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LePage signs anti-bullying bill, measure to prevent concussions in school sports
The Associated Press on May 22, 2012, at 11:33 a.m.
AUGUSTA, Maine — Gov. Paul LePage has signed an anti-bullying bill and a National Football League-backed measure to prevent concussions in school sports. The Republican governor on Monday put his signature to nearly two dozen bills that won final passage in the waning hours of Maine’s legislative session. The anti-bullying ...
LePage signs fish and game bills
The Associated Press on May 22, 2012, at 5:24 a.m.
AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine game tagging agents will get more money, and the state will do more to combat wildlife predators, under bills that have been signed into law by Gov. Paul LePage. The governor on Monday signed a bill to increase the amount of money tagging agents receive from ...
Anti-bullying, concussion bills get late funding
By GLENN ADAMS, The Associated Press on May 21, 2012, at 5:08 p.m.
AUGUSTA, Maine — An anti-bullying bill that was set aside last year and a National Football League-backed measure to prevent concussions in school sports are among the bills that won final passage in the waning hours of Maine’s legislative session and awaited Gov. Paul LePage’s signature Monday. More than 40 ...
Maine native Tim Simons finds success on HBO comedy series ‘Veep’
When Tim Simons was a teenager working at a video store in Winthrop, he sometimes would get starstruck when actors from the nearby Theater at Monmouth would come into the store. He got a little bashful, but only because he wanted to be onstage with them someday. “It sounds ridiculous, ...
Legislators turn focus from lawmaking to campaigning with close of session
By CLARKE CANFIELD, The Associated Press on May 19, 2012, at 12:03 p.m.
PORTLAND, Maine — Maine legislators have turned their attention from lawmaking to campaigning with the close of the legislative session and a third of all seats becoming vacant for November’s election. Even though it’s a short session ending in May rather June, lawmakers were eager to get out of Augusta ...
Groups looking to start charter schools in Maine share plans with state
AUGUSTA, Maine — Nine organizations hoping to win state charters for new schools have filed letters of intent with the Maine Charter School Commission, meeting the May 16 deadline. Full applications are due with the commission by June 29. Maine law recently was amended to allow charter schools, which are ...
Ex-Bangor mom who starved daughter drops request to be freed from supervision
The Associated Press on May 18, 2012, at 4:59 p.m.
BANGOR, Maine — A woman who starved her 5-year-old daughter to death in 1993 in Bangor, Maine, has dropped her request to be freed from state supervision. Tonia Kigas Porter, who was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, was committed to a state psychiatric hospital in 1995. Since 2010, she has lived ...
LePage highlights accomplishments in first 500 days in office
By DAVID SHARP, The Associated Press on May 18, 2012, at 2:18 p.m.
PORTLAND, Maine — Regardless of what critics might say, Republican Gov. Paul LePage has done much of what he promised he would do, pushing through tax cuts, reducing the state pension fund shortfall, paying back money owed to hospitals, and cutting Medicaid benefits that he said were too generous. And ...
14-year-old Albion boy dies after crashing car
ALBION, Maine — A local teenager was killed Thursday afternoon when the car he was driving overturned, according to police. Ethan Evers, 14, of Albion was not wearing a seat belt when the car overturned on a dirt section of Barnes Road, Department of Public Safety Spokesman Stephen McCausland said ...
Augusta man arrested after explosives found
The Associated Press on May 18, 2012, at 10:15 a.m.
AUGUSTA, Maine — An Augusta man is facing charges after authorities detonated explosive material they allegedly found in his apartment. Jeremy Upp was taken to the Kennebec County jail where he remained held on a charge of criminal use of explosives on $25,000 bail Thursday night. Joseph Thomas, acting state ...
Maryland governor O’Malley to speak at Maine Democratic convention
The Associated Press on May 18, 2012, at 10:15 a.m.
AUGUSTA, Maine — The Maine Democratic Party says Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley will deliver the keynote address at the Maine party’s state convention in Augusta next month. The convention runs June 1-3. O’Malley will speak on June 2. O’Malley, a rising star in the Democratic Party and Democratic Governors Association ...
University of Southern Maine’s Muskie School to lay off at least 11 because of DHHS changes
PORTLAND, Maine — A loss of state research and training contracts will trigger at least 11 layoffs at the University of Southern Maine’s Muskie School of Public Service, school officials confirmed this week. Another nine Muskie School employees will see their roles reduced and potentially eliminated entirely as state projects ...
Legislature approves bill to crack down on bullying in schools
AUGUSTA, Maine — A bill that toughens Maine’s stance on bullying in schools won legislative approval this week after months of revisions. The measure, LD 1237, provides educators and administrators with a clear definition of bullying, explicitly forbids bullying behavior, offers schools alternative discipline strategies, and outlines prevention policies and ...
Bath Iron Works, union reach tentative deal on 4-year contract
The Associated Press on May 17, 2012, at 2:14 p.m.
BATH, Maine — Bath Iron Works and its largest union have reached a tentative agreement on a four-year contract. John Carr from the Machinists Union and Jim DeMartini from Bath Iron Works confirmed the agreement, reached around midnight. The 3,200 workers represented by Machinists Local S6 will vote on it ...
Lawmakers pass tax bill before leaving after session, may return if LePage issues veto
By GLENN ADAMS, The Associated Press on May 17, 2012, at 12:04 p.m.
AUGUSTA, Maine — Working toward the close of the 125th Legislature, Maine lawmakers gave final approval Thursday to a Republican-backed bill to gradually lower the state income tax rate to a flat 4 percent. The legislative action in the early-morning hours came amid traditional speeches highlighting bipartisan successes and expressing ...
Small Woodland Owners Association of Maine names first deputy director
on May 17, 2012, at 11:26 a.m.
AUGUSTA, Maine — Bill Williams, former chief ranger for the Maine Forest Service, has been named deputy director of the Small Woodland Owners Association of Maine, a new position for the 37-year-old nonprofit organization. Williams brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to the association, according to Board President Rich ...
GOP candidates talk federal deficit, attack King at Lewiston forum
By Scott Thistle, Sun Journal on May 17, 2012, at 6:01 a.m.
LEWISTON, Maine — The six hopefuls wanting to be the Maine GOP candidate for the upcoming U.S. Senate race held with rapt attention a crowd of about 250 of the Republican Party’s faithful during a nearly two-hour forum at the Franco-American Heritage Center on Wednesday night. Making appearances were Scott ...
Maine budget bill merges 2 state departments
The Associated Press on May 16, 2012, at 8:33 p.m.
AUGUSTA, Maine — The supplemental budget bill just signed by Gov. Paul LePage does more than cut social services. It also consolidates two state departments into a new Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. The new department merges the state Department of Conservation and the Department of Agriculture, Food and ...
POLL QUESTION
Maine may return to presidential primary after controversial caucus
AUGUSTA, Maine — A bill that would create a presidential primary in Maine was revived Wednesday with legislative approval to study the change over the summer. LD 1882, An Act to Establish a Presidential Primary in the State, was one of the final bills to be submitted in the 125th ...
$95.7M bond package wins final approval in Maine Legislature
By GLENN ADAMS, The Associated Press on May 16, 2012, at 6:03 p.m.
AUGUSTA, Maine — As Maine lawmakers worked toward adjournment, five bond issues adding up to $95.7 million won final passage. The House and Senate late Wednesday gave two-thirds majority votes of approval to each of the proposed bonds, clearing the way to send them to voters in November. The largest, ...
Glenburn art teacher killed in Friday morning collision in Bangor
Harvard student asked to leave bar for ‘bad behavior,’ not drunkenness
LePage blasts teachers union for endorsing same-sex marriage question
Reporting crime
A people’s revolt in Bar Harbor
Old Town football coach steps down
Perakslis helps UMaine beat Albany; Binghamton next in America East tournament
Orono baseball shuts out archrival Old Town for ninth straight victory
Stony Brook knocks out UMaine to win America East tournament
Aroostook businessman expands company out of home with hit mobile app 7 Little Words
Former CEO of MaineToday Media Richard Connor sued over $250,000 in loans
Small idea launches major project in Hampden
Diversity predicts export success, MIT professor tells Maine audience
New, old methods combine to deter scrap metal thefts in Aroostook
Gary Allan talks with the BDN leading up to Bangor concert
Out of the ashes, Central Street’s garden grows
Mid Coast Actor’s Studio provides new forum for classic plays
Signs lead artist to opportunity
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