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  • Maine highway study law repeal approved

    The resolution removes a requirement that the state Transportation Department conduct a feasibility study on the $2 billion project. The proposal calls for a 220-mile, privately run toll road connecting New Brunswick and Quebec via ...

  • LePage to veto Maine hospital repayment bill

    AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - Gov. Paul LePage’s office says he will veto a bill moving through the Legislature to pay off a $484 million debt to Maine hospitals because of an amendment Democrats attached to it that would expand ...

  • New England economy seen improving but unevenly

    By STEPHEN SINGERAP Business Writer HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - A group of economists says New England is recovering from the worst recession in decades, with the strongest gains in Massachusetts and Vermont, while Rhode Island and Maine lag. The New England Economic Partnership said Wednesday that external factors such as Europe's recession and federal spending cuts made in Washington are ...

  • Maine casino sale awaits state approval

    AUGUSTA, Maine - Maine's Gambling Control Board has ruled that the Oxford Casino won't be asked to apply for a new operator's license if a sale to the company that owns the home of the Kentucky Derby is approved.Oxford Casino owners announced the $160 million sale in March to Churchill Downs Incorporated Properties, the parent company of Churchill Downs Racetrack.Oxford Casino ...

  • Somerset County sues state Corrections Board

    SKOWHEGAN, Maine (AP) - Somerset County has sued the state prisons board in an attempt to get payment of more than $280,000 the county says it is owed for operations at the county ...


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Overlord [DVD]

Overlord [DVD]

The use of stock footage has been a staple of the movies, especially war movies, since the beginnings of the cinema, but in Overlord, whose title is a reference to the code name for the Allied invasion of Europe, Stuart Cooper raises it to an art form. After cull ... ...

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  • 2 more Maine municipalities deemed business-friendly

    - Two more Maine municipalities have been designated as "business-friendly" by the state. The Department of Economic and Community Development says Presque Isle and Richmond have made the grade to be certified as business-friendly communities. Twenty Maine towns and cities have earned the designation since the program was launched a little over a year ago. Those deemed as ...

  • Ex-chief of Maine nonprofit sentenced for stealing

    PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - The former executive director of a Maine nonprofit that serves the poor has been sentenced to 2 ½ years in federal prison for stealing $900,000 from the ...

  • LePage vetoes Maine college tobacco ban

    AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - Gov. Paul LePage has vetoed a bill that would have banned smoking at all public university and college campuses in ...

  • Maine businesses to receive environmental awards

    WINSLOW, Maine (AP) - Three businesses, a nonprofit and a new venture are being named as this year’s winners of the Governor’s Awards for Environmental ...

  • King meets with Maine students via teleconference

    The independent senator is holding what he calls a ‘‘Capitol Class’’ with students on Wednesday as part of his effort to digitally connect with as many Maine high schools as possible while in ...

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