8/19/12 Comparisons of Maine and New Hampshire usually favor the latter. New Hampshire’s low-tax, limited-government policies are often cited as a cause of the Granite State’s greater prosperity. The comparisons usually leave out all the things New Hampshire doesn’t provide for citizens, but, as measured by personal income growth, there’s little doubt recent decades have […]
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College football: Summertime blue for Black Bears
ORONO — It may be one of the few communities in the state whose population declines during the summer, but Orono has been jumping for the University of Maine football team. Just don’t take that to mean it’s been Vacationland for the Black Bears. “This is a place that doesn’t provide quite what Viriginia Beach […]
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LePage wanted special session to address hospital debt
AUGUSTA — A special legislative session that Gov. Paul LePage has broached would focus on more than $150 million the state owes its hospitals for Medicaid debts, a spokesman for Maine hospitals said Friday as prospects for a fall session remained hazy at best. Maine Hospital Association President Steven Michaud told the Bangor Daily News […]
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Skydiver rescued from tree in Maine
LEBANON (AP) — Firefighters say it took more than two hours to free a skydiver who landed in a tree in Maine. They say the 28-year-old man from Somerville, Mass., jumped from an airplane from 13,000 feet. After free-falling for 1½ miles, he opened his parachute. When he looked down, he saw a big cloud. […]
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Maine Ron Paul delegates seek injunction against Republican National Committee
BELFAST — The battle over whether Maine Republican Party delegates who support U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, should be allowed to participate in the Republican National Convention in Tampa moved to the courts Friday. Delegates Stavros Mendros, Brent Tweed and Matthew Mcdonald filed a request for an injunction with Belfast Superior Court. It asks that […]
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Baldacci endorses Dill’s U.S. Senate campaign
PORTLAND — State Sen. Cynthia Dill, D-Cape Elizabeth, picked up some high-profile support Friday when former Maine Gov. John Baldacci issued a message to Maine Democrats asking them to support Dill’s campaign for the U.S. Senate. Baldacci send an email Thursday urging Democrats to support Dill, the Democratic nominee for Maine’s open U.S. Senate seat, […]
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Maine AG upholds deadly force in Portland shooting
PORTLAND (AP) — The Maine attorney general’s office says two law enforcement officers met the legal threshold for using deadly force during a shootout on a Portland sidewalk. Investigators said Friday that U.S. Deputy Marshal Michael Tenuta and Special U.S. Deputy Marshal John Gill, part of a violent offender task force, each fired four times […]
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Portland chamber loses two of its largest corporate members
PORTLAND —The Portland Regional Chamber has lost two of its largest dues-paying members, contributing to a steady decline in dues revenue the business organization has experienced over the last two years. Unum, which employs 3,000 people in the Portland area, and Hannaford, which employs several thousand in the region and is headquartered in Scarborough, both […]
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Police searching for man who robbed Newport Rite Aid
NEWPORT — Police are searching for a man suspected of robbing a Rite Aid pharmacy on Thursday evening. The pharmacy located on the corner of Main Street and Moosehead Trail was robbed at about 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Newport Police Chief Leonard Macdaid said. “The suspect took off on foot with an undisclosed amount of […]
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Scarborough school board approves $50 parking fee for students
SCARBOROUGH (AP) — Scarborough High School students who want to drive to school are going to have to pony up a $50 annual parking fee this fall. The school board on Thursday approved the fee with a 6-1 vote despite outcry from some students and their parents who said it was unfair on top of […]