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  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...


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Cinderella Man

Cinderella Man

In Cinderella Man, Ron Howard achieves a surprising balancing act between fairy-tale fantasy and gritty, hard-nosed reality. The film is relentlessly old-fashioned, both morally and aesthetically, but in this case its a good thing because it grounds the story so firmly in its ... ...

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  • 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 ...

  • Bill will give Maine school employees suicide-prevention training

    Gov. Paul LePage on Tuesday signed a bipartisan bill that will require public school personnel to receive training in suicide prevention and awareness. The measure was sponsored by Rep. Paul Gilbert, D-Jay, and co-sponsored a broad contingent of lawmakers. It passed unanimously in the Legislature. LePage announced Tuesday that he would use $44,000 from his contingency account to support ...

  • Suspect arrested as Maine teen mourned

    Select images available for purchase in theMaine Today Photo Store Their fear turned to anguish Tuesday when Maine State Police announced they had charged a 20-year-old Orono man with her murder. Kyle Dube's arrest came a day after a game warden with a search dog found the remains of a female believed to be Cable, in woods along the Stillwater River, just off Route 43 in Old Town. Dube, who ...

  • Decision postponed on rules for Maine’s eel fishery

    After a daylong discussion, the eel management board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission decided Tuesday to delay the vote until August to gather more information about baby glass eels, known as elvers. Options under consideration include keeping the status quo, establishing quotas, or shutting the fishery ...

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