AUGUSTA — Lawmakers got details Friday on a plan to bring cheaper booze to residents and agency liquor stores and a chance for the state to recapture as much as $10 million. State Finance Commissioner Sawin Millett and Maine Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations Director Gerry Reid briefed the Legislature’s Appropriations and Financial Affairs […]
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Maine high schools tackle athletes’ head injuries
LINCOLN — Morgan Russell thinks she has suffered two concussions, but she’s not sure. The first came earlier in her high school career when the 18-year-old Lincoln senior was dribbling upcourt during a Mattanawcook Academy girls basketball game. An opposing player accidentally head-butted Russell when she went for the ball, Russell said. “It was just […]
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LePage administers oath to commissioner, judges
AUGUSTA (AP) — Following Senate confirmations, Maine Gov. Paul LePage is wasting no time in swearing in eight judicial reappointments and the state’s new labor commissioner, Jeanne Paquette. The ceremony Friday was held in the cabinet room of the State House. Taking the oath in addition to Paquette were Supreme Court justice Donald Alexander; Superior […]
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Survey shows Maine has about 76,000 moose
The Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife uses a double-count technique in the winter where two observers independently report the number of moose observed while flying in a helicopter over northern and eastern Maine. One observer sits in the front of the helicopter while the other sites in the back on the same side. They […]
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Obama refers to Bowdoin freshman science whiz in speech
MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — A college freshman from New York merited a mention in President Barack Obama’s speech at the Democratic National Convention. The president says 18-year-old Samantha Garvey “gives me hope.” They met when she attended a White House science fair earlier this year. Long Island congressman Steve Israel also invited her to attend […]
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U.S. Marshals arrest N.H. father and son in Brewer
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Members of the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force have arrested a father and son in Maine who have been charged with crimes in New Hampshire. Both 38-year-old Edward Janak and 18-year-old Brandon Janak were found at an apartment in Brewer, Maine, on Thursday. Authorities said both were sought for bail jumping. […]
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U.S., Canadian GPS differences lead to pipe break
FORT KENT (AP) — Authorities say differences between GPS systems in the U.S. and Canada were behind the international bridge construction error this summer that severed a wastewater discharge pipe. A spokeswoman for the New Brunswick Department of Transportation tells the Bangor Daily News the GPS coordinate system upon which surveys typically are based is […]
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Lewiston man among group of veterans taking part in bear hunt to cope with combat stress
DEBLOIS — If, as the U.S. Marine Corps claims, pain is weakness leaving the body, there is a whole lot of bodybuilding going on this week in the Washington County wilderness near Deblois. Since Monday, five battle-weary veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have been confronting the physical and psychological pain of their […]
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Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office reveals Social Security numbers of 180 arrestees
PORTLAND — The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office exposed the Social Security numbers of approximately 180 people when it began using a new computer program to distribute arrest lists to the public and media outlets Tuesday. The new software was programmed to automatically send electronic copies of the department’s recent arrests to area media outlets and […]
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Southwest Harbor celebrating garlic
SOUTHWEST HARBOR (AP) — Garlic brownies and garlic cotton candy are among the garlic-flavored foods available for tasting at an annual festival in Southwest Harbor that celebrates all things garlic. The 14th annual Mount Desert Island Garlic Festival is held from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. The event began in 1998 when Bar Harbor […]