The third Sunday in March feels like a perfect time to Remember the Maine. You remember Maine. Proud university and mighty athletic program. So many years, the surefire cure for everything ailing us during this recreational and meteorological void in the calendar. We spun the radio dial or tapped the television remote, and the Black […]
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L-A legislators must be wary of turnpike ideas
Major changes in the governance of the Maine Turnpike seem nearly certain after an audit of the organization’s books and continuing legislative hearings on its operations. But unless Western Maine legislators and voters are vigilant, the changes could make a bad situation for L-A travelers even worse. Among the ideas being bandied about in Augusta […]
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Maine State Ballet will present ‘Sleeping Beauty’
FALMOUTH — Set to a score by Peter Tchaikovsky, “Sleeping Beauty” has been a mainstay of classical ballet for more than years. Beginning on Friday, March 25, the Maine State Ballet will present a three-week run of the fairy tale at its theater. “Sleeping Beauty” tells the story of Princess Aurora, who as a baby […]
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Air miles wrong standard in casino debate
Wednesday, the Legislature’s committee on Legal and Veteran’s Affairs will take up a bill to clarify how to measure 100 miles in Maine. We hope the committee will use its common sense and support LD 677. This bill seeks to measure the distances between competing casinos in Maine using the “most commonly used road miles” […]
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Current limit on teen workers should remain
A bill to allow Maine teens to work more than 20 hours a week during the school year is not in the state’s best interest and should not pass. The legislation would benefit the state’s hospitality industry, which is an important part of our economy. But more important to our future is having a well-educated […]
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DHHS commissioner says hospitals being overpaid by state
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine Health and Human Services Commissioner Mary Mayhew says her department’s discovered tens of millions of dollars in larger-than-budgeted payments for social service programs, and corrective steps are being taken. Mayhew says a $66 million overpayment to Maine hospitals resulted from changes in the claims processing system. The state is on pace […]
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Bill would allow Maine teens to work longer hours
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A bill to allow Maine teenagers to work more is getting mixed reviews in the Legislature. Representatives of hotels and motels, restaurants, merchants and Gov. Paul LePage’s administration spoke Wednesday in favor of a reworked bill limiting 16-year-olds to 32 hours a week and imposing no limits for 17-year-olds. But the […]
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Turcotte leaving UMaine
Like many other great athletes, Jared Turcotte went into college hoping it would be a stepping stone toward a career in professional sports. Unlike many of his peers, however, he realized even before graduating high school that the day may come when he would have to give up his dream and follow a different path. […]
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High court modifies, affirms award in elder abuse case
FARMINGTON — The state’s high court on Tuesday upheld a 2009 Franklin County court’s decision to award nearly $7 million in damages to the estate of a former Phillips doctor, calling the case an “extreme example of elder abuse.” The late Dr. Margarete “Gretl” J. Hoch had practiced medicine in Franklin County for more than […]