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Monday, February 18, 2019
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Belfast Police Chief Mike McFadden picked up an envelope from a corner of his desk. The card inside was from a woman his officers had arrested on multiple occasions, including 16 times in a single summer. She was a glaring ...
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Gov. Janet Mills has released an $8 billion two-year budget that increases funding for education and property tax relief, but does not reverse any of former Gov. Paul LePage’s tax cuts for the wealthiest Mainers. The plan also ...
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Rockland City Council voted on Monday to abandon a zoning amendment that became the subject of a lawsuit by one resident and a petition that was likely to place the issue before voters. At the start of Monday’s regular council meeting ...
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After long and careful consideration, I have decided to accept a position as the communications director for the Maine AFL-CIO. Sadly, this will be my last week as a reporter and managing editor at The Free Press. It was by far ...
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Former Rep. Paula Sutton of Warren has once again stirred up controversy over an ad that many consider to be racist and xenophobic. In a letter to Sen. Susan Collins — which ran as a paid ad in the Bangor Daily News twice last week . . .
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A bipartisan coalition of lawmakers, labor leaders and fed-up electricity customers is backing legislation that would replace the state’s foreign-owned, for-profit utility monopolies, Central Maine Power and Emera Maine, with a not-for-profit . . .
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The passage of a zoning ordinance amendment has sparked a legal appeal and a petition drive by residents opposed to changes they believe are too sweeping and threaten the character of some city neighborhoods. . . .
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Keeping basket- balls, bedding, boots, and other bits of trash out of recycling materials earned recognition for a group of employees of the Three-Town Solid Waste Cooperative in South Thomaston. The cooperative, which handles . . .
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The Maine Film Center (MFC) is holding a statewide celebration of the 125th birthday of acclaimed Hollywood director John Ford with 10 days of films, panel discussions and educational programming from February 1 through February 10 . . .
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The purchase of the house at 63 Washington Street in Camden by Mid-Coast Recovery Coalition (MCRC), a nonprofit that supports individuals and families recovering from alcohol and drug addiction, is set to close on January 17. . . .
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Waldo County Sheriff’s Office (WCSO) will participate in a grant-funded program beginning in March to train “recovery coaches” who will strengthen substance abuse recovery support services. Maine Coastal Regional Reentry Center . . .
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As the 19th century drew to a close, Maine suffragists continued to push for the right of women to vote, but it wasn’t easy dealing with an intractable state Legislature full of men who were either indifferent or downright hostile to the cause. . . .
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On Monday night, over the vocal objections of some residents, Rockland City Council passed Ordinance Amendment 48 by a vote of 3-1, with Mayor Lisa Westkaemper and Councilors Amelia Magjik and Valli Geiger voting in favor. . . .
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Following is the text of Governor Janet Mills’ first radio address, on Friday morning, January 4, which echoed her inaugural speech from January 2: On Wednesday night, standing with my grandchildren and my niece and with . . .
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After only three months on the job, former Maine Department of Health and Human Services Commissioner Mary Mayhew has left her job as head of the federal Medicaid program to lead Flordida’s Medicaid program in Republican Governor . . .
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When Cynthia H. Crabtree Abbott of Hancock set out to do an errand at the local general store in September of 1869, she had no inkling that she would spend the next several days on the run after making a harrowing escape from an insane . . .
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A special workshop with the Rockland City Council on Monday brought out residents who, in large part, opposed prospective changes to a zoning ordinance that will affect residential neighborhoods. Ordinance Amendment 48 . . .
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Last July, President Donald Trump generated widespread outrage for his apparent willingness to accept Russian President Vladimir Putin’s offer to allow special counsel Robert Mueller to question Russian spies charged with hacking . . .
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Central Maine Power Co. (CMP), a subsidiary of Avangrid Inc., is reminding its customers that the energy supply rates for residential customers who choose Standard Offer supply will rise 13.7% beginning in January. . . .
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The hard-boiled editor says, “Give me 800 words on why the hell is everyone so mad about everything all the time!” And get it in early Monday. There’s a deadline. Well, it is a quiet time of year in my life with almost nothing going on . . .
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