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Former Maine sports star guilty on child porn charge
BANGOR, Maine - A former Maine college basketball star has been found guilty of a child pornography charge.Dana Wilson pleaded no contest Thursday in a Bangor courtroom. The plea means while not admitting guilt, he is not contesting the charges. The judge then found him guilty.Authorities say the 62-year-old Wilson, who works as a disc jockey, had videos of young girls engaged in sexual behavior ...
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Maine energy costs bill considered
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - A Maine legislative committee is expected to vote on a proposal aimed at lowering the state’s high electricity and heating ...
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Maine hospital Boston hospital collaborate
LEWISTON, Maine (AP) -- A Maine hospital group and one of Boston's most prestigious hospitals have announced a collaboration aimed at streamlining services for local cancer patients who need care in ...
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Historic Freeport tavern to reopen
FREEPORT, Maine (AP) -- The historic Freeport tavern that bills itself as the "Birthplace of Maine" is expected to reopen this summer under new ...
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Maine state police gear up for busy weekend
Col. Robert Williams, state police chief, says Memorial Day weekend sets the tone for the summer season and that the state police goal ‘‘is to make it a safe one.’’ He says troopers will be looking for speeders and drunken and aggressive drivers, and that they’re also enforcing seat belt and texting ...
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Maine views mixed as Boy Scouts end gay ban
jhall@pressherald.com Staff Writer Parents and leaders of Boy Scouts in Maine had differing views Thursday on Boy Scouts of America's decision to allow openly gay youths to participate in ...
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Fugitive rapist found in Maine is punished
- Gary Alan Irving, the convicted rapist who eluded police for 34 years after fleeing to Maine, was finally sentenced Thursday, and his attorney said Irving doesn't even remember committing the ...
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Maine keeps E-ZPass heavy-user discount program
– The Maine Turnpike Authority's directors voted unanimously Thursday to keep the current E-ZPass volume-based discount program indefinitely, maintaining a popular program that gives discounts to daily ...
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Maine Medicaid bill meets its fate passed vetoed
- Democrats in the Legislature knew that their signature policy achievement – a combination bill to expand public health insurance for the poor and pay off Maine's $186 million debt to its hospitals – was likely ...
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Newspapers seek to unseal affidavit in Maine girls murder
– An objection to a judge's decision to seal a police affidavit in the killing of 15-year-old Nichole Cable has been filed by a lawyer for the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram, and The Associated ...
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Maine bill to lower power costs up for vote
– A legislative committee is expected to vote Friday on an ambitious proposal aimed at lowering Maine's high electricity and heating ...
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In Maine wet holiday weather may curb some traffic
This October 2012 file photo shows heavy traffic on Broadway in South Portland. Predictions of rain every day but Monday, and cool temperatures too, could put a damper on Memorial Day travel this ...
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Maine panel rejects two LePage education bills
Select images available for purchase in theMaine Today Photo Store The votes by the Education Committee were no surprise: Democrats and teachers union officials have long opposed the governor's education policy. L.D. 1529, a governor's bill sponsored by Sen. Garrett Mason, R-Lisbon Falls, would eliminate the current limit of 10 public charter schools in Maine and allow public money to ...
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Maine officials warn of vacation scams
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - Maine Attorney General Janet Mills is advising consumers to be leery of vacation deals popping up this time of the year. Mills says if the deal sounds too good to be true, it probably ...
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Memorial ceremony set in Maine State House
Brig. Gen. James Campbell, Adjutant General of Maine, says the ceremony will be held Friday afternoon. Memorial Day is Monday, but state government will be ...
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Hurricane center Beware of the storm surge
By JENNIFER KAYAssociated Press MIAMI (AP) - The National Hurricane Center is changing the way it talks about storm surge in hopes that emergency officials, the media and the public can better understand the dangerous phenomenon. Storm surge is the hurricane hazard that poses the greatest threat to life and property. It is the abnormal rise in sea water during a hurricane, and it can happen ...
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Maine governor moves out of State House office over TV dispute
AUGUSTA, Maine – Maine's governor, who has gained attention in the past for telling the NAACP to "kiss my butt" and comparing the Internal Revenue Service to the Gestapo, has moved out of his office at the State House and says he'll work out of the governor's mansion because of a dispute over a television screen. Republican Gov. Paul LePage has temporarily moved ...
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Court dismisses Nader suit against Democrats
The state’s highest court dismissed Thursday Ralph Nader’s lawsuit against Democrats he had accused of trying to keep him off ballots in Maine and other states during his failed presidential run in 2004. In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Judicial Court affirmed a judge’s dismissal of several counts and ordered that the remaining counts of Nader’s lawsuit against the ...
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Mass. man sentenced decades after fleeing state
DEDHAM, Mass. -- A man convicted of raping three women in Massachusetts has been sentenced to 36 to 40 years in prison decades after he fled the state and began living a secret life in Maine.Gary Alan Irving was sentenced Thursday in Norfolk Superior Court. He could have gotten a life sentence.Irving was a teenager when he was convicted of raping three women. When authorities finally caught up ...
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AP others fight for details in Maine girls death
BANGOR, Maine -; News organizations are challenging a judge's decision to keep the public from seeing details of how and why police believe a 15-year-old girl from Maine was killed by a 20-year-old ...
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Electricity Maine ads under microscope
One ad says, "If your power bill says 'standard offer,' you're paying too much." Electricity Maine said it offers a cheaper delivery rate than the state-sponsored standard offer but that standard offer rate has recently changed. The owners of Electricity Maine told News 8 they are constantly changing ad campaigns. They said it's possible an out-of-date ad was ...
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Maine Turnpike to keep volume discount for commuters
- The Maine Turnpike Authority voted to keep the current E-ZPass volume-based discount program in place indefinitely, maintaining a popular program that gives discounts to daily ...
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UPDATE 1-Maine Medicaid expansion passes but governor sets veto
Thu May 23, 2013 5:12pm EDT (Adds beginning of veto process) By Dave Sherwood BOWDOINHAM, Maine May 23 (Reuters) - Maine's Democratic-controlled legislature on Thursday passed a bill to expand access to its Medicaid program as outlined by the Affordable Care Act, setting up a showdown with the state's Republican governor, who immediately began veto procedures. At issue is lawmakers' ...
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Maine Academy’s Loeb-Sullivan School Names New Dean
Loeb-Sullivan School of International Business and Logistics by this year's fall semester and will return to teaching full-time as a professor of logistics at the school.Donald Maier has been elected by the faculty as department chair for the undergraduate international business and logistics degree and appointed by MMA's vice president of academics as Loeb-Sullivan School of ...
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Convicted rapist who fled sentenced to 36 years
DEDHAM, Mass. -- A man convicted of raping three women in Massachusetts was sentenced Thursday to 36 to 40 years in prison more than three decades after he fled the state and began living a secret life in Maine.Gary Alan Irving could have faced possible life in prison at his sentencing in Norfolk Superior Court. His attorney said Irving will be eligible for parole in 24 years.Irving was a ...
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Historical schooner Bowdoin is a state asset
The Bowdoin recently undertook a short tour of Maine’s coastline, stopping in Portland and Bath so that the public could explore the ship and get a taste of the state’s maritime history, the historical schooner, built in 1921 and operated by the Maine Maritime Academy, is a historical jewel with a rich and fascinating history.
Nowadays ships are built to be big and imposing, the Oasis-class cruise ship Oasis of the Seas, the biggest cruise ship in the world at 47 meters wide, 360 meters long and capable of carrying 6000 passengers and the Mærsk E-class container ship Ebba Mærsk at 397 meters long and 47 meters wide, have set benchmarks in the size of these various kinds of ships. Read more
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