Imagine a New Year’s Eve of drinking with no calories or hangover. Imagine eating broccoli and tasting chicken wings. Orono Assistant Professor Nimesha Ranasinghe can imagine that and virtually so much more.
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Jay brothers accused of assaulting teens
JAY — Two brothers, including one who is wanted in Massachusetts, are accused of assaulting two teenagers early Thursday on Hidden Circle, Cpl. Jeffrey Fournier said Friday. The 17-year-olds, a boy and a girl, told police that Benjamin York, 23, of Jay provided them with alcohol at his residence on Hidden Circle before York and […]
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New law lets farmers markets hold tastings of Maine-made alcoholic beverages
BRUNSWICK — Caitlin Mance and Jacob Georgeson approached the Norumbega Cidery booth at the Crystal Spring farmers market on a late May morning, wearing the telltale expressions of uncertain but curious shoppers. Noah Fralich, the owner of the New Gloucester hard cider house, had the perfect icebreaker. “Would you like to try some cider?” Fralich […]
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Uh-oh: Study says more than 1 alcoholic drink a day can shorten your life
A glass of red wine a day keeps the doctor away, right? Not so fast. A large-scale European study recently published in the journal Lancet says the heart-healthy benefits from moderate drinking are slight, while the risk of stroke and other fatal heart conditions are significant. “These data support limits for alcohol consumption that are […]
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Police: Teens from Jay, Livermore Falls charged in alcohol incident; whiskey stolen from store
LIVERMORE FALLS — Four of five teenagers involved in drinking alcohol March 21 in the rear vacant section of the Central Plaza building have been charged, Police Chief Ernest Steward Jr. said Tuesday. Police have not caught up with a fifth teen from Jay who was there, he said. Emergency responders were called to the […]
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Two teens taken to hospital after drinking in Livermore Falls building
LIVERMORE FALLS — Two teenage boys were taken by ambulance to hospitals Wednesday afternoon when they fell ill after consuming alcohol, according to Police Chief Ernest Steward Jr. One of the boys was rushed to Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington. The other was taken to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, then transferred to Maine […]
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Science panel backs lower drunken driving threshold to 0.05
WASHINGTON (AP) — Most women would need to draw the line at two drinks, and men at two or three if states follow a blueprint by a prestigious scientific panel for eliminating the “entirely preventable” 10,000 alcohol-impaired driving deaths in the United States each year. The U.S. government-commissioned report by a panel of the National […]
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Farmington man, Jay girl charged alcohol-related case
FARMINGTON — A local man is accused of furnishing a place for minors to consume alcohol. Three teenagers also face alcohol-related charges. Police received a driving complaint about 11:14 p.m. Friday on Fairbanks Road. The car was parked at a residence on Box Shop Hill Road, Deputy Police Chief Shane Cote said. Police discovered underage […]
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Maine to raise price of nips and other cheap spirits
AUGUSTA — Days after failing to ban the sales of nips, state regulators are imposing a 50 percent price hike on most of the increasingly popular single-sip liquor bottles. Regulators announced a new plan that would dramatically increase the price of nips as well as many other cheap bottles of spirits on Oct. 1. Regulators […]
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State liquor regulators stand by call for 'nips' ban
AUGUSTA — The Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations is standing its ground in favor of a ban on the sale of small liquor bottles known as nips. In response to testimony submitted by opponents of the proposal, the bureau said none of the critics disputed the 50-milliliter bottles are “contributing to illegal drinking […]