regular contact with children to alert state child welfare officials when they suspect child abuse or neglect. The state Department of Health and Human Services has submitted a bill titled “An Act to Strengthen Mandatory Reporting Laws” for […]
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Judge rejects Millinocket’s $216,000 lawsuit against LePage
In a single-page ruling town officials released Thursday, Kennebec County Superior Court Justice Nancy Mills dismissed the complaint because Millinocket’s request for the additional funding was filed after the 30-day deadline imposed by the Maine Administrative Procedures Act. Under the law, Maine Attorney General William Schneider had argued on behalf of the state, a civil […]
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Jury selection begins in New Gloucester double-murder trial
PORTLAND (AP) — Jury selection is getting under way in Maine in the murder trial of a Massachusetts man charged with fatally shooting the mother of his four children and his longtime friend. Thirty-year-old Joel Hayden of New Bedford is charged in the deaths of 27-year-old Renee Sandora of New Gloucester, Maine, and 28-year-old Trevor […]
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Maine sporting group to air issues
AUGUSTA (AP) — Gun control, coyote predation and legislative bills coming up this year are among the issues to be discussed when the Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine holds its 18th annual congress. Friday’s daylong meeting at SAM’s conference center in Augusta will start off with a review of 2012 issues by David Trahan, the executive […]
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State lawmakers wade into budget’s red ink
AUGUSTA — The temporary budget cuts ordered by Gov. Paul LePage in December will reduce services, delay hiring of state workers, eliminate grant funding for some college students and cancel some contracted services. State lawmakers got their first look Friday at how a $35.5 million state budget curtailment order is going to affect people, as […]
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Lawmakers and governor brace for budget battles in Augusta
AUGUSTA — The state’s Democrat-controlled Legislature and Republican governor are lining up their talking points and polishing their rhetoric as they gear up for next few weeks of budget negotiations and debate. Gov. Paul LePage on Thursday issued a video trumpeting state income-tax cuts passed into law by the outgoing Republican majority while urging lawmakers […]