Maine committee deeply split on dental care bill

– A bill designed to help expand access to dental care in Maine deeply divided a legislative committee Friday, with supporters saying it's time to help poor children in rural areas and opponents arguing that the bill is not the right solution. Sen. John Patrick, D-Rumford, who has served in the Legislature for more than 10 years, said the issue is one of the toughest he has dealt ...

Catholic Church selling many Maine properties

D – St. Patrick Church will host its final Mass on Sunday afternoon, with its sale to the owner of the adjacent Westgate Shopping Center set to close this ...

Dancing rules spark controversey in small Maine town

"Right now we're on a month-to-month because of the infractions," siad Deanna Thibeau, a bartender at Higher Grounds. Higher Grounds can't allow dancing. "It's a scary thing when people are regulating something that shouldn't be regulated," said Thibeau. Thibeau said they've had to tell patrons to stop dancing, some to stop moving, because it could ...

Maine panel OKs Clean Election upgrade

- A bill to provide more public funding for Maine Clean Election Act candidates inched closer to approval Friday, following a 7-5 vote by the Legislature's Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee. The bill, L.D. 1309, sponsored by Sen. Edward Youngblood, R-Brewer, would nearly triple the maximum amounts available to candidates running taxpayer-funded legislative and gubernatorial campaigns. ...

Maine geography whiz has whole world in his mind

dhoey@mainetoday.com Staff Writer When Archer Thomas was about 4 years old he pointed to a map inside a Maine Atlas and Gazetteer and said to his mother, "Look, here's the town of ...