PORTLAND — Critics of a massive residential development in the Moosehead Lake region urged the state supreme court on Tuesday to send the case back to Maine’s Land Use Regulation Commission, while a lawyer for the agency argued that the panel acted within its discretion in approving the sprawling project. Phil Worden, a lawyer representing […]
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College Hockey: Anthoine finding his stride at Maine
BOSTON — Mark Anthoine’s first impression of Hockey East’s Frozen Fenway event had nothing to do with hockey. “Just going out there before the game, when UMass and UVM were playing, sitting in the Red Sox dugout, I wasn’t even thinking about hockey at that point,” Anthoine said. “I was like, ‘Wow, so many legends […]
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Tax allergy may have to come to an end in 2012
At the start of a new year, we should be rooting for taxes to go up and health care costs to go down. Neither will happen before the November election, but we really ought to start preparing now. First, taxes. The American allergy to taxes, stoked by bloggers, activists, and irresponsible politicians, has reached ridiculous […]
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Looking back helps us see ahead
The New Year is almost always a welcomed event. The slate is clean. As we look ahead, it’s a lot like a field of virgin snow. As we move on, the tracks we leave will take us to unseen ground. This is especially sweet for outdoor people who have an affinity for exploration, for finding […]
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College Hockey: Anthoine stepping up for Black Bears
BOSTON — It took a season and change, but Lewiston’s Mark Anthoine is starting to put his stamp on the University of Maine hockey program. After a sluggish start to the season — not only by Anthoine but by most of Maine’s second and third units — the sophomore has come alive, playing key roles […]
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Frozen Fenway: Bears bean ‘Cats in OT
BOSTON — Brian Flynn and Maine’s top line have been helping to carry the Black Bears all season. Fitting, then, in what may have been the team’s biggest — and certainly highest-profile — game of the season to date, that the senior captain and Massachusetts native was also the game’s hero. Flynn banked home a […]
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College hockey: Maine set to skate at Fenway
For most of the University of Maine’s hockey players, the only interaction they’ve had with Fenway Park — if they’ve been lucky to get tickets — has been as a spectator at a mid-summer baseball game. With a large hockey rink spanning the width of the infield and into the shallow outfield at the venerable […]
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In many parts of U.S., it’s a winterless wonderland
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The big snowstorms of autumn are just memories in New England, where people who make their living off winter tourism are losing income and New Hampshire primary candidates lack picturesque winterscapes for photo ops. Tourists in the West play golf instead of skiing. In Midwestern hockey country, you can barely slog […]
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Maine’s fire marshal retiring after 14 years
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s fire marshal for the past 14 years is retiring at the end of the month. John C. Dean of Winthrop was a Maine firefighter for 27 years before becoming fire marshal in 1998. He was a member of the Old Town department from 1971 to 1989, rising to the rank […]
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Cuts to MaineCare, welfare approved in spring 2011 taking effect
AUGUSTA — Changes in the state budget approved last spring and now in effect include cutting MaineCare coverage for hundreds, stopping food stamps for some and, in two weeks, telling 2,500 people receiving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families: Your time’s up. Also coming soon: new rules that end TANF benefits for some immigrants and a […]