PARIS — Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Scott Allen will be the keynote speaker at the Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School commencement ceremony Saturday. Allen, an investigative journalist with the Boston Globe, was part of a team of reporters and editors that won the award for their coverage of the Boston Marathon bombings in 2013. When he […]
June 2014
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State gives virtual charter school more time to meet enrollment minimum
AUGUSTA — Maine’s first virtual school is getting more time to meet its enrollment requirement. The Maine Charter School Commission on Tuesday approved extending the enrollment deadline for Maine Connection Academy from June 1 to July 15. The school needs to enroll 243 students before it can open next fall. John Larouche, an attorney for […]
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Construction group endorses LePage for governor again
GRAY — Gov. Paul LePage said Tuesday during a campaign stop at a gravel pit that the state’s economy would be much better off if Democrats in the Legislature hadn’t spent the past two years turning away dozens of his policy initiatives. LePage’s comments came during an event where the Associated Builders and Contractors of […]
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Dollar General plans to open store in West Paris
WEST PARIS — Discount retailer Dollar General is mulling opening a store at the corner of routes 26 and 219. A spokesperson said Tuesday that the company is reviewing a plan to build a 9,100-square-foot store on 2.15 acres in the village area. “This one is not at the green-light stage,” Dollar General spokesperson Dan […]
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Cutler vows to be Maine’s ‘education governor;’ LePage and Michaud also tout records
PORTLAND — Independent candidate for governor Eliot Cutler on Tuesday rolled out his education platform in whistle-stops in Bangor and Portland. Cutler, of Cape Elizabeth, is running against incumbent Republican Gov. Paul LePage and Maine’s 2nd District U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud, a Democrat from East Millinocket. Michaud is leaving Congress to run for governor. Cutler, […]
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Livermore Falls residents to vote on proposed $2.45 million budget
LIVERMORE FALLS — Residents will take up a proposed $2.45 million budget for 2014-15 in a referendum vote Tuesday, June 10. The budget is $5,670 less than the current budget. They also will be asked to consider changing the name of the Geneva Hodgkins Memorial Park back to Union Park. Voters have 39 warrant articles […]
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Independent Cutler highlights education ideas
BANGOR (AP) — Independent gubernatorial candidate Eliot Cutler is calling for increased education funding and the creation of three new magnet high schools located on the campuses of Maine’s universities. The education plan Cutler rolled out in Bangor on Tuesday includes providing $65 million annually in competitive grants to support things like preschool programs and […]
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Maine man sentenced to death for killing Missouri inmate
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Two inmates at a federal facility in Springfield have been sentenced to death for killing another inmate. Wesley Paul Coonce Jr., 34, and Charles Michael Hall, 43, both inmates at the U.S. Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Springfield, were each convicted in May of first-degree murder in the 2010 death […]
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Political sign knocked over by vehicle in Livermore Falls
LIVERMORE FALLS — Police are investigating who is responsible for knocking down a political sign with a vehicle Tuesday. A large sign put up by selectman candidate Ron Chadwick on the side of Route 133/Park Street, across from Diamond Road, was struck by a vehicle with wide tires, police Chief Ernest Steward Jr. said Tuesday. […]
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Cutler campaign outspends rivals in Maine governor’s race
Learn About Tableau AUGUSTA — Independent Eliot Cutler continues to far outpace incumbent Republican Gov. Paul LePage and Democratic U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud in spending on the 2014 governor’s race, despite the fact that contributions to his campaign, especially in recent weeks, have been meager. While the Cutler campaign insists that the absence of a […]