AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine voters are set to decide on a $50 million bond issue at a special election next month. The Maine Technology Institute would distribute $45 million in grants for upgrades in fields like aquaculture, marine technology and advanced technologies for forestry and agriculture. Recipients would be required to match state dollars with […]
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Maine panel recommends bill to help chronic pain patients
AUGUSTA (AP) — A legislative committee is supporting a bill to give Maine doctors flexibility in prescribing opioid medication to patients living with chronic and severe pain. Some patients have said they are living in agony on smaller doses of painkillers thanks to a cap on daily opioid doses that lawmakers enacted last year. The […]
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Facebook leader Mark Zuckerberg vacationing in Maine
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is celebrating his fifth wedding anniversary somewhere in rural Maine. The billionaire social media giant posted a notice Friday afternoon that he and his wife, Priscilla Chan, are taking their annual anniversary trip to the Pine Tree State. He said that his original honeymoon got cut short so he promised Chan […]
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Firefighters quit after Newburgh refuses to reinstate fire chief
NEWBURGH (AP) — Volunteer firefighters have quit after a Maine town refused to reinstate the long-time fire chief. WLBZ-TV (http://on.wlbz2.com/2rvvLUA ) reported Newburgh’s Fire Chief Glen Williamson verbally resigned in August. He says he resigned due to a personal dispute with the town manager. The town’s selectmen say they rejected a list of demands by […]
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Maine Senate advances death with dignity bill; LePage likely to veto it
Maine State House is the state capitol of the State of Maine in Augusta, Maine, USA. AUGUSTA (AP) — A death with dignity bill is advancing through the Maine Legislature, but will face a likely veto from the Republican governor. The Senate narrowly voted 16-15 Thursday to support Republican Sen. Roger Katz’s bill. Gov. Paul […]
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Maine Medicaid recipients say they need health care to work
Judy Newell of Portland speaks against the proposed changes to the state’s Medicaid program during a hearing, Wednesday, May 17, 2017, in Portland, Maine. Maine and Wisconsin are finalizing waivers to make significant changes to Medicaid that would make the program more like welfare programs, with restrictions to eligibility and enrollment, premiums and cost-sharing. (AP […]
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Maine bill to release bonds for senior citizen housing advances
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine lawmakers have advanced a bill to force the release of $15 million in bonds for senior citizen housing that voters approved two years ago, but an initial House vote fell short of the two-thirds majority needed to override the governor’s expected veto. The Democratic-controlled House on Tuesday voted 85-57 supporting the […]
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Child, 5, dies overnight after falling from canoe on Vassalboro stream
VASSALBORO (WGME) — The Maine Warden Service says a 5-year-old boy from Vassalboro has died after falling from a canoe Monday. Wardens say around 7:30 p.m., 5-year-old William Egold and his mother, Mollie, were in a canoe on Outlet Stream below the intersection of Oak Grove Road and Route 32 in Vassalboro. The water was […]
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New National Guard headquarters taking shape in Augusta
AUGUSTA (AP) — The new Maine National Guard Joint Force Headquarters is taking shape in Augusta. Officials say construction is about 70 percent complete, and Camp Chamberlain is due to be completed by year’s end. Col. Norm Michaud tells the Kennebec Journal that personnel will begin moving from the existing headquarters to the 100,000-square-foot, two-story […]
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Maine wild blueberries being served up in more schools
ORONO (AP) — Maine wild blueberries are being served up in more schools. The Wild Blueberry School Foodservice Program says federal data show that more frozen Maine blueberries were sold to schools in April than in all of 2016. In the coming school year, Maine wild blueberries will be served in public school systems in […]