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  • Democrats say Maine governor moving out of State House

    A squabble over a TV monitor outside the governor's office has prompted Gov. Paul LePage to announce he's moving out of the State House, according to Democratic ...

  • Maine lawmakers reject bid to repeal health care law

    The Maine Legislature has said no to a move to bar enforcement of the national health care law. The Senate agreed Tuesday with the House and voted to kill a bill that labeled the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 a violation of the US Constitution and null and void in Maine. The bill sought to prohibit federal or state officials from enforcing the law. It proposed fines ...

  • Mass. fugitive caught in Maine to be sentenced for kidnapping rape

    Gary Alan Irving was a teenager when he was convicted of raping three women. When authorities finally caught up with him in Maine in March, he was a 52-year-old man with a wife and two grown ...

  • Maine manufacturer accused of firing workers trying to unionize

    Labor groups say a Winslow-based manufacturing company has illegally fired employees for trying to form a union - "very false" accusations, according to the company's ...

  • Lisbon man gets 4 years for identity fraud

    PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - A Lisbon man who used his own child’s Social Security number in a scheme to illegally receive welfare benefits has been sentenced to four years in ...


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Jack the Giant Slayer

Jack the Giant Slayer

Since Alice, Snow White, and Hansel and Gretel have already been up to bat, it is now Jacks turn to enter the wonderland of the modern, effects-laden blockbuster in Jack the Giant Slayer, the latest in Hollywoods recent fascination with dusting off old fairy tales ... ...

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  • Maine man gets 35 years on child porn charges

    - A Charleston man has been sentenced to 35 years in federal prison for producing and possessing child pornography. Federal prosecutors say 44-year-old Carey Gonyer was also sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Bangor to a lifetime of probation upon release. Gonyer had been convicted last year of three counts of sexual exploitation of a minor and one count of possession of child ...

  • Winslow company accused of labor violations

    WINSLOW, Maine (AP) -- Labor groups have accused a Winslow-based aluminum trailer manufacturer of illegally firing employees for trying to ...

  • Maine hermits court appearance postponed

    AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - A scheduled court appearance for a man who lived as a hermit in the woods of central Maine for nearly three decades has been postponed pending completion of a mental health ...

  • Signs to alert Maine motorists to turtle crossings

    The Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and the Nature Conservancy are marking the turtle crossing areas in Wells, South Berwick and York with hopes of reducing highway deaths of two of the state’s rarest species, Blanding’s and spotted ...

  • Maine Turnpike Authority to discuss extending EZ Pass discounts

    Maine Turnpike Authority board members are going to be talking about extending current EZ Pass discount rates during their meeting on Thursday. The current rate is set to expire at the end of next ...

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