SKOWHEGAN — In the summer of 1980, Maine game wardens often rode along with Maine State Police troopers in their cruisers to save on gas because the price had skyrocketed to more than $1 a gallon. That’s why former Game Warden James Ross was with Trooper Barry DeLong, now sheriff of Somerset County, on July […]
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39 of 49 Portland restaurants failed health inspections
PORTLAND (AP) — City records show that nearly 80 percent of the restaurants that Portland inspected in the past year failed because of health code violations. Portland hired its first health inspector devoted to restaurants in August 2011. Since then, inspector Michele Sturgeon has inspected 49 restaurants and failed 39. Six failed initial follow-up inspections […]
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Gray kindergartner dropped off at wrong place
GRAY (AP) — School officials in Gray are investigating after a 5-year-old kindergartner was left alone outside her empty house by a school bus driver. Katie Capponi says she followed procedure and wrote a letter to her daughter Abigail’s school telling them to drop her off at a day care center and not at home […]
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State probes death of Bangor man, who was Tasered by police
BANGOR (AP) — The Maine attorney general’s office is investigating the death of a Bangor man with a history of mental illness and drug use after he died at a hospital about a week after police used a stun gun on him. A spokeswoman for the office said Thursday that an investigation into the death […]
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Lobster Institute celebrates 25th anniversary
ORONO (AP) — Maine’s Lobster Institute is celebrating its 25th anniversary. The lobster research and educational organization at the University of Maine is holding an exhibition on Friday showcasing more than 20 poster presentations and displays that feature highlights of lobster research over the past 25 years. The showcase is being held at the university’s […]
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Common Ground Fair celebrates rural traditions this weekend
UNITY (AP) — About 60,000 people are expected to attend the Common Ground Country Fair, which celebrates organic farming and Maine’s rural traditions. The 36th annual fair, in Unity, opens Friday morning and runs through Sunday. Sponsored by the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association, the fair features demonstrations, exhibits, organic and local foods, livestock […]
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Gardiner math teacher facing drug charge
GARDINER (AP) — A random search for drugs at a Maine high school has resulted in charges against a math teacher. Gardiner Police Chief James Toman says the random search of Gardiner Area High School on Sept. 13 was conducted by officers from his department, and dogs and officers from the Maine State Police. He […]
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Maine’s coastline ranking questioned
DEAR SUN SPOTS: On Aug. 10 your answer to a question said Maine ranks fourth in shoreline miles. I was taught in the eighth grade that Maine had the longest coastline in the continental United States. This was before Alaska and Hawaii became states, which does not alter the fact that I believe Maine still […]
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Report claims state health insurance reform not working
AUGUSTA — A Republican-backed state law aimed at lowering health insurance premiums in Maine is being panned in a new report by affordable health care advocates. But supporters of the law, especially those who wrote and co-sponsored it in the Maine Legislature, say the law is working but needs to be fully implemented before anyone […]
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GOP sees reason for hope in Senate race in Maine
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — It’s big money and Godzilla in Maine’s six-way race for retiring Sen. Olympia Snowe’s seat. The campaign cash, more than $1 million in attack ads, comes from Republicans trying to paint front-runner Angus King, a former two-term independent governor, as an unpredictable spender of taxpayer money. “Mainers can’t afford to send […]