Rep. Stacey Fitts says the law passed last year backfired and essentially shut down taste-testings.
March 2010
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February marked by warmth, lack of snow
In Portland, the 3.2 inches of snow was the seventh-lowest snowfall total since records began in 1871.
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Snowmobile accidents injure 4
Accidents take place in Rangeley, Greenville and Bradstreet Township over the weekend.
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Musher wins Can-Am crown for 3rd time
The dogsled teams kept a swift pace despite less-than-ideal weather in northern Maine, with temperatures reaching the mid-40s.
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Letter: Frank wrong about instant run-off voting
To the editor: It does not surprise me that Halsey Frank, as the former chairman of the Republican City Committee, would be warning of the dangers of instant runoff voting. He offered an unlikely example of how IRV might lead to distorting the will of the voters in an extremely close election. A far better […]
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Universal Notebook: The arrogance of the human animal
Just about the first thing you read when you open the Bible is that God gave man “dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.” If by “dominion” we mean […]
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Schools advance in drama fest
Several southern Maine high schools won one-act play regional championships this weekend in the Maine Drama Festival. Regional competitions took place over the weekend at nine locations across the state, according to Rick Ash, the drama festival’s coordinator. Class A winners advancing to the state finals in Camden on March 19 and 20 include Cape […]
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Our View: Governor right to stick to his guns on taxes
New revenues will replace the toughest cuts. A tax increase would have made things worse.
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Another View: Maine should pay attention to the dangers of cell phone use
An editorial was wrong to suggest that warning labels are an inappropriate safeguard.
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Passing the torch: New recruit, veteran Marine meet
Private Joel Krebs, off to begin training and likely to serve in Afghanistan, met World War II veteran Paul Houde Saturday, a day before leaving for Camp Geiger, N.C. Houde shared reminisces of his service in the Marines in World War II, including 12 hours he spent in the Pacific Ocean after his ship was […]