One of the highlights of the week for many of the passengers on our windjammer is our traditional Maine lobster bake – a feature of all our trips. It’s an all-you-can-eat feast with all the fixin’s. Seven lobsters eaten by one person in one sitting is our record, although I wouldn’t recommend it; she seemed […]
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Maine baby-sitter, 17, earns praise for her action in fire
A teenage baby-sitter got two children and the family dog out of a house that was destroyed by fire Monday afternoon.
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Dispatches
‘Come get me,’ teen suspect tells authorities in 911 call / Man dies in Waldoboro motorcycle crash / After maggots, follow-up inspection finds no deficiencies at Maine nursing home … and more news from around the state.
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Mainers see EPA court ruling as a ‘tremendous setback’
The EPA rule was developed to reduce harmful emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen from power plants.
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Rights panel rules in favor of fired Maine cop
It says the Waterville PD did not try to reasonably accommodate him when he tried to return to work while in cancer remission.
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Federal court kills downwind pollution rule
A divided federal court finds that the Environmental Protection Agency’s cross-state air pollution rule exceeded the agency’s statutory authority.
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PHOTOS: The Frog Days of Summer
In the top photo, 3-year-old Lucy Wetzel and her 7-year-old brother hunt for frogs in Falmouth. In the bottom photo, a frog sunbathes.
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Mercy Hospital’s tax status not critical to its mission
If sold, the Portland institution would become Maine’s first for-profit hospital, but that doesn’t necessarily mean the quality would decrease.
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Audit at the center of Westbrook firings had data missing
The mayor dismissed the finance director in 2010 after the city rejected 2009 report and ordered a review.
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Yarmouth voters to get say on public works plan
Borrowing for the $2.9 million scaled-back proposal would be on Yarmouth’s November ballot.