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Kenyan woman pleads in immigrant marriage scheme, alleged husband threatened her
PORTLAND, Maine — A Kenyan citizen admitted Friday in U.S. District Court that she paid an Auburn man to marry her in 2004 in an attempt to gain citizenship in the United States. Grace Nyaga, 31, of Lowell, Mass., pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to defraud the U.S. ...
Heroin on the rise in Maine as state crackdown on prescription opiates paves the way
BRUNSWICK, Maine — Now stronger, easier to score and cheaper than other drugs, heroin has made a comeback in Maine over the past year. Police and medical experts are relating this surge to new MaineCare rules that have cracked down on the availability of prescription opiates, such as OxyContin. Heroin ...
William Kayatta is sworn in
William Kayatta is sworn in as Maine’s judge on the U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals at USM in Portland Friday afternoon.
‘Historic’ energy bill clears Maine legislative committee, 12-1
AUGUSTA, Maine — A bill aimed at lowering the costs of energy while dramatically changing the way Mainers consume it vaulted out of a key legislative committee on a near unanimous, 12-1 vote Friday. The vote comes after months of hearings, negotiations, compromise and downright wrangling between Democrats, Republicans and ...
By the time new federal judge from Maine was confirmed, he ‘had no practice left’
PORTLAND, Maine — By the time the U.S. Senate got around to confirming attorney William Kayatta Jr. as a 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judge, he had done more than clean out his desk at the Portland law firm Pierce Atwood. In the nearly 13 months while his nomination ...
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Mainers killed in action honored at solemn State House ceremony
AUGUSTA, Maine — Cindy Small dug through a tangle of military dog tags from dead servicemen and women, looking for her son’s. It wasn’t an easy search. Chained to the state’s Battlefield Cross Memorial in the State House are the identification tags of 54 Mainers who have died in the ...
Ceremony at State House honors fallen Maine soldiers
Gov. Paul LePage and the Brig. Gen. James Campbell, adjutant general of the Maine National Guard, joined with the families of fallen soldiers on May 24, 2013, for a ceremony at the State House in Augusta.
Why is DHHS always asking for more money?
When the Legislature’s Appropriations Committee met last Sunday for a rare weekend session, the focus was a May 28 deadline for lawmakers to approve $35.3 million in additional funding so the Department of Health and Human Services could make its final Medicaid payments of the fiscal year. It was far ...
New police officers graduate from Criminal Justice Academy
VASSALBORO, Maine — A group of new police officers earned their badges Friday upon graduating from Maine’s Criminal Justice Academy. Department of Public Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland said the 42 new officers completed 18 weeks of study and training. Criminal law, traffic law, first aid, firearms and emergency vehicle operation ...
Lawrence, Connolly help UMaine advance to America East baseball title game
LOWELL, Mass. — Tommy Lawrence wasn’t about to wait around and take a chance that the University of Maine didn’t advance to the championship game of the America East baseball tournament. Thus, he demanded the ball Friday, barely 48 hours after throwing 104 pitches while hurling a two-hit shutout against ...
University of Maine hockey job has been offered to former assistant Red Gendron
ORONO, Maine — Dennis “Red” Gendron will be offered the hockey job at the University of Maine on Saturday, according to reliable sources in the hockey community. Gendron, a former Maine assistant coach during the 1992-93 NCAA championship season and a current assistant at Yale University, the NCAA champions, was ...
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Maine’s beer industry continues to brew double-digit growth
It’s not unusual for people who enjoy the taste of beer to envy those who make their living brewing malt-flavored alcoholic beverages. Based on the overall growth of Maine breweries last year, even people who don’t enjoy the flavor of beer might wish they were in the Maine beer business. ...
Holiday weekend expected to start out wet, cool and dreary
By Andrea Bulfinch, Foster's Daily Democrat on May 24, 2013, at 6:17 a.m.
DOVER, New Hampshire — Memorial Day weekend may be the unofficial start to summer, but the long weekend is not expected to look or feel like the summer season. A wet and dreary weekend is forecast by meteorologists who say more rain is on the way as well as cool ...
‘Knife war’ led to fatal stabbing at Bangor apartments in April, witness says
BANGOR, Maine — The man accused of fatally stabbing Thomas N. Taylor wasn’t the only person with a knife in the parking lot of Birch Circle apartments April 9, according to a court affidavit that was made public Thursday. Akeem T. Harris, 23, of Amityville, N.Y., pleaded not guilty April ...
Lawmakers pass bill to allow for ban of ethanol in gasoline
AUGUSTA, Maine — A long-debated bill that could have banned the use of corn-based ethanol in motor fuel in Maine passed unanimously through the Senate Thursday evening. The original bill banned ethanol in fuel on the condition that two other New England states do the same. The Senate amended the ...
Memorial Day Weekend events
on May 23, 2013, at 6:43 p.m.
AROOSTOOK COUNTY Prayer services will be held at 12 Catholic cemeteries in Aroostook County over Memorial Day weekend, May 25-27, as follows: 11:30 a.m. May 26, St. Mark’s Cemetery, Ashland; 9:30 a.m. May 27, Old Holy Rosary Cemetery, Caribou; 10 a.m. May 27, New Holy Rosary Cemetery, Caribou; noon May ...
Republicans and Democrats unite against LePage’s education plans
AUGUSTA, Maine — Gov. Paul LePage’s latest attempts to broaden school choice and lift a cap on charter schools failed to gain much support at the Legislature’s committee level Thursday. The Education Committee voted strongly against two 11th-hour education proposals that, among other things, would have lifted the cap on ...
Maine home sales increase nearly 14 percent in April
Sales of single-family existing homes in Maine increased nearly 14 percent in April when compared with the same month the year before, according to new figures released this week. Brokers sold 937 homes in April, compared with 824 homes sold in April 2012, a 13.7 percent increase, according to the ...
LePage vetoes bill to pay hospital debt, expand Medicaid
Gov. Paul LePage vetoes a bill to pay hospital debt, expand Medicaid, during a May 23, 2013 press conference.
Gov. Paul LePage threatens to move offices out of State House
Gov. Paul LePage said on Thursday that he will move his office out of the State House to avoid what he calls a “toxic” atmosphere.
Former Bangor YMCA building sold to new dental technology school
University of Maine hockey job has been offered to former assistant Red Gendron
Millinocket company unearths logging history for niche market
Bangor man charged with murder, escape from psychiatric hospital found not competent to stand trial
Bangor police seeking suspect in assault that left man face-down in road
Why is DHHS always asking for more money?
Maine GOP disappoints on Medicaid
State House move
Lerner had good reason to take Fifth at IRS hearing
Lawrence, Connolly help UMaine advance to America East baseball title game
Bucksport’s Cassidy Adams strikes out 19 in single game
Jonesport-Beals basketball standout Garet Beal named Parade All-American
Maine Democrats stooped to the governor’s level with TV complaint
Maine’s beer industry continues to brew double-digit growth
I’m sick of husband’s eye rolling and grunts, how do I get him to stop?
Have a drink, kiss a fish: Just another Saturday night, Newfoundland-style
