SANFORD — Maine Manufacturing LLC has acquired a line of laboratory products from a division of General Electric, a move that will allow it to add jobs at its facility in Sanford. Maine Manufacturing, which employees about 105 people in Sanford, on Thursday announced it had acquired from GE Healthcare a line of products used […]
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LePage addresses Mainers about tax cuts through YouTube video
Titled “The Truth About Tax Cuts,” the five-minute video features LePage responding to questions posed by his press secretary, Adrienne Bennett. Both label the tax cuts enacted by the Republican-led 125th Legislature “the largest tax cut in Maine history.” Democrats have criticized the tax package because it leaves to the new Legislature the task of […]
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Maine trooper justified in shooting at vehicle
PORTLAND (AP) — State attorney general William Schneider says a state trooper was legally justified in using his handgun to try to disable a motorist’s car after a high-speed chase on the Maine Turnpike. Investigators say 23-year-old Matthew Cole was driving an unregistered car with an expired inspection sticker when he fled from a trooper […]
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Feds crack alleged narwhal tusk-smuggling ring in Maine
PORTLAND (AP) — Officials say they have broken up a smuggling ring in which narwhal tusks from the Canadian Artic were brought to Maine in a trailer with a secret compartment and then illegally sold to American buyers. Andrew Zarauskus, of Union, N.J., and Jay Conrad, of Lakeland, Tenn., will be arraigned in Bangor, Maine, […]
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“Items of interest” found in Rangeley Lake, but search postponed due to harsh weather
RANGELEY — The Maine Warden Service using sonar on Thursday spotted “items of interest” as the search continued for the bodies of three snowmobilers in Rangeley Lake. The snowmobilers still had not been found as of Thursday evening and the search was postponed at least until the weekend. Lt. Kevin Adam of the Maine Warden […]
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Nordstrom to open its first Maine store in South Portland
SOUTH PORTLAND — Nordstrom, the Seattle-based high-end fashion and accessories retailer, will open its first store in Maine this spring at the Maine Crossing Shopping Center off Running Hill Road. A 30,000-square-foot Nordstrom Rack will be built in the space formerly occupied by clothing retailer Old Navy. According to a Nordstrom news release, Nordstrom Rack […]
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Rare Stephen King book up for auction to raise funds for shelter
The copy of “The Regulators,” written by horror writer and Maine native King under the pen name Richard Bachman, was donated by a customer of Scottie’s Bookhouse in Hancock. Owner Michael Riggs said there are only 550 copies of the book in a special collector’s box. Auction proceeds will go to the Emmaus Homeless Shelter’s […]
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Maine vacuum cleaner salesman pleads not guilty to tax charges
AUGUSTA (AP) — A Standish vacuum cleaner salesman has pleaded not guilty to charges alleging he failed to pay $47,000 in taxes. Nathaniel Dupuis was arrested Saturday and arraigned Monday in Kennebec County Superior Court via video from jail. He told the judge he works for a business selling vacuum cleaners and he drives to […]
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Maine highway deaths increase in 2012
AUGUSTA — A 55-year-old grandmother who died two days before Christmas in Baring after crashing into another vehicle head-on with her grandson in her pickup truck was the last recorded Maine highway fatality of 2012, officials say. The state recorded 164 traffic fatalities last year, a significant increase from 2011’s record low 136 figure but […]
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Teen father indicted in death of his 3-month-old son
BANGOR — The teenage father of a 3-month-old boy who died on Nov. 25 was indicted Wednesday on a charge of manslaughter and placed under arrest, Bangor police said. Dustin Brown, 18, was indicted by a Penobscot County grand jury Wednesday afternoon for his alleged involvement in the death of his son, Xander C. Brown. […]