Maine Gov. Paul LePage may not like it, but when a politician speaks in public it is wise to assume there is a newspaper reporter, TV crew or political tracker recording every word and gesture. Just ask Mitt Romney. During the presidential campaign, a damaging video surfaced of Romney speaking to a supposedly private gathering […]
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Maine Legislature: First-timers and old-timers still find awe in session’s start
AUGUSTA — For many it wasn’t their first rodeo, as the saying goes, but for others the first day of the 126th session of the Maine Legislature was filled with excitement and nervousness. Lawmakers took their oaths of office Wednesday and elected the latest batch of constitutional officers in daylong proceedings that left some of […]
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Western Maine lawmakers speak out on LePage ‘tracker’ complaints
AUGUSTA — Western Maine lawmakers offered mixed reactions Wednesday to Gov. Paul LePage’s complaint that hiring a Democratic operative to track his public appearances was “vulgar,” “vile” and “vicious.” LePage criticized Maine Democrats for hiring a so-called “tracker” to videotape the governor at public events. His complaint came just before he administered the oath of […]
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Sharon Gibson
ST. CHARLES, Mo. — Sharon (Haverinen) Gibson of St. Charles, Mo., passed away on Sunday, Dec. 2, at the age of 65, after a valiant fight against colon cancer. Sharon was the devoted wife of Roger Gibson and the beloved daughter of Janice and Jack Rosenberg and the late Veikko Haverinen. She enjoyed political discussions […]
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Maine delegation asks Five Guys Hamburgers to use Maine potatoes
AUGUSTA — Members of Maine’s congressional delegation are asking a fast-food chain to use Maine-grown potatoes for their french fries in two locations in the state. U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe and Reps. Chellie Pingree and Mike Michaud have written to the owners of Five Guys hamburger franchises in New England and urged them to use […]
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Judge: 17 years not enough for sex abuse of 7-year-old
BANGOR — A Glenburn woman who was scheduled to be sentenced Monday on sex charges involving a 7-year-old boy withdrew her guilty plea after the judge rejected an agreement that called for her to serve a maximum sentence of 17 years. District Court Judge Bruce Jordan said that Katie Dube, 27, should spend between 21 […]
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Bangor medical firm employee says CEO told her to hire only ‘young women with big boobs’
AUGUSTA — The former human resources director at Sunbury Medical Associates of Bangor claimed the organization’s CEO told her to hire only “young women with big boobs,” according to a complaint filed with the Maine Human Rights Commission. Barbara Mann was fired by Sunbury Medical Associates, she claimed, for complaining about age and sex discrimination […]
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Democrats pick Mills, Dunlap and Douglass for top posts in state government
AUGUSTA — Democratic and Republican lawmakers on Tuesday selected their nominees for Maine’s constitutional offices. Democrats nominated a slate of familiar faces: former District Attorney Janet Mills of Farmington for attorney general, former state Sen. Neria Douglass of Auburn for treasurer and former state Rep. Matt Dunlap of Old Town for secretary of state. Mills […]
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LePage looks to cut $35M in state spending
AUGUSTA — Somebody is making a list and checking it twice and it isn’t Santa Claus. Maine Finance Commissioner Sawin Millett said Monday that his office had recommended that Gov. Paul LePage consider freezing state spending by $35.5 million based on a forecast of declining revenues from sales and corporate income taxes. LePage is taking […]
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Outdoors in Maine: Gifts that never get old for all sportsmen
Winter is setting in.The geese are winging southward. Small critters are topping off their stashes of hoarded nuts.Deer are gathering in the wintering areas. The fabled Maine black bears are already dug in for the duration. Shell ice is forming on lakes and ponds. Soon it will be Christmas. A few diehard sportsmen and sportswomen […]