LEWISTON — For years, Eric Agren had trouble drawing diners into his Fuel restaurant on Tuesdays. It’s a slow day for most every eatery, and the high-end Lisbon Street restaurant was no exception. So Agren dubbed Tuesday “Fuelsday” and started offering specials on food and wine. But recently it’s specialty draft beer — Maine made, […]
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Gifford’s giving away free ice cream for opening day
SKOWHEGAN (WGME) — It’s a sign that winter is coming to an end when Gifford’s Ice Cream stands open for the season. To celebrate, the five stands in Skowhegan, Bangor, Waterville, Auburn and Farmington are giving out free small cones Friday from 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. Gifford’s Ice Cream stands will offer six new […]
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Beleaguered Leslie Gibson abandons state House race, seeks ‘peace and quiet’
SABATTUS — Hoping to restore “some peace and quiet in our lives,” controversial Republican candidate Leslie Gibson abandoned his effort to win a state House seat Friday. “I am not walking away with my head hung low. I am walking away with my head held high,” said Gibson, a Sabattus resident. Gibson said he made […]
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Video: Blogger says Paul LePage shoved her; he says she was chewing in his face
AUGUSTA— Maine Gov. Paul LePage had an interesting interaction with a blogger outside his office Thursday. And there’s video. A 20-second clip posted on Facebook by WMTW-TV reporter Jim Keithley shows LePage speaking to a group of media members. In the front is Carol McCracken, of Portland, who writes a blog called Munjoy Hill News. […]
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Engineering firm behind collapsed Miami bridge also helped design Maine bridges
A company that helped design a Miami pedestrian bridge that killed at least six when it collapsed Thursday was involved in the construction of at least four bridges in Maine. FIGG Bridge Engineers, an internationally known firm based in Tallahassee, Florida, helped design the new Sarah Mildred Long Bridge between Kittery and Portsmouth, New Hampshire; […]
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Primary field for Maine governor narrowed to 12 in two major parties
AUGUSTA — The two major parties finalized their gubernatorial slates for the June primaries Thursday, narrowing what had been a field of more than 24 candidates down to 12 – seven Democrats and five Republicans. Thursday was the deadline for candidates to turn in the signatures of 2,000 Maine voters to the Secretary of State’s […]
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Maine's women's hoops teams lead the charge
The University of Maine celebrates after their victory over Hartford on Friday, March 9. (Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Portland Press Herald) Before Gary Fifield left his Vermont high school coaching job to take over the University of Southern Maine women’s basketball program in 1987, he took a recruiting trip in February. “My first (Maine) high school tournament […]
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Correction: Saddleback ski area
The headlines on a front-page story in the Thursday, March 15, edition of the Sun Journal on Saddleback ski resort should have read: “Questions raised after prospective Saddleback buyer’s comments are aired.” The headlines should have noted that Majella is the proposed buyer of Saddleback, not an investor, and a state official did not make […]
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Sailors note Maine's 198th
Sailors who are “super proud to be from Maine” pose with Maine state flags Thursday on the USS Gerald R. Ford in Norfolk, Va., to celebrate Maine’s 198th birthday. Maine became a state on March 15, 1820. From left are Senior Chief Boatswain Edwin Bennett of Milford, Aviation Electrician 1st Class Timothy Riegel of Windham and […]
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Lawmakers rebuke Labor Department over claims of rushing unemployment system, destroying records
Members of a legislative committee are calling for top officials in the Maine Department of Labor to take responsibility for rushing out a faulty unemployment filing system and allegedly destroying records of claimants who were not able to access their benefits for weeks. The new filing system, known as ReEmployME, was put in use despite […]