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Officials plan to act on Maine restaurant oversight
– State legislators said Monday they will consider increasing the frequency of restaurant inspections and hiring more inspectors a day after the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram reported that Maine has one of the least rigorous restaurant inspection programs in the nation, both in terms of frequency and making information available to the ...
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Body of missing Maine girl likely found
Select images available for purchase in theMaine Today Photo Store It appears Nichole Cable's body was found around 9:30 p.m. Monday at an "undisclosed wooded location," according to Steve McCausland, spokesman for ...
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Marine seeks Katahdin memorial for Maines fallen
erussell@pressherald.com Staff Writer David Cote, a Bangor native and Marine Corps major who is stationed in Washington, D.C., has an idea to honor the 46 service members from Maine who have died in the global war on terror. He calls it "The Summit ...
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Remains found in woods could be missing Maine teen
Spokesman Steve McCausland says the body was found at about 9:30 p.m. Monday by the Maine Warden Service in an undisclosed wooded location. Recovery will begin at daylight ...
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Maine university tuitions fees to stay same
- The University of Maine System's Board of Trustees unanimously approved a budget Monday that will again freeze tuition and fees at the system's seven ...
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Maine student doesnt make it to Geography Bee finals
dhoey@mainetoday.com Staff Writer An exceptional geography student from Bonny Eagle Middle School won’t be competing in the finals of the 25th annual National Geography Bee in Washington, ...
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Search continues for missing Maine teen
BANGOR, Maine (AP) - Maine law enforcement officials are continuing to look for a 15-year-old Glenburn girl last seen more than a week ...
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LePage My goal is eliminating Maines income tax
Gov. Paul LePage said Monday that his long-term goal is to eliminate Maine’s income tax, but he reiterated his opposition to a plan that would cut the income tax rate in half while raising and lowering other ...
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Maine university tuition rates to be frozen
BANGOR, Maine (AP) - University of Maine System trustees voted Monday to freeze tuition rates for the upcoming school year at 2012 levels for in-state undergraduate ...
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Autopsy Maine man died of self-inflicted gunshot
SACO, Maine (AP) - The Maine medical examiner has determined that a Saco man who was in a police standoff before setting his house on fire died of a single self-inflicted gunshot ...
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Maine panel Ex-OOB employee was target of retaliation
- The Human Rights Commission found Monday that a former Old Orchard Beach town employee suffered discrimination and was retaliated against for reporting financial irregularities. The commission recommended the former employee, Kelly Roy, the town seek conciliation – an agreement that satisfies the concerns of both sides. Without comment, the commission found in favor of an ...
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Rangers looking for 2nd straight 0-2 comeback
The bottom line is this: for the second consecutive series, New York has dug an 0-2 hole on the road and will need to rebound quickly at Madison Square Garden if the club hopes to extend this postseason ...
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Maine Dems give first nod to Medicaid expansion hospital payback bill
- Following a national push by Democrats to bolster a lynch pin of the federal health care law, the state Senate Monday gave preliminary approval to a bill that would ...
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Maine House approves enhanced early voting but hurdles remain
- The Maine House gave initial approval Monday to a proposed constitutional amendment to allow an enhanced early-voting system, but the vote tally was just short of the two-thirds margin needed for final passage. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Michael Shaw, D-Standish, would change the constitution to give cities and towns the option of allowing in-person voting before Election Day. The bill ...
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Retailer LL Bean keeping it in the family
FREEPORT, Maine -; L.L. Bean's grandson Leon Gorman is retiring as chairman after more than a half-century as chairman or CEO of the outdoors retailer, but the privately held company is keeping the position in the ...
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Military sex abuse has long-term impact for vets
FILE - In this July 18, 2012 file photo, Ruth Moore of Milbridge, Maine, who was raped twice while serving in the Navy, testifies before the Veterans Affairs subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs on Capitol Hill in Washington. More than 85,000 veterans were treated last year for mental health and substance abuse problems connected to military sexual trauma and another 4,000 ...
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Campaign targets seat belt violators in Maine
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - Maine State Police and 83 other law enforcement agencies in Maine have kicked off their annual campaign to crack down on seat belt ...
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Warren Buffett meets with young entrepreneurs
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- Billionaire Warren Buffett is spending his day listening to business pitches from a select group of kids, but the ideas aren't likely to generate new acquisitions for Buffett's Berkshire ...
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Maine gas prices on the rise
Price-monitoring website MaineGasPrices.com reports Monday that the average retail price of a gallon of gas in Maine has risen more than 3 cents in the past week to ...
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Man’s body found after standoff fire
The body of a 58-year-old Maine man has been found in the rubble of his home following a fire that he’s believed to have started during a standoff with police. The state fire marshal’s office said the body of Charles Scontras was found late Saturday night inside his Saco ...
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Maine teen injured in rollover very fortunate to be alive
Select images available for purchase in theMaine Today Photo Store The 17-year-old girl was taken to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston with what were believed to be non life-threatening injuries, said Sgt. Scott Taylor of the Kennebec County Sheriff's Office. He said the teen was "mostly shaken up" and complained of pain in her chest and shoulders. "She is very ...
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Leeds girl lucky to be alive after crash
WAYNE, Maine (AP) - Police say a 17-year-old Leeds girl is ‘‘lucky to be alive’’ after suffering only minor injuries in a spectacular rollover crash in ...
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Maine Turnpike toll increase paying off
The Turnpike Authority reports that in the six months since it increased tolls at some spots along the 106-mile highway, revenue has increased by 16 percent even as the number of cars using the turnpike dropped by 4 ...
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Winslow Homer studio tours to begin June 23
SCARBOROUGH, Maine (AP) - The Portland Museum of Art has announced the dates for its summer tours of the Winslow Homer studio in ...
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Peace Action Maine Mainers Unite to Prevent War With Iran
Delegates to the Democratic National Convention Will Propose a Platform Emphasizing Diplomacy, Not War PORTLAND, Maine - August 15 - Peace Action Maine, Pax Christi Maine, Military Families Speak Out/ Maine, the Peace and Justice Center of Eastern Maine, and other Maine based organizations are circulating a statewide petition that opposes preemptive military action, acts of war, a naval ...
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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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