PORTLAND — Portland police are seeking the public’s help in tracking down two black or Asian men witnesses reported seeing in the area of a triple shooting that left one man dead early Wednesday morning. “They may be witnesses; they may be suspects,” Portland Police Chief Michael Sauschuck said during a Wednesday news conference held […]
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Plummeting prices could mean shutdown for lobster industry
ELLSWORTH — Not since the 1970s has the price Maine fishermen have been paid for their lobster been so low. After having earned more than $4 per pound per year for four years running in the mid-2000s, lobstermen in Maine this week are being offered less than $2 per pound for their catch. But the […]
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LePage steps up feud: Governor rips Pingree, ‘jet-setting Washington culture’
PORTLAND — Gov. Paul LePage sharpened his attack on U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree over Medicaid cuts on Wednesday, suggesting Pingree is part of the “jet-setting Washington culture that keeps people dependent on government handouts.” The Republican governor was angered when he learned Pingree, a Democrat, had urged Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to […]
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Auburn to smoke-test sewer lines next week
AUBURN — Smoke does not necessarily mean fire for the next three weeks but it could mean sewer leaks, according to Auburn officials. Crews from Weston and Sampson environmental consultants will begin testing Auburn’s sewer lines July 17, pumping thick, white smoke into the street manholes. They expect the smoke will come out through subsequent […]
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2 prisoners walk away from Maine prison
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Law enforcement officials are looking for two prison inmates who walked away from the minimum security Charleston Correctional Facility in Maine. State police, deputies and dog teams were searching Monday morning around Pushaw Road in Glenburn. Judy Plummer of the Maine Department of Corrections says the two left the prison grounds […]
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Governor should release the bonds voters approved
The will of the people has always been respected in Augusta, if not in fact feared. Legislators and governors have typically deferred to the wisdom of voters when it is expressed by a statewide vote. Last week Gov. Paul LePage signaled he is willing to flout that precedent when he froze $25 million in community […]
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Immigrants critical to our economic future
As the presidential campaign heats up so will the debate over the role of immigrants in our economy and our communities. That has been an ongoing conversation in Lewiston-Auburn for the past 10 years and a hot-button topic in southwestern border states for decades. But the controversy will likely get louder as Mitt Romney and […]
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Body of ranger, a Maine native, recovered from Mount Rainier
LONGMIRE, Wash. — After two weeks of delays due to weather and avalanche danger, the body of a Mount Rainier National Park ranger who fell to his death during a rescue operation was recovered Thursday by helicopter. The body of Nick Hall was flown to the Sunrise ranger station to be driven to the Pierce […]
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Maine lobstermen reeling from low prices, seeking cooperation from dealers
Lobstermen up and down the coast are staying on-shore, effectively grounded by prices so low it has become uneconomical to haul traps. “Personally, I haven’t gone out for a couple of days. I don’t like the price — I don’t want to give them away,” said Richard Alley, a lobsterman based out of Addison. “We […]
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Bangor’s first ‘cash mob’ hits Sweetest Thing Weddings
BANGOR — When Audrey Slade, Chris Rudolph and Emma Pope-Welch heard about last week’s burglary at Sweetest Thing Weddings on Columbia Street, they knew they had to do something to help their friends, owners Amber Small and Kathryn Ravenscraft, get back on their feet. According to Small, someone made off with $4,000 worth of cash […]