BRUNSWICK, Maine (AP) — A high-tech ship-modeling organization that set up operations in Maine last summer plans to add 16 people to its payroll next year. The American Bureau of Shipping says it now has 30 employees at its modeling center, which opened last summer at Brunswick Landing, the former Brunswick Naval Air Station. In […]
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Top ten news stories of 2011
You know it’s been a lively year for news when some of the wildest stories don’t even make the year-end top 10 list. There was the dubious case of dogs being stolen around Oxford County. There was the hoopla over the casino vote and then the anti-climax as the measure was shot down. In Auburn, […]
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Crack down on MaineCare abusers, audience at Presque Isle forum says
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — A standing-room-only audience crowded into Northern Maine Community College on Wednesday afternoon for the second of three regional meetings held so that Aroostook County residents could weigh in on Gov. Paul LePage’s supplemental budget and its proposed reductions to MaineCare costs. Several urged the state to crack down on those abusing […]
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Maine Medicaid cuts on N. Maine agenda
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine (AP) — Gov. Paul LePage encountered stiff criticism to his proposed Medicaid cuts in northern Maine, leading to a sharp exchange during the first of three stops. Judy Paradis, a former state legislator from northern Aroostook County, criticized LePage during the meeting, saying, “You come off as a bully,” according to a […]
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LePage in Aroostook for Maine budget workshop
FORT KENT, Maine (AP) — Maine Gov. Paul LePage is in Aroostook County to attend a public workshop on his supplemental state budget proposal, which includes major cuts in Medicaid. Tuesday’s workshop in Fort Kent, plus two others this week in Houlton and Presque Isle, are organized by the Aroostook Area Agency on Aging. LePage […]
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LePage names 2 Maine judicial nominees
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A district prosecutor and a family court magistrate are Gov. Paul LePage’s choices for appointments to Maine’s District Court bench. The governor Tuesday announced the nominations of Nancy Carlson of Dixfield and Evert Fowle of Vassalboro. Carlson has been a family court magistrate since 1998 and before that was director of […]
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Dixfield woman named judge
RUMFORD — A Dixfield woman was tapped by Gov. Paul LePage Tuesday to serve as a Maine District Court judge. Nancy Carlson has served as a Family Court magistrate since 1998. Before that, she served as director of the Bureau of Child and Family Services at the Department of Human Services for nearly four years […]
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Political Pulse: LePage confident about MaineCare waiver; Democrats not so much
Nuggets from the notebook while wondering if some of Gov. Paul LePage’s proposed cuts in MaineCare will be well received by the federal government … Last week, the governor told reporters he was confident that the state could pressure the federal government to release the state from a provision in the federal health care law […]
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LePage’s first year as governor is named top Maine story
The Republican governor’s first year in office, along with the GOP’s return to power in the State House, has been named Maine’s top story for 2011 by The Associated Press. Just nine days after being sworn into office in January, LePage sparked a clamor when he told critics to “kiss my butt” over his decision […]
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Report: 2010 election showed big spike in outside campaign spending in Maine
A study of Maine’s past three state elections released Friday shows a sharp increase in campaign spending by outside groups since 2006. The National Institute on Money in State Politics, a nonpartisan group that partners with the Sunlight Foundation, released a report showing that the total independent spending on campaign ads, mailers and other communications […]