State Sen. Eric Brakey is sponsoring a bill that would allow women to buy birth control pills and patches over the counter with an expired prescription. Brakey sees it as a free-market approach: women could skip the current time and expense of an annual visit to the doctor for a new prescription and buy it […]
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United Airlines says you can wear leggings if you're paying for flight
In this Sept. 8, 2015, photo, a United Airlines passenger plane lands at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, N.J. United said on Monday, March 27, 2017, that regular-paying fliers are welcome to wear leggings aboard its flights, even though two teenage girls were barred by a gate agent from boarding a flight from Denver […]
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Massachusetts woman injured when sled hits trees in Eustis
EUSTIS — A Massachusetts woman was injured Saturday when her snowmobile struck trees on a twisting section of an Interconnected Trail System route, Cpl. John MacDonald of the Maine Warden Service said. Lisa Handrahan, 50, of Chatham, Massachusetts, was traveling with three others on ITS 89 between Tea Pond Lodge & Cabins and Pines Market, […]
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Donald Trump to tap Jared Kushner to streamline government
Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s senior adviser and son-in-law, listens during a meeting with small business leaders at the White House on Jan. 30. WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump plans to unveil a new White House office on Monday with sweeping authority to overhaul the federal bureaucracy and fulfill key campaign promises — such as […]
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Paul LePage goes behind the bar for charity
The Quarry Tap Room in Hallowell will donate a dollar for every drink served by Gov. Paul LePage to a foundation to help wounded veterans set up by Travis Mills, a soldier who lost all four limbs during an explosion in Afghanistan. AUGUSTA — It’s going to be bottoms up as Maine’s governor takes a […]
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Bill would restrict foraging for wild berries, vegetables on private property
PORTLAND (AP) — Get off my lawn, and out of my blueberry bush. That’s the message in a proposal before a Maine state house committee that would restrict foraging for wild, edible vegetables, fruits and funguses on private property. Republican Sen. Thomas Saviello made the proposal which, as currently written, would prohibit the harvest of […]
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Blaming conservatives, Donald Trump signals new openness to Dems
In a March 23, 2017 file photo, White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, right, departs after a Republican caucus meeting on Capitol Hill, in Washington. Speaking on “Fox News Sunday,” March 26, 2017, Priebus made clear that President Donald Trump would be seeking support from moderate Democrats for upcoming legislative battles. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, […]
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Initiative to build southern Maine casino to get a hearing
AUGUSTA (AP) — The public has a chance to weigh in on a well-funded proposal to build a new casino in southern Maine. A public hearing is set for Wednesday morning in Augusta. The proposal is set to appear on November’s ballot. Gov. Paul LePage has said greed is behind the proposal. The No More […]
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Volunteers and yarn donations needed
DEAR SUN SPOTS: When a landlord rents an apartment that requires a security deposit, isn’t he supposed to put that in a separate account and, if available, at the end, pay it back to the tenants with interest accumulated on that account? Just wondering — after all, that is their money. — No name, Rumford. […]
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U.S. Alpine Championships: Stiegler gets Sugarloaf redemption
Resi Stieger, center, is interviewed after her win. CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Resi Stiegler had unfinished business with Sugarloaf. At the 2006 U.S. Alpine Championships, Stiegler stumbled in her final run of the slalom and finished second behind Kaylin Richardson. “I was first here in Sugarloaf and straddled on the second run, and so I kind […]