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  • Maine leaders try and fail to dilute recyclings success

    Reduced enforcement actions by 49 percent against large developers and landowners. Aho had unsuccessfully fought to weaken many of the laws at issue as the longtime lobbyist of the Maine Real Estate and Development Association. Fought to roll back recycling programs that are strongly opposed by former clients of Aho and a still-active lobbyist, Ann Robinson, the governor’s regulatory ...

  • Maine peeper gets two years for videotaping teen girls

    A former Westbrook man who installed hidden video cameras in a residence to record unsuspecting teenage girls while they were undressed was sentenced Monday to two years in jail, followed by eight years of ...

  • Group opposes $400 million Maine wind project

    – A Boston-based wind power developer that wants to build a $398 million, 62-turbine wind farm in the area has encountered opposition from a local nonprofit group as the company begins the permitting process. Blue Sky West, a subsidiary of First Wind Inc., filed an application on May 10 for a wind farm project in Somerset and Piscataquis counties and is waiting for approval from the ...

  • Doors open for new Maine housing

    A surge in new-home permits and rising demand on the coast give builders in Maine more confidence than they've had in years, mirroring the national ...

  • Maine police Cyclist probably fell into truck

    dhench@mainetoday.com Staff Writer The 23-year-old cyclist from Massachusetts who was killed last week on the opening day of the annual Trek Across Maine most likely lost his balance while he was sipping from a water bottle and fell into a passing tractor-trailer, state police said ...


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In Good Company

In Good Company

In Good Company is a feel-good dramedy about the power of honesty, decency, and good ol' fashioned belief in what one is doing to overcome the perils of faceless corporate hegemony. To fully enjoy the movie, of course, one must overlook the fact that it was produced and distri ... ...

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  • Maine Senate approves warrant for drones

    The state Senate has passed a bill that would require a warrant before law enforcement agencies could use drones to spy on people as part of ...

  • Maine insurance bills pass but face likely vetoes

    – A pair of Democratic-backed adjustments to the Republicans' 2011 health care reform law received initial approval Monday in both houses of the Maine ...

  • Maine gov vetoes Medicaid expansion for 2nd time

    AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) -- Maine Gov. Paul LePage on Monday vetoed a bill to expand Medicaid for a second time, leaving the proposal in limbo because the bill passed without a two-thirds majority in either ...

  • 2 arrested in Maine pharmacy robbery

    - Two 23-year-old men from Dresden, Maine, have been charged with robbing a Walgreen's pharmacy in Bath. Federal authorities say Nicholas Alexander and Devin Alexander were charged in connection with a Friday incident in which a pharmacist was handed a note demanding the prescription drug Oxycontin and threatening death if it wasn't turned over. If convicted, the men face up to 20 ...

  • Former Newtown resident brings call for gun-sale background checks to Augusta

    Jeanne Rocque of Augusta was one of a number of activists who attended a "No More Names" gun control rally on Monday, June 17, 2013, at the Unitarian Universalist Congregational Church in ...

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