FORT KENT, Maine (AP) — The co-chairman of the Maine Legislature’s budget-writing committee says the governor is trying to overstate the impact of an education surcharge approved by voters. Maine Public reports that Gov. Paul LePage was challenged on his facts during his town hall meeting in Fort Kent, where he appeared to assert Monday […]
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Transient woman banned from Brewer after sword attack
BREWER, Maine (AP) — A Maine woman accused of attacking her ex-boyfriend with a sword has been banned from town. A judge ruled this week that 25-year-old Christina McCarthy has to leave Brewer but she may return once to get her belongings — if accompanied by police. The sword episode happened Sunday evening. Police say […]
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Brothers indicted for alleged welfare fraud at halal market
If guilty, Ali Ratib Daham and Abdul Kareem Daham face up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Two brothers from Westbrook, Maine, are facing federal charges for operating massive welfare fraud at a grocery market. Acting U.S. attorney Richard Murphy said Tuesday that 40-year-old Ali Ratib Daham and […]
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‘Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance’ author Pirsig dies in Maine
NEW YORK (AP) — Robert M. Pirsig, whose philosophical novel “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance” became a million-selling classic and cultural touchstone after more than 100 publishers turned it down, died Monday at age 88. Pirsig’s publishing house, William Morrow, announced that he died at his home in South Berwick, Maine. He had […]
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Sally Schofield, convicted in death of foster child, released from prison
PORTLAND (AP) — A former Maine health official accused of binding her 5-year-old foster child in a high chair with duct tape and convicted of manslaughter in the child’s death has been released from prison. WCSH-TV reports ex-Department of Health and Human Services supervisor Sally Schofield left prison Tuesday. Schofield was sentenced to 17 years […]
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Maine lawmakers consider ballot initiatives, clean elections
AUGUSTA (AP) — Lawmakers are considering bills to change the way that citizen initiatives get on the ballot. Republicans like Gov. Paul LePage argue Maine’s constitution and state law allow millions of out-of-state dollars to fund costly campaigns that mislead voters. More than a dozen bills that would make it harder for citizen initiatives to […]
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Maine’s oldest fishing schooner, built in 1906, has new home in Bath
BATH (AP) — Maine’s oldest functioning wooden fishing schooner has returned to the state. The Press Herald reported (http://bit.ly/2p7SZiQ) that the Mary E arrived at its new home, the Maine Maritime Museum, on Sunday. The vessel was built on the Kennebec River by Bath native Thomas E. Hagan in 1906. It has been used as […]
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Sen. Libby’s bill would give citizens oversight of welfare programs
AUGUSTA (AP) — Citizens would monitor the success and progress of the state-run welfare-to-work program under a democratic lawmaker’s bill. Assistant Senate Democratic Leader Nathan Libby is sponsoring a bill that would create an independent citizens oversight committee. The committee would require the state Department of Health and Human Services to collect data about topics […]
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Maine Democrats, Republicans at odds over sick leave bill
AUGUSTA (AP) — Democrats want to advance a universal sick leave bill despite opposition from Republicans on a legislative committee. The Legislature’s Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development Committee this week voted 5-4 in favor of the bill. Two other Republicans and two Democrats who weren’t present have until Thursday to cast their votes. The […]
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Maine joins attorneys general from 16 states, DC fight travel ban appeal
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The top attorneys from 16 states and the District of Columbia say President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban would hurt their higher education and medical institutions and have a chilling effect on tourism. The attorneys general urged the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in a brief Wednesday to uphold a […]