AUGUSTA – After a brief debate Thursday, the House of Representatives voted to sustain Gov. Paul LePage’s veto that kills a bill passed by the Legislature earlier this year. That bill would have allowed fraternal and veterans organizations to install gambling machines at their clubhouses. Voting 80 against overriding the veto and 60 for it, […]
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Millinocket still prepping for legal action against LePage over $216K
MILLINOCKET, Maine — The town could proceed as early as next week with a legal complaint against Gov. Paul LePage for $216,000 in state aid the governor ordered withheld from the town, Town Manager Eugene Conlogue said Wednesday. Conlogue said he awaits a letter from Town Council Chairman John Davis formally authorizing the legal action. […]
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Maine has second-highest foreclosure rate in New England, report says
A new report out Wednesday finds that 4.3 percent of all Maine homes with a mortgage were in the foreclosure process in April, the second highest rate in New England. That is up slightly — by 0.1 percent — over the same period a year ago, according to the CoreLogic FCL report that came out […]
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Free fishing this weekend in Maine
On Saturday and Sunday, June 2 and 3, anyone can fish in Maine without a license, except for those few who’ve had their fishing license suspended or revoked. “It is our hope that families would take advantage of this weekend, and take advantage of what Maine has to offer,” Andrea Erskine, deputy commissioner of the […]
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Deadline set for disabled veterans moose hunt lottery
Disabled veterans have until Monday, June 4, to apply to Maine Veterans’ Services for a chance to hunt moose in Aroostook County. The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife has allocated 15 “any-moose” permits for disabled veterans to participate in the controlled moose hunt via the 2012 Disabled Veterans Moose Hunt Lottery, Peter W. […]
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It’s official King turns in signatures for Maine’s U.S. Senate race
AUGUSTA — Former Maine governor, Angus King, submitted an estimated 6,000 signatures Tuesday making his indpendent campaign for the U.S. Senate official with the Maine Secretary of State’s Office. King is one of four independents expected to compete in the race that will replace the retiring Sen. Olympia Snowe, a long-serving Republican. During a press […]
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G. DeMoras: Have faith in God
In the eyes of many, Maine may seem to be the least religious state (May 19). I do not believe that to be true. Yearly, I write down in the book of the dead the deaths that have occurred at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center and the d’Youville Pavilion. We lose about 120 to 200 […]
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Two killed in Maine crash
TRENTON — Two men were killed and a third person was seriously injured during a two-vehicle crash on Route 230 in Trenton on Sunday night. Joseph L. White, 23, of Trenton and James L. Crawford, 22, of Otis died after the vehicle White was driving crossed over into the opposite lane and struck an oncoming […]
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Hours-long standoff ends in Turner with man taken to hospital
TURNER — A standoff that lasted more than 14 hours ended early this morning. John Hunnewell, 67, was taken into custody and charged with reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon, according to the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office. He was taken to the hospital after he was apprehended around 2 a.m. The standoff between the lone man […]
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Report claims WMAs, hunters being shortchanged
Maine outdoor reporter Steve Carpenteri has written an eye opening three-part series in the Northwoods Sporting Journal about Maine’s Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs), which are owned by the people of Maine and managed by the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (MDIF&W). In his report, Carpenteri has cultivated a simple, straightforward theme: Maine’s 61 […]