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Olympia’s List makes its first campaign donation — to Maine Sen. Susan Collins
AUGUSTA, Maine — Former U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, announced on Facebook on Friday her political action committee, Olympia’s List, would be donating to the re-election campaign of U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine. In the post Snowe writes the contribution is the Olympia’s List’s first “major gift of the 2014 ...
Snowe voices support of same-sex marriage
on April 05, 2013, at 2:38 p.m.
As part of what she calls a “sea change,” a former Maine senator who once supported the Defense of Marriage Act now sides with advocates of same-sex marriage. In a Friday interview with CNN, former Republican U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe for the first time expressed her support for Maine’s same-sex ...
Snowe one of many members of Senate old guard leaving office
By Chris Cillizza, Washington Post on Jan. 14, 2013, at 5:26 a.m.
WASHINGTON — The Senate is losing its lions. Jay Rockefeller’s retirement from the Senate, which the West Virginia Democrat announced Friday morning, is the latest in a series of departures — by death, defeat or choice — that has rapidly sapped the world’s greatest deliberative body of many of the ...
Stepping down, Olympia Snowe hopes to match ‘insider’s voice … with outsider’s frustration’
U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe has built a reputation as a powerful force for moderation in Washington over the course of more than three decades in Congress. She has been a voice for and organizer of the chamber’s centrist members. Her votes on key issues have often broken with the Republican ...
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Maine’s political surprises of 2012
AUGUSTA, Maine — ’Tis the season to consider surprises. So instead of focusing on who keeps delivering those odd Secret Santa gifts, let’s shift into reflection mode to consider the political surprises of 2012. The biggest surprise is no surprise. When U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, announced in late February ...
Iconic career in Congress comes to an end for Olympia Snowe
WASHINGTON — Her decision to wear purple was not by design. She wasn’t trying to make a political fashion statement. It just worked out that way, she says. “No, you’re talking about being a purple state or something,” U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, said on the day of her farewell ...
Sen. Olympia Snowe urges return to Founding Fathers’ blueprint in farewell speech
WASHINGTON — Describing herself as “thankful and blessed,“ Sen. Olympia Snowe reflected on four decades in elective office and shared her hope that the U.S. Senate will rediscover “the art of legislating” during a farewell address Thursday afternoon from the floor of the chamber where she served for the past ...
Maine’s Worcester Wreaths set out for Arlington National Cemetery
The Associated Press on Dec. 09, 2012, at 8:41 a.m.
Thousands of Maine-made wreaths are beginning their journey to Arlington National Cemetery outside Washington and hundreds of other locations across the country and abroad. A convoy of trucks was departing Sunday morning from Worcester Wreath Co. in Harrington with holiday greenery that will honor veterans at cemeteries and other locations. ...
Worcester Wreaths convoy heading to Arlington cemetery
By DAVID SHARP, The Associated Press on Dec. 08, 2012, at 12:20 p.m.
PORTLAND, Maine — What started with a Maine wreath maker’s simple gesture of shipping excess wreaths to Arlington National Cemetery two decades ago continues to grow with wreaths being shipped to more than 800 locations to honor the military’s fallen men and women this holiday season. A convoy of trucks ...
Collins, King to meet Tuesday to plan how they will work together in U.S. Senate
AUGUSTA, Maine — Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, plans to meet Tuesday morning with independent Sen.-elect Angus King to discuss committee assignments and how they will collaborate to represent Maine in the U.S. Senate, according to Kevin Kelley, a spokesman for Collins. King won a six-person contest Tuesday to replace Sen. ...
Election 2012 quick view
More updates as Election Day nears for Mainers
Poll reversal Although Gallup polling data since Oct. 1 show Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney pulling ahead of President Barack Obama among likely voters nationally, at least two recent Gallup surveys offer good news for the incumbent Democratic president. A 10-point favorability measure released Thursday rated Obama at 62 percent ...
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Freeport, Brunswick welcome long-awaited passenger rail service to Boston
BRUNSWICK, Maine — Passenger train service that links Brunswick and Freeport with Boston and beyond commenced Thursday after decades of development and years of doubt from some who thought they would never see Amtrak north of Portland. Restrictions on the Amtrak Downeaster’s speed, track maintenance concerns, the construction of stations ...
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Olympia Snowe campaigns for Kevin Raye in Bangor, Lewiston
LEWISTON, Maine — U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe is campaigning in Maine for her former longtime aide, Kevin Raye, in his bid for Congress. Raye is running as the Republican candidate against five-term incumbent Democrat Mike Michaud for the state’s 2nd Congressional District. “He is a consensus builder,” Snowe said of ...
State Chamber of Commerce honors Sen. Snowe for public service
AUGUSTA, Maine — The Maine State Chamber of Commerce honored U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe on Friday evening at its 2012 annual dinner for her years of public service. Sen. Snowe was presented with the Alton “Chuck” Cianchette Business Hall of Fame Award, which recognizes the contributions of an individual who ...
Retiring Sen. Olympia Snowe plans to release book in 2013
By HILLEL ITALIE, The Associated Press on Sept. 24, 2012, at 6:30 p.m.
NEW YORK — Sen. Olympia Snowe plans a few words about politics even after leaving office. The Maine Republican, who has cited Washington’s partisan atmosphere as the reason she is stepping down this year, has a deal with Weinstein Books for a publication due out in the spring. Weinstein is ...
Mike Michaud bill seeks permanent restoration of heating assistance funds
U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud says he’s hoping Congress will approve a bill during the lame duck session after November’s election that would prevent low-income heating assistance funds in states like Maine from dropping below 2010 levels. Michaud said Friday he has introduced legislation to change the funding formula for the ...
Senate hopefuls square off in Lewiston debate
LEWISTON, Maine — The top rivals hoping to win the seat of U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, squared off in a three-way debate at the Franco-American Center on Monday evening. Before a live audience of about 300 people and hundreds more online, Republican Charlie Summers, independent Angus King and Democrat ...
Call for Northeast fisheries disaster declaration gathers momentum
PORTLAND, Maine — New York and Rhode Island have joined Maine and two other New England states in calling on the federal government to issue a disaster declaration for the Northeast groundfishery. Maine’s congressional delegation says a declaration is in the works. Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee requested on Friday ...
Olympia Snowe, environmental groups welcome new fuel standards
By BDN and Wire reports on Aug. 28, 2012, at 5:41 p.m.
WASHINGTON — The average gas mileage of new cars and trucks will have to nearly double by 2025 under regulations that were finalized Tuesday by the Obama administration. The new rules will require the fleet of new cars and trucks to average 54.5 miles per gallon in 13 years, up ...
Penobscot County commissioners to discuss Quimby park plan
MILLINOCKET, Maine – Town Manager Eugene Conlogue will ask Penobscot County leaders to oppose Roxanne Quimby’s proposed national park, even as the philanthropist’s son says he continues to search for the best use of her 70,000 acres. Speaking as a prominent member of the Maine Woods Coalition, Conlogue will address ...
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
After 27 years, a father continues to search for his daughter, presumed dead
Why is DHHS always asking for more money?
Maine GOP disappoints on Medicaid
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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
Hampden’s Norris among three players heading to Husson men’s basketball program
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