MaryAnne Kinney, whose family owns Kinney’s Sugarhouse in Knox, is planning a one-woman march on Washington, D.C., in June to protest a proposed federal regulation that would require maple syrup labels to indicate the product contains “added sugar.” Maple syrup is naturally high in sugar — so high that it triggers the new requirement, which […]
Maine
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Maine influenza cases worst in five years
Maine suffered its worst influenza season in at least five years, with 9,018 cases reported in 2017-18, an increase of more than 50 percent from last season. The flu season runs from October through late May, and the Maine Center for Disease Control & Prevention wrapped up its annual flu season weekly reports last week. The agency […]
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Vendors needed for craft fair at Norlands
LIVERMORE — The Washburn-Norlands Living History Center, a 19th-century museum and working farm at 290 Norlands Rd., seeks artists, crafters and historical exhibitors for its biennial Strawberry Festival & Heritage Day, to be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 23. Crafters and artists are welcome to exhibit, demonstrate and sell original artwork. […]
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Maine committee resuming work on state budget
AUGUSTA (AP) — The Maine Legislature’s Appropriations Committee is meeting to see if Democrats and Republicans are any closer to a compromise on a supplemental budget. Committee members on Wednesday will consider unfunded bills, bond proposals and other measures left on the table when lawmakers adjourned last month with unfinished business. Some of the matters […]
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Affordable Care Act individual insurance rates expected to jump in Maine
As Maine’s providers of Affordable Care Act-compliant health insurance prepare to file their rate requests for 2019, analysts say they are expecting ACA individual insurance rates in Maine to increase by double digits as they have done in previous years. Both of Maine’s existing providers of Affordable Care Act individual health insurance say they plan […]
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Maine tourism industry has a sunny outlook as critical summer season kicks off
Visitors started flooding into Maine on Thursday to enjoy the long Memorial Day weekend, the unofficial start to the state’s tourism season. The next few months are critical for Maine’s tourism industry and state officials are optimistic more people will visit the state in 2018, continuing a five-year growth trend. “Two-thirds of our business does come during […]
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Health insurance providers sign up for 2019
Both of Maine’s providers of Affordable Care Act individual health insurance say they plan to offer coverage again in 2019. Following Anthem’s exit from the ACA marketplace at the end of 2017, only Lewiston-based Community Health Options and Massachusetts-based Harvard Pilgrim Health Care continue to offer ACA-compliant individual health insurance in Maine. Health insurance providers […]
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Maine home sales, median price up in April
A decrease in the availability of existing single-family homes in Maine caused an uptick in both home sales and sale prices in April. According to a report issued Thursday by Maine Listings, 1,201 existing Maine homes were sold in April, an 8.6 percent increase compared with April 2017. Meanwhile, the statewide median home sale price […]
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Vaccination opt-out rate rising among Maine kindergartners
Maine’s vaccination coverage for students entering kindergarten worsened in 2017-18, making outbreaks of preventable diseases such as measles, chicken pox and pertussis more likely. Five percent of kindergartners – about 600 students of the 12,500 in that grade – attended school this year without getting required vaccines because their parents opted out on philosophic or […]
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Judge to rule on ranked-choice voting
A federal judge said he will decide early next week whether the Republican primary June 12 will be held under ranked-choice or traditional, plurality voting rules. U.S. District Court Judge Jon Levy did not hint at which way he is leaning on the party’s lawsuit to allow it to continue selecting its candidates by plurality […]