The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife has announced it will expend no “additional funds or resources” to campaign against the upcoming referendum to ban bear baiting, hounding and trapping in Maine. The representation was offered in response to referendum proponents Mainers for Fair Bear Hunting’s request for an emergency injunction, set to be […]
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Candidate Brooks not a licensed doctor
In her campaign material, Brooks uses the initials “M.D.” to denote her status as a medical doctor. Brooks is not licensed to practice medicine in Maine. According to the state’s Board of Licensure in Medicine, her license was revoked in 2004 and her application for renewal was denied the following year based on personal health […]
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Lewiston state Senate candidate says mailers misrepresent his voting record
LEWISTON — A Democratic candidate for the state Senate says his voting record on welfare reform is being misrepresented by the Maine Republican Party. The GOP campaign flier attacks Nate Libby of Lewiston for weakening efforts to “crack down” on fraud and abuse. Libby says the mailer, which features a photo of a heavy-set man […]
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Trial lawyer suggests fatal hayride wagon too heavy
LEWISTON — The Jeep pulling a hayride trailer that overturned, resulting in one death and many injuries Saturday, was ill-equipped to tow the trailer, according to a lawyer who specializes in cases involving hayride victims. Jeffrey Reiff of Philadelphia wrote in a website posting that the 1979 Jeep CJ5 had a towing capacity of 2,000 […]
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UMaine plans to cut $7 million
ORONO — The University of Maine estimates it will cut $7 million from its $242.2 million budget this year in order to resolve a systemwide budget shortfall. UMaine administrators gave a presentation on the process by which the cuts are being made at a meeting on the Orono campus on Thursday morning. Ryan Low, the […]
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Candidate’s two homes prompts question over residence in Lewiston House race
LEWISTON — A city councilor who is also running for the Legislature says she’s always lived at 588 Main St. and concerns that she really lives at 686 College St., which is outside her ward, are unfounded. The Main Street address is in Ward 1, the ward Leslie Dubois represents on the City Council. It’s […]
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Report: Maine education cuts among highest in nation
LEWISTON — The Maine Center for Economic Policy is criticizing spending on public kindergarten through grade 12 schools, saying that per-capita, per-pupil spending has declined by more than $700 since the 2008 recession. It’s the most in New England and among the top in the country, the center said Thursday, citing an analysis by the […]
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Gubernatorial candidates go on the offensive in televised debate
AUGUSTA — The three candidates for governor got their chance to go on the offensive Wednesday evening during a freewheeling debate in Augusta. Wednesday’s debate, televised by WCSH-TV, was the first of the five gubernatorial debates to allow the candidates to directly interact with each other. Given the opportunity, Republican Gov. Paul LePage and independent […]
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UMS trustees commit to keeping 3 USM campuses
BANGOR — The University of Maine System Board of Trustees said Wednesday that they are committed to keeping all three University of Southern Maine campuses open, the system announced in a news release. As the system weighs how to close USM’s $16 million structural gap for fiscal year 2016, the university launched a “strategic academic […]
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Sanford senator spends PAC money on travel, tires, family
A veteran state legislator from Sanford has used a campaign fund designed to help other Democratic candidates run for office to buy tires, pay for car repairs, reimburse himself for travel and pay his wife and daughter for computer services and keeping his books. Of the $31,179 spent by Sen. John L. Tuttle Jr.’s political […]