LISBON (AP) — A baby from Lisbon has become the 15,000th Maine newborn to receive a $500 Harold Alfond College Challenge Grant. Officials say Irie Mastrella received a head start on college costs when her parents recently enrolled her in the program, which was formed through the estate of the late Harold Alfond, founder of […]
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Ex-head of Maine marijuana program plans appeal
AUGUSTA (AP) — The former chief of Maine’s medical marijuana program says he is appealing his dismissal. John Thiele says he received a letter from the state Department of Health and Human Services human resources office last month saying he was fired as of Oct. 19. Thiele was head of the department’s Division of Licensing […]
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Recounts for local legislative races set
AUGUSTA — Officials will begin recounting close races in the Legislature this week, including at least one local race where the winning candidate is just two votes ahead. Starting Wednesday, state election officials will begin to recount the ballots for races in the Maine House of Representatives. The House District 80 race between Democratic challenger […]
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Maine People’s Alliance rallies with and for veterans in Lewiston
LEWISTON — Standing before a monument etched with the words, “The Price of Freedom,” about a dozen Maine People’s Alliance activists and several veterans rallied Monday on Main Street. They are urging Congress to act in the final months of the year to eliminate tax cuts enacted under President George W. Bush. Those tax cuts, […]
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Local legislators vying for leadership positions in Augusta
AUGUSTA (AP) — Portland Democratic Sen. Justin Alfond is likely to become president of the Maine Senate, and a four-way race among Democrats for House speaker is shaping up as newly elected lawmakers make their leadership choices. This much is clear: The cast of leaders is going to have a much different look in the […]
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Same-sex marriage expected to boost Maine tax revenues by $16M
PORTLAND (AP) — A national think tank says new gay marriage laws in Maine, Maryland and Washington will generate at least $166 million in wedding spending in the next three years. The Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law estimates that nearly 18,000 same-sex couples in the three states will exchange vows in the […]
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Watergate reporter received award at Colby
WATERVILLE — After being awarded Colby College’s Elijah Parish Lovejoy award Sunday night — named for the Albion man who died in 1837 defending his printing press from an angry, pro-slavery mob — journalist Bob Woodward admitted that modern reporters don’t need to summon this sort of courage. “Where’s the courage?” Woodward asked during his […]
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Orrington reeling from death of father, three children in weekend fire
ORRINGTON — A predawn house fire Saturday that claimed the lives of four members of a local family left residents of this small Penobscot County town reeling from shock and sadness. The four who died in the fire at 580 Dow Road were identified as 30-year-old Ben Johnson III, his sons Ben, 9, and Ryan, […]
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Head of Maine medical marijuana program dismissed
PORTLAND (AP) — The head of Maine’s medical marijuana program is out of a job. John Thiele, who headed the program within the Department of Health and Human Services, told attendees at a Medical Marijuana Caregivers of Maine event Friday that he had been let go. Rep. Mark Dion, who worked with Thiele as a […]
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2 Canadian women remain hospitalized after being struck in Bangor by 83-year-old driver
BANGOR — Two Canadian women remained hospitalized Monday after being hit by a van driven by an 83-year-old Brewer man on Hogan Road Sunday evening. Sandra Samuel, 62, of Lutes Mountain, New Brunswick, was listed in critical condition at Eastern Maine Medical Center as of 12:15 p.m. Monday, and Carole Day, 66, of Halifax, Nova […]