AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine drivers may soon only be able to use cellphones and electronic devices with hands-free technology. The Maine House voted 85-60 Tuesday to pass the bill limiting the cellphone use, joining the Senate which voted last week voted 21-14 in favor of the measure. It’s unclear whether Republican Gov. Paul LePage would […]
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Bill to prohibit discussing wage history with employers faces uncertain future
AUGUSTA (AP) — A bill to prohibit employers from seeking information about a prospective employee’s prior wage history faces an uncertain future after passing the Maine House and Senate. The Democratic-controlled House on Monday voted 79-68 in favor of Democratic Sen. Cathy Breen’s bill in an initial round of votes. The Republican-controlled Senate voted 22-13 […]
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Thousands of dead fish found floating off coast of Brunswick
BRUNSWICK (AP) — Police say the thousands of dead bait fish found floating in Maine bays over the weekend is due to a fishing vessel catching more than it could handle. The Brunswick Police Marine Resource & Harbor Management Division says it followed up on weekend complaints of “hundreds of thousands” of dead fish in […]
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Plan to increase Maine deer permits again up for hearing
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine’s plan to again increase the number of deer hunting permits in the state is up for a public hearing this week. The state Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife says it’s planning to offer more than 65,000 permits this year. That’s an increase of more than 45 percent from last year’s […]
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Conservationists: Imperiled Atlantic salmon decline worsens
BANGOR (AP) — Fewer of North America’s Atlantic salmon are making it back to rivers to spawn, which bodes poorly for the future of the imperiled fish, an international conservation group says. Atlantic salmon were once abundant in the rivers of New England and Atlantic Canada, but they are now endangered or have disappeared in […]
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Tardiff setting a fast pace at Oxford
LYMAN — In most cases, when a driver leaves the friendly confines of the track where he learned to race for the challenges of a different venue, success doesn’t come right away. Yet for 32-year-old Lyman native and third-generation racer Alan Tardiff, the combination of great chemistry in his new team, a brand-new race car […]
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Maine passes law to allow 12-month supply of birth control
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A Democrat’s bill to allow women to receive up to a 12-month supply of prescribed birth control has become law without Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s signature. Most Maine insurance providers currently have a one-month or three-month limit. The law will go into effect this fall. Rep. Jay McCreight says her bill […]
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Farmington’s Hagar gets bail after arrest 38 years after son’s death
PORTLAND (AP) — A judge has granted bail for a father charged with murder nearly 38 years after his son’s death. The lawyer for 62-year-old Burton “Ben” Hagar of Farmington said he was pleased by the development but didn’t know if his client had the resources to post bail. The judge on Friday set Hagar’s […]
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Presque Isle man sought by police killed following two-state chase
NEWTON, N.H. (AP) — Authorities are trying to figure out what happened at the end of a 40-mile, hour-long car chase that started in Massachusetts and ended in New Hampshire, after a man crashed his car into a tree, officers fired their weapons and the suspect was found dead. “There was a confrontation there and […]
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Paul LePage rejoins Maine budget fight as shutdown fears grow
AUGUSTA — Five months and 10 days after he floated a two-year budget proposal largely ignored by the Legislature, Gov. Paul LePage has muscled his way back into their stalled and dysfunctional budget process with the state as close as it’s been to a shutdown during his tenure. Senate President Mike Thibodeau, R-Winterport, said Friday morning […]