CORNVILLE (AP) — Officials with a newly approved charter school in Maine say they have received more applications than there are slots available in the school. Executive Director Justin Belanger says the board of the Cornville Regional Charter School will conduct a lottery to select which students will be eligible to attend classes when the […]
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Maine’s wild brook trout under stress
PORTLAND (AP) — Fisheries biologists say Maine’s wild brook trout are in danger from predatory invasive species. Brook trout are the top freshwater game fish sought by anglers in Maine, according to the University of Maine School of Economics. But because some fishermen prefer non-native species — including black bass, crappie and northern pike — […]
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Officials trace last moments of victims in Bangor car-fire homicide
BANGOR — While police continue to investigate who is responsible for taking the lives of three people found last week in a car that was left ablaze in a dark parking lot, friends and loved ones of the victims piece together the last moments of their lives. They all say Daniel T. Borders, 26, of […]
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Maine election practices hearing set
AUGUSTA (AP) — A hearing on the conduct of elections in Maine, stemming from allegations improprieties last year, is scheduled for this week. The Commission to Study the Conduct of Elections in Maine will hold its hearing Thursday at the University of Maine in Augusta. The commission was formed as a result of legislation that […]
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Ice cream? How about a muddy Bean boot?
SCARBOROUGH (AP) — An ice cream flavor created in honor of L.L. Bean’s 100th anniversary is going on sale in retail stores. Maine Gov. Paul LePage and other dignitaries are encouraged to wear their Bean boots to celebrate the Giffords ice cream flavor, “Muddy Bean Boots.” The retail launch is being celebrated Monday at a […]
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OPS racer’s condition remains satisfactory after car fire
With any luck, Kyle Hewins will be on his way home before the next green flag drops at Oxford Plains Speedway. His return to racing might have to wait a bit longer than that, however. Hewins, driving the No. 51 car in Saturday’s Runnin’ Rebel feature at the 3/8-mile oval, had his car burst into […]
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State starts budget year with revenues above estimates
AUGUSTA — Maine started the new budget year with revenues in July exceeding estimates by $14.5 million, but sales tax receipts are lagging, worrying lawmakers and budget officials. “The sales tax is only running 1.7 percent over last year,” Finance Commissioner Sawin Millett said. “It was projected to be 3.7 percent, and that has to […]
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Dolloff and Dubord: The photofinish was just the beginning
My last column featured the closest primary election for a major Maine office of the last half century: the 1962 Democratic primary for governor. It was narrowly won by former Maine State Grange Master Maynard Dolloff. For both Dolloff and his defeated opponent, Waterville’s Richard Dubord, the primary was but a forerunner of eventful things […]
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N.H.’s refusal to get on board with trains may be big mistake
8/19/12 Comparisons of Maine and New Hampshire usually favor the latter. New Hampshire’s low-tax, limited-government policies are often cited as a cause of the Granite State’s greater prosperity. The comparisons usually leave out all the things New Hampshire doesn’t provide for citizens, but, as measured by personal income growth, there’s little doubt recent decades have […]
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College football: Summertime blue for Black Bears
ORONO — It may be one of the few communities in the state whose population declines during the summer, but Orono has been jumping for the University of Maine football team. Just don’t take that to mean it’s been Vacationland for the Black Bears. “This is a place that doesn’t provide quite what Viriginia Beach […]