Efforts to comply with its state license to serve food and drinks have some Bridgton Twin Drive-In patrons taking to social media to complain.
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Group intensifies effort to defeat marijuana legalization in Maine
A new coalition aimed at defeating a November ballot question that will ask Maine voters to make marijuana legal for recreational use is growing, according to a release from a coalition leader Tuesday.
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Lewiston-Auburn expands fight against poisoning from lead paint
A 2008 study by a former University of Maine economics professor estimated the damage from lead poisoning to children in the Pine Tree State exceeds $260 million a year.
Fact check: LePage statements on right-to-work, income wrong
LePage made his inaccurate comments as he discussed his efforts to recruit the French aircraft manufacturer Airbus to Maine.
LePage shrugs off protests from ‘rich college kids’
LePage remained relatively composed and civil, even telling those in attendance he didn’t always disagree with rival Democrats and then hesitatingly offered praise to three well-known Democratic lawmakers.
With session’s end come gains and losses for Maine lawmakers
Maine lawmakers were licking their wounds and notching their belts, taking stock of what they did and didn’t get done for their constituents while finishing up the second half of the 127th legislative session Friday.
Lawmaker’s call to stop recording Maine legislative committees thwarted
In what could be a blow to public access to Maine’s State House proceedings, Sen. Garrett Mason, R-Lisbon, is questioning whether legislative committee meetings should continue to be recorded and archived.
Poliquin celebrates vote that may help Maine footwear maker
Members of the House Armed Services Committee voted unanimously to add language to the National Defense Authorization telling the Pentagon to issue American-made athletic footwear to its new recruits in the U.S. military services.
LePage apologizes for storming away from university event
After an abrupt departure from a dedication ceremony at the University of Maine at Farmington on Tuesday where he called two students “idiots,” Gov. Paul LePage apologized to the university’s president and former president on Wednesday.
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Maine student reacts to being called an idiot by LePage
College freshman Ally Hammond, an Auburn native, said she was shocked a sign she held up Tuesday prompted Gov. Paul LePage to storm off, calling her and another student “idiots.”
Compromise moves state welfare abuse bill forward
“This bill finally gives Mainers what they’ve wanted,” Sen. Nate Libby, D-Lewiston, said.
Lawmakers want voters to approve $150M in new borrowing
The Maine Legislature on Friday appeared poised to pass a pair of large bonding bills that would ask the state’s voters to borrow as much as $150 million in the next budget cycle.
LePage signs bill designed to improve services for Maine veterans
The legislation provides tuition waivers for Guard members who are in good standing with their units and seeks to strengthen and modernize Maine’s Bureau of Veterans Services.
Medicaid expansion still lacks votes to overturn looming veto
By a single vote Tuesday night, Sen. Tom Saviello, R-Wilton, secured approval of his proposal to expand the state’s Medicaid system, MaineCare, by using federal funds to buy private insurance for the state’s poorest residents.
Plan to bail out Maine jails with $2.4M clears early hurdle
A bill that would pump about $2.4 million to Maine’s county jails in 2016 easily cleared the House of Representatives.
Failed casino campaign paid $760,000 to former Maine GOP lawmaker
A Lewiston-based political consultant and former state lawmaker was paid more than $760,000 to collect voter signatures for a failed ballot question campaign to allow a southern Maine casino.
Legislative Democrats rip last-minute GOP spending plan
An 11th-hour House Republican supplemental budget and conditions attached to it met strong opposition from Democrats in the Maine Legislature late Thursday.
Legislators ignore state law by meeting behind closed doors
The Maine Freedom of Access Act requires elected officials, including the Legislature, to conduct the public’s business in public.
Lack of oversight frustrates family of teen who died in hayride mishap
The family of an Oakland teen who died in a hayride mishap in 2014 said they were disappointed with the findings of a legislative working group that was created to examine ways to regulate farm amusement rides.
Report: Maine can’t do much to ensure hayride safety
The working group was formed by the Legislature after the death of Cassidy Charette, a 17-year-old Oakland girl who died while riding on a wagon being towed behind a Jeep during a haunted hayride.
Maine man accused of trying to pass off food carton as inspection sticker
Air Force One Bangor landing may have been called off
Maine dissolves 27 local public health groups with little explanation
Affidavit: Accused kidnapper told victim ‘she might live’
Blue Hill native makes her comedy debut on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”
LePage wastes state time, money on ‘investigations’ inspired by grudges
I swim with sharks. That’s how I know we’re the dangerous ones.
Here’s a way Maine can keep more babies alive
Rockland woman saves herself and gives us a lesson in self-defense
Friday night’s high school football scores
Hard-hitting senior heads Old Town’s quest for football playoff spot
Ortiz adds to legend as Red Sox prevail
Sheffield settles in quickly as rover on UMaine football team
‘The marriage or the farm’: Why one Maine livestock farm reached the end of its line
New study says sex may be dangerous for older men’s health. Pros disagree
A look inside The Portland Meatball Company
Weary and bleary