WINTHROP — The Bailey Library will host forester and writer Laurie Apgar Chandler at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 29. The event is part of the ongoing Winthrop Lakes Region Forum and is sponsored by the Winthrop Public Library Foundation. Chandler will read from and discuss her new book “Upwards,” which tells the story of Chandler as […]
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Election reform bills include effort to expand ranked-choice voting to state races
Several measures to change state and local primary elections and boost clean elections funding also are on the docket at the State House.
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Power Plant pot store opening in Wilton
WILTON — Alden Sylvester is bringing art, soil science and medical cannabis to town at his new store, the Power Plant, opening Friday. Conceived by Sylvester and HBC Maine, the store will offer Maine-grown medical cannabis to patients. The store will also sell specialized soil amendments and tools for growers of food and medicinal plants, to […]
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Readying for more snow at Lewiston Public Works
Matt Pelletier, foreground, hands Todd Ledwell tools while the Lewiston Public Works employees repair a plow truck in preparation for Tuesday night’s snowfall. Repairing snow-removal equipment is constant this time of year, welder Mike Robitaille said. (Sun Journal photo by Daryn Slover) Matt Pelletier backs a plow truck Tuesday into the Lewiston Public Works garage. […]
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Jared Golden sponsors bill to withhold congressional pay during shutdowns
Following the five-week closure of much of the federal government, U.S. Rep. Jared Golden has introduced a bipartisan measure that calls for withholding the pay of members of Congress, the president and vice president during a government shutdown. The Solidarity in Salary Act of 2019 “will help prevent the American people from being political pawns […]
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Snow, wintry mix expected Tuesday into Wednesday across Maine
Snow map for Tuesday into Wednesday (WGME) Maine’s next storm system will bring snow and possibly some coastal rain late Tuesday through Wednesday morning. Here’s how we expect the storm to evolve. TIMING: Very light snow gets going during the afternoon Tuesday. Most of the accumulating snow gets going between 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. The […]
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Dr. J.F. True’s Elixir: The medicine that made Auburn famous
AUBURN — If you believe the advertising in the latter half of the 19th century, gulping down a bit of Dr. J.F. True’s Elixir offered the best possible treatment for everything from a headache to a lizard living in your stomach. Regardless of whether it really worked or not, the dark and somewhat alcoholic liquid […]
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Bill could require Maine drivers to use certain tires on vehicles
PORTLAND (WGME) – Maine drivers could soon be forced to put certain tires on their vehicles. It’s an expensive idea, that leaves Mainers without snow or all-season tires footing the bill for a new set. The bill being proposed would require all Mainers to have snow or all-weather tires for more than half of the […]
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Sen. Susan Collins: Give all taxpayers a PIN and save billions of dollars
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine is proposing legislation aimed at preventing billions of dollars in tax refunds each year from going to thieves instead of the taxpayers expecting the refunds. Collins introduced her bill, the Taxpayer Identity Protection Act, in the Senate on Monday, the first day taxpayers could file returns. Her bill […]
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Acting AG says Mueller probe ‘close’ to being completed
Special counsel Robert Mueller has charged 34 people, including several close to the president. But he has yet to accuse anyone close to the Trump campaign of conspiring with the Kremlin.