PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Sen. Olympia Snowe’s primary challengers hope to ride conservative momentum driven by Texas Rep. Ron Paul’s strong showing in Maine’s caucuses. Libertarian tea party activist Andrew Ian Dodge and self-proclaimed conservative constitutionalist Scott D’Amboise both hope to draw support from followers of the libertarian congressman from Texas, as well as self-avowed […]
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A winter’s tale that warms the heart
Author’s note: This article is a chapter from my forthcoming new book “Backtrack.” My conscience compels me to confess that I am not the ice fisherman I once was. This note is being written from Islamorada in the Florida Keys. It’s 82 degrees with a balmy breeze from the southeast. New Englanders have come to […]
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Maine GOP still counting votes
AUGUSTA — The numbers are in. Again. A week after the Maine Republican Party caucus, party officials continued to adjust the numbers after several errors and omissions were discovered. As of Friday night, new numbers were still in favor of presidential hopeful Mitt Romney. The party last Saturday announced Romney was the narrow winner over […]
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Little snow, but don’t count winter out yet
Snowfall, as measured in Portland Inches so far this season: 28.6 Historical average for season to date: 40.1 Inches since Dec. 1 (meteorological winter): 22.4 Historical average to date: 38.2 SOURCE: National Weather Service in Gray This time last year, Maine had seen 54.6 inches of snow, 26 inches more than this year. And 2011 […]
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CLT cast serves up a ‘sweet and simple valentine’
AUBURN— The middle of February is a good time to get away from it all, and a quick trip to “Almost, Maine” is just right. The play’s current production by Community Little Theatre and director Katie St. Pierre is a sweet and simple valentine. It’s filled with surprises like a heart-shaped box of chocolates. Maine […]
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Man gets year for killing eagle
BANGOR — A Maine man who fatally shot a protected bald eagle while he was barred from having a gun or a hunting license has been sentenced to a year in prison. A federal judge in Bangor on Monday also sentenced 51-year-old Stephen Voisine to two years of probation and ordered him to undergo mental […]
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Bill would outlaw ice shack fees
AUGUSTA — A legislative committee is supporting a bill that would prohibit Maine towns from collecting fees for ice fishing shacks. Rep. Mike Shaw of Standish introduced the bill after Randolph selectmen last year voted to assess a $15 fee on each smelting shack along the town’s Kennebec River frontage. Selectmen estimated the fees would […]
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Heating oil prices on rise in Maine
AUGUSTA — The average price of home heating oil in Maine has jumped a nickel in the past week to an average of $3.77 per gallon. The director of the state Office of Energy Independence and Security said Monday the price is being driven up by world events, including a potential ban on Iranian crude […]
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The ins and outs of EBTs
Stands for: Electronic Benefits Transfer Introduced in Maine: In 2003. In the case of food stamps, the plastic debit-looking cards replaced packets of paper stamps. In the case of other benefits, it replaced mailed checks. Benefits that can be placed on the card: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families; Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (for food; formerly […]
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“Open for business” door swings both ways
While the Appropriations Committee was struggling mightily to do the near-impossible – avoid devastating cuts to the state’s Medicaid program proposed by Gov. Paul LePage – a report on jobs came out that was equally devastating. Based on U.S. Census reports, the Maine Center for Economic Policy says that Maine was one of only six […]