JAY — Voters will decided on a proposed $5.5 million municipal budget and two ordinances, including an Animal Control Ordinance, at the polls Tuesday, June 10. Voting will be conducted from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Community Building. The door to enter the polls is on the right side of the building facing […]
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EPA proposal would cut Maine power plant emissions by 13.5 percent
PORTLAND — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency wants Maine power plants to reduce emissions by 13.5 percent in 16 years, as part of a national plan to reduce emissions by 30 percent by 2030. The proposed rule signed Monday by EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy seeks to meet the national goal by giving states until June […]
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Maine AG attributes 176 deaths to drugs in 2013
AUGUSTA — Drugs killed 176 people in Maine in 2013, marking just the third time in the past 15 years the death toll has topped 170. According to figures released by the Maine Attorney General’s office on Monday, there were 13 more drug-induced deaths in Maine last year than in 2012. Of the 176 deaths, […]
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Raye, Poliquin square off for GOP 2nd District nomination
NEWPORT — In northern Maine’s sprawling 2nd Congressional District, where views tend to run more conservative than in the state’s heavily populated south, a spirited race for the Republican congressional nomination has voters deciding between a tea party-backed candidate or a traditional New England conservative. Kevin Raye, former chief of staff to Sen. Olympia Snowe, […]
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Lewiston Dems to meet June 11
LEWISTON — The Lewiston City Democratic Committee will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 11, in the senior citizen activity room of the Lewiston Armory. The featured speaker will be Elliott Epstein, an attorney who has practiced law in the Lewiston area for the past 35 years. Epstein is the founder of Museum L/A. […]
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Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki resigns
WASHINGTON — Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki resigned Friday after publicly apologizing for systemic problems plaguing the agency’s health care system. President Barack Obama said he accepted the retired four-star general’s resignation “with considerable regret” during an Oval Office meeting. Shinseki had been facing mounting calls to step down from lawmakers in both parties since a […]
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New copper top historic for State House
AUGUSTA — On a staging that reaches 200 feet in the air, carpenters, coppersmiths, engineers and other workers are making historic changes to the exterior of the State House dome. The effort, which involves replacing more than 7,000 square feet of copper sheeting that covers the dome, is expected to continue through October and will […]
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Cutler turns in signatures for election ballot, renews call for debates
AUGUSTA — Independent candidate for governor Eliot Cutler turned in more than 5,500 voter signatures Thursday, ensuring his name will be on Maine’s 2014 election ballot. Cutler, of Cape Elizabeth, also renewed his challenge to the other two candidates in the race — Republican Gov. Paul LePage and U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud, D-Maine — to […]
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Group wants a Maine DEP hearing on phthalates
AUGUSTA — A group of parents and doctors is calling on the Maine Department of Environmental Protection to hold a public hearing about a request to require manufacturers to report use of certain chemicals used in plastics. The group mailed the DEP 18 requests for a public hearing on Thursday. The group also delivered 2,071 […]
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LePage names Rosen as acting finance chief
AUGUSTA — Maine Gov. Paul LePage is appointing deputy finance chief Richard Rosen to serve as acting head of the department. The Republican governor said Thursday that Rosen will take over for Department of Administrative and Financial Services Commissioner Sawin Millett (SAH’-win MIH’-leht), who is stepping down at the end of the month after spending […]