AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine legislation that prevents $40 million in cuts to state aid for cities and towns next year became law Wednesday after Gov. Paul LePage took no action on it, the Republican governor’s office said. The law takes effect 90 days after the Legislature adjourns in April. The measure has been a […]
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Effort on to repeal arcane Maine beer law
PORTLAND (AP) — Maine’s craft beer industry and a state lawmaker are trying to repeal an arcane law that bans bars and breweries from publicly displaying a beer’s alcohol content. The 1937 law resurfaced recently when a state liquor inspector told a Bangor-area brewer to stop listing alcohol percentages. Since then, other brewers and taverns […]
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F. Lee Bailey opens case to get law license
PORTLAND — Famed defense attorney F. Lee Bailey said he’d had enough of the legal profession until he came to Maine, and now, rejuvenated at the age of 80, he hopes to launch an intensive one-year master’s degree program for aspiring trial lawyers that he said could attract the best legal minds in the country. […]
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Thanks to health law, vending machines to post nutritional info
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Office workers in search of snacks will be counting calories along with their change under new labeling regulations for vending machines included in President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul law. Requiring calorie information to be displayed on roughly 5 million vending machines nationwide will help consumers make healthier choices, says the […]
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Paris voters approve ordinance changes
PARIS — Voters approved amendments to the town’s Special Amusement Ordinance on Tuesday by a tally of 318-209. The ordinance regulates the issuance of municipal permits for live music, dancing and entertainment in establishments licensed to sell alcohol, and it regulates the type of entertainment permitted. In particular, the ordinance prohibits sexually-themed entertainment in Paris establishments, […]
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Portland, foes of controversial median strip ordinance to face off in one-day trial
PORTLAND — The city of Portland and a trio of residents suing over a newly enacted ordinance they see as unconstitutional will square off in court in an expedited one-day trial next month, the city announced Monday afternoon. At issue is a controversial ordinance which prevents people from stopping in city median strips, a measure […]
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Groups join in effort for new Maine bear hunting referendum
BANGOR — For the second time in a decade, animal rights groups are seeking a public vote to ban three bear hunting practices. The groups have also asked providers of food products used as bear bait to stop supplying leftover food waste to bear hunters. The Coastal Humane Society, Animal Refuge League and Animal Wildlife […]
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Injunction extended on Wisconsin abortion law
A federal judge extended a preliminary injunction Friday blocking a Wisconsin law that would require abortion doctors to have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of their clinics and a mandatory ultrasound before a woman receives an abortion. U.S. District Judge William Conley issued a temporary restraining order July 8. The new injunction […]
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Rumford has a new fireworks ordinance
RUMFORD — As private Fourth of July celebrations loom, Town Manager Carlo Puiia wants to remind residents that voters ratified a new Fireworks Ordinance on June 11. Its provisions are now enforceable. “It is very important for our residents and their guests to understand that the use and possession of ‘bottle rockets,’ as well as […]
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No Maine law license for F. Lee Bailey — yet
PORTLAND — Celebrity attorney F. Lee Bailey is going to have to wait a few months to find out if he can practice law in Maine, where he hopes to restart his legal career. The Board of Bar Examiners has appealed a supreme court justice’s decision allowing Bailey to set up a law practice, meaning […]