AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Transportation followed the same process it has used dozens of times when it issued a request for proposals in March related to the proposed east-west highway project through Maine, an official there says. Kenneth Sweeney, the DOT’s chief engineer, said Thursday that despite a report published in the Portland […]
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Portland schools bar soda sales on grounds
PORTLAND (AP) — Portland’s public schools are joining a national trend and barring the sale of soda and other unhealthy beverages and snacks on school grounds. City schools will implement a policy this fall that applies to food and beverages sold and served by any school or school organization. Food served on field trips, sold […]
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Maine lobster council approves marketing plan
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine’s Lobster Advisory Council has unanimously voted to move forward with a $3 million business and marketing plan intended to boost demand and prices that have fallen to their lowest level in decades. The details of the plan approved Thursday and the way it gets funded — possibly through higher lobster license […]
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Rail idea may hold promise for Twin Cities
We applaud Tony Donovan, a Portland Realtor and president of the Maine Rail Transit Coalition, for thinking big, thinking outside the box and finding private money to move his idea forward. The Bangor Daily News first reported Thursday that the National Association of Realtors will contribute $15,000 to help study new ways to fund a […]
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LePage hints at special session
AUGUSTA (AP) — Gov. Paul LePage is hinting that he’ll call a special legislative session this fall to bring up an undisclosed issue, but says it will “push the envelope.” The Republican governor’s comments were recorded at a GOP event in Bangor on Wednesday night and appeared Thursday in political columnist Mike Tipping’s blog. In […]
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Waldoboro woman allegedly told police she shot boyfriend over impending break-up
WISCASSET — The Waldoboro woman accused of killing her boyfriend in July told investigators she shot him because she feared he was leaving her for another woman, according to a police affidavit filed in Lincoln County Superior Court. Arline Lawless, who is also known as Arline Seavey, 25, is charged with murder and is scheduled […]
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Maine Turnpike Authority board approves toll hikes
“I think these all slice our lunch meat pretty thin,” said James Cloutier of Portland, the Cumberland County representative on the board, summing up the effort the board has made to keep the toll increases as low as possible. Cloutier was discussing several late-developing options, including one that removed a previously proposed rate increase on […]
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State sought bids for east-west highway study before bill signed
AUGUSTA (AP) — The Maine Department of Transportation quietly sought bids on the $300,000 east-west highway study two weeks before Gov. Paul LePage signed the bill authorizing the study. One of the project’s key legislative supporters this week asked the governor to slow down the process, and LePage announced a day later that he would […]
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Maine native, ‘Superman’ actress Phyllis Thaxter dies at 92
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Phyllis Thaxter, an actress best known for her role as Clark Kent’s adoptive mother in the 1978 film “Superman,” has died in Florida. Thaxter’s daughter, Skye Aubrey, says the actress died Tuesday in Longwood after a nine-year fight with Alzheimer’s disease. Thaxter was 92. The Maine native is credited with appearing […]
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Saco man convicted of bilking elderly woman
YORK (AP) — A Saco man has been sentenced to six years in jail for bilking an elderly York woman out of $90,000 by charging her for unneeded or substandard home improvement jobs and yard work. Authorities say 34-year-old Billy Jack Adams was convicted and sentenced Aug. 9 in York County Superior Court on theft […]