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  • Maine Gov. Paul LePage hands out 5 more vetoes

    Among the bills is one that would have required the state’s public charter schools to be run as nonprofit organizations. LePage said that the bill puts new constraints on charter schools, limiting students’ educational ...

  • Democrats grading plan for Maine schools gets initial Senate approval

    , sponsored by Sen. Rebecca Millett, D-Cape Elizabeth, the Senate chairwoman of the Legislature’s Education Committee, would hold up action related to the existing grading system and wait until the 2014-2015 school year to implement a new one. It passed the ...

  • In mostly symbolic vote Maine House supports gun background checks

    In a largely symbolic Tuesday vote, a narrow majority of the Maine House of Representatives doubled down on support of a gun-control bill, weakened since it was first proposed earlier this year. The 78-64 House vote likely means the bill, L.D. 1240, sponsored by Rep. Mark Dion, a former Cumberland County sheriff, will die between that body and the Senate, which passed a version of the bill on ...

  • Maine governor says he wont talk to 3 newspapers

    AUGUSTA, Maine -- A spokeswoman for Maine Gov. Paul LePage says the administration will no longer comment for stories published in three of Maine's daily newspapers.Adrienne Bennett told the Portland Press Herald (http://bit.ly/17Wn2Of ) on Tuesday the administration won't be talking to that publication, the Kennebec Journal and the Morning Sentinel. All are owned by MaineToday ...

  • Patriots TE Gronkowski undergoes back surgery

    On May 20, Gronkowski had his fourth surgery on the left forearm that he broke on Nov. 18 while blocking for an extra point in a 59-24 win over the Indianapolis Colts. He broke it again in the Patriots’ first playoff game, a 41-28 win over the Houston Texans. Rosenhaus said the fourth surgery was expected to be the last on his ...


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Raiders of the Lost Ark [Blu-Ray]

Raiders of the Lost Ark [Blu-Ray]

Inspired by the cliffhanging Republic serials of the 1930s, Raiders of the Lost Ark, the brainchild of wunderkinds George Lucas and Steven Spielberg, arguably the two most important cinematic entertainers of the last 50 years, made everything old seem new again. Set ... ...

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  • Maine House approves bill to extend reach of dental hygienists

    Eric McMaster, an independent practice dental hygienist, recently opened Healthy Smiles on Water Street in downtown Gardiner. A bill would allow a new category of dental hygienist in ...

  • Wilson Nobel winner for physics dies in Maine

    PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- Physicist Kenneth Wilson, who earned a Nobel prize for pioneering work that changed the way physicists think about phase transitions, has died in Maine, where he retired to enjoy kayaking with his wife. He was ...

  • Maine Hall of Fame revokes hoopsters induction after child porn conviction

    - The Maine Sports Hall of Fame has revoked the induction of a former college basketball star following his conviction on a child pornography charge. Sixty-two-year-old Dana Wilson of Brewer was inducted into the hall in May 2012 for his basketball accomplishments at Bangor's Husson College, from which he graduated in 1974. Wilson averaged nearly 35 points a game his senior year, best ...

  • Amtrak Subsidy cuts would jeopardize service

    By JOAN LOWYAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Amtrak's president says long-distance trains and some short-haul routes would be jeopardized and service in the busy Northeast corridor might have to be slowed if federal subsidy cuts proposed by a House subcommittee are realized. Iowa Republican Rep. Tom Latham is chairman of the House Appropriations Committee's transportation ...

  • Maine lawmakers vote to raise snowmobile fees support trails

    - The Maine House and Senate have passed a bill that would increase the registration fee for snowmobiles and then use that extra money to help maintain snowmobile ...

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