AUGUSTA — A special legislative session that Gov. Paul LePage has broached would focus on more than $150 million the state owes its hospitals for Medicaid debts, a spokesman for Maine hospitals said Friday as prospects for a fall session remained hazy at best. Maine Hospital Association President Steven Michaud told the Bangor Daily News […]
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Skydiver rescued from tree in Maine
LEBANON (AP) — Firefighters say it took more than two hours to free a skydiver who landed in a tree in Maine. They say the 28-year-old man from Somerville, Mass., jumped from an airplane from 13,000 feet. After free-falling for 1½ miles, he opened his parachute. When he looked down, he saw a big cloud. […]
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Maine Ron Paul delegates seek injunction against Republican National Committee
BELFAST — The battle over whether Maine Republican Party delegates who support U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, should be allowed to participate in the Republican National Convention in Tampa moved to the courts Friday. Delegates Stavros Mendros, Brent Tweed and Matthew Mcdonald filed a request for an injunction with Belfast Superior Court. It asks that […]
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Baldacci endorses Dill’s U.S. Senate campaign
PORTLAND — State Sen. Cynthia Dill, D-Cape Elizabeth, picked up some high-profile support Friday when former Maine Gov. John Baldacci issued a message to Maine Democrats asking them to support Dill’s campaign for the U.S. Senate. Baldacci send an email Thursday urging Democrats to support Dill, the Democratic nominee for Maine’s open U.S. Senate seat, […]
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Maine AG upholds deadly force in Portland shooting
PORTLAND (AP) — The Maine attorney general’s office says two law enforcement officers met the legal threshold for using deadly force during a shootout on a Portland sidewalk. Investigators said Friday that U.S. Deputy Marshal Michael Tenuta and Special U.S. Deputy Marshal John Gill, part of a violent offender task force, each fired four times […]
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Portland chamber loses two of its largest corporate members
PORTLAND —The Portland Regional Chamber has lost two of its largest dues-paying members, contributing to a steady decline in dues revenue the business organization has experienced over the last two years. Unum, which employs 3,000 people in the Portland area, and Hannaford, which employs several thousand in the region and is headquartered in Scarborough, both […]
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Police searching for man who robbed Newport Rite Aid
NEWPORT — Police are searching for a man suspected of robbing a Rite Aid pharmacy on Thursday evening. The pharmacy located on the corner of Main Street and Moosehead Trail was robbed at about 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Newport Police Chief Leonard Macdaid said. “The suspect took off on foot with an undisclosed amount of […]
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Scarborough school board approves $50 parking fee for students
SCARBOROUGH (AP) — Scarborough High School students who want to drive to school are going to have to pony up a $50 annual parking fee this fall. The school board on Thursday approved the fee with a 6-1 vote despite outcry from some students and their parents who said it was unfair on top of […]
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DOT denies wrongdoing in soliciting bids for east-west highway study
AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Transportation followed the same process it has used dozens of times when it issued a request for proposals in March related to the proposed east-west highway project through Maine, an official there says. Kenneth Sweeney, the DOT’s chief engineer, said Thursday that despite a report published in the Portland […]
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Portland schools bar soda sales on grounds
PORTLAND (AP) — Portland’s public schools are joining a national trend and barring the sale of soda and other unhealthy beverages and snacks on school grounds. City schools will implement a policy this fall that applies to food and beverages sold and served by any school or school organization. Food served on field trips, sold […]