AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine’s ethics commission says it will release up to $3 million in public campaign funds for one gubernatorial candidate and over 200 legislative candidates. The commission voted 3-1 Thursday to release the money held up by a typo in a budget law. Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s administration recently agreed to comply […]
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine could pay up to $200,000 for a Boston-based lawyer to defend the LePage administration in a lawsuit over voter-approved Medicaid expansion. The Department of Health and Human Services in a state form dated Monday proposed increasing the cost of a no-bid contract with law firm Consovoy McCarthy Park from $100,000 […]
ORONO, Maine (AP) — Maine’s medical examiner says a University of Maine football player collapsed and died of a heart condition during a preseason workout on campus. The Bangor Daily News reports that the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Augusta says an autopsy on 18-year-old Darius Minor shows he died of an acute […]
BANGOR, Maine (AP) — Jury selection is set to get underway in the trial of a Connecticut man charged with a fatal shooting in Bangor, Maine. Antoinne “Prince” Bethea, of New Haven, Connecticut, is charged with shooting a New Orleans man, Terrance Durel Sr., on April 16, 2017. Bethea fled the state and was arrested […]
BAR HARBOR, Maine (AP) — Acadia National Park is still struggling with a backlog of maintenance projects at a price tag of about $59.8 million. The Bangor Daily News reports the park’s maintenance to-do list is more than 350 items long, with projects ranging from building repairs to road upgrades. The park’s head of facilities maintenance Keith […]
BELFAST, Maine (AP) — Neighbors of a planned salmon farm in Belfast say city officials skirted local rules when they made a zone change that made the project possible. The Bangor Daily News reports the residents have filed a lawsuit against the city of Belfast. The city made the changes months ago to allow Norwegian […]
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A Florida-based health care company that could receive a $60.3 million state contract to run a 21-bed Maine residence for some psychiatric patients is fighting to keep its proposal secret. The Associated Press through a public records request obtained a redacted version of Correct Care’s 2017 proposal to run the residence. […]
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine Gov. Paul LePage is waiving state park fees for residents as a show of appreciation. His office said that day use fees will be waived for residents at Maine State Parks and Historic Sites from Saturday through Labor Day. LePage said it’s a way of saying thank you to the […]
GARDINER, Maine (AP) — State Police say they found a body in the trunk of a car after a motorist killed himself alongside a road in central Maine. Troopers say the motorist took his life late Thursday afternoon after his car was pulled over by troopers, who had been warned of erratic driving on I-295. […]
BUCKSPORT, Maine (AP) — Police in Maine say a groundhog that attacked a dog has tested positive for rabies. WGME-TV reports the groundhog charged at a dog near its owner’s home in Bucksport last week. Maine Centers for Disease Control biologist Eris Kilham says the animal’s carcass tested positive for rabies a day after the […]
