AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine tax officials say revenues were close to budget as the first month of fiscal 2011 ended. Revenues overall for July were $1.2 million, or less than 1 percent, under budget. But Michael Allen of Maine Revenue Services told the Legislature’s Appropriations Committee Monday that the all-important sales tax revenues were […]
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Maine pilot walks away from crash and flying
SOUTH THOMASTON, Maine (AP) — A 75-year-old pilot says he’ll need a new hobby after the plane he rebuilt over a period of years crashed upon takeoff in Maine. William Hamilton of Damariscotta says his Cessna 120 seemed to lose power before clipping a tree and crashing in a field in South Thomaston. Hamilton suffered […]
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Maine football: Turcotte returning as a new man
ORONO — As the mental and physical scars left over from Jared Turcotte’s lost 2009 football season fade, a sign of how much his life has changed in 2010 is just a rolled-up shirt sleeve away. The tattoo above his right bicep is hard to miss. It reads “Family First,” and it is a permanent […]
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Phish concert jumper from Maine faces NY criminal charges
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (AP) — A Maine man who was injured after leaping from the upper deck at Long Island’s Jones Beach Theater has surrendered to face reckless endangerment and disorderly conduct charges. Luke Duplessis was awaiting arraignment Friday in Hempstead, N.Y. It was not immediately clear whether the 30-year-old Old Town, Maine, resident was represented […]
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Taylor Swift in Maine for television special
KENNEBUNK, Maine (AP) — Country music star Taylor Swift is back in Maine for a half-hour television special on CMT to introduce her new music video that was shot in Maine. The cable network show will air Friday night from an undisclosed location in Kennebunk. Swift shot the video “Mine” last month in Maine. The […]
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NTSB: Floatplane gear down in fatal Maine crash
ROCKWOOD, Maine (AP) — A preliminary report says all four wheels of a floatplane were down when it crashed on Maine’s Moosehead Lake and killed the pilot. Telford Allen II was killed Aug. 1 when he attempted to land his plane in front of his home in Rockwood. The 64-year-old Allen, the founder of Telford […]
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Maine collector sends WWII skull home to Japan
HOLDEN, Maine (AP) — A Maine memorabilia collector says a World War II-era skull with the words “1945 Jap Skull Okinawa” written on it is on its way back to Japan for a proper burial. Ralph McLeod of Holden says representatives of the Japanese government took possession of the skull on Thursday. McLeod tells the […]
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Jenkins should re-examine his decision to run
We like and admire John Jenkins. In fact, we’ve never met anyone who didn’t. Jenkins is about as popular a politician as you will find in the Twin Cities. But any decision to run for governor should be based upon way more than the number of Facebook friends a man can acquire in 45 days. […]
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Maine Senate approves 75 of governor’s nominees
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The Maine Senate approved dozens of nominations by Gov. John Baldacci to Cabinet and judicial posts as well as numerous boards and commissions, pausing for debate only briefly Wednesday on the appointment of Kurt Adams to the University of Maine System Board of Trustees. Winning unanimous confirmation votes were Ellen Schneiter […]
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Maine football: Ervin a money-maker on special teams
ORONO — Levi Ervin never saw the hit coming. A knee to the back of the head sent the University of Maine linebacker and special teams maven into an unconscious lurch. Like a prize fighter, he ultimately collapsed and hit his head on the Carrier Dome turf, which knocked him out again. Ervin’s teammates carried […]