A bill requested to keep politics out of top jobs is deemed too political by some state senators.
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‘Substantial’ sum of money missing at Old Orchard library
An audit is next, and a now-deceased bookkeeper is the target of suspicions.
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Pirates: Rewarding pit stop
Portland returns home in between four-game trips to stay in playoff contention.
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Popular teacher, 26, killed in crash
Band teacher Elizabeth Polletto was on her way to work at a middle school in Gray when her car slid into an oncoming truck.
Posted inBusiness
Old sails go into new swim trunks
Portland-based Sea Bags introduces a new line of men’s shorts that use vintage sailing material.
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Police launch effort to halt phone scammers
FairPoint officials say con artists calling from a Jamaica area code are targeting the elderly.
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Maine/New England Dispatches
OLD ORCHARD BEACH Town looking to cash in on all those cruise ship visits Town officials want to make the community a destination for cruise ship passengers headed to Portland. Town Planner Jeffrey Hinderliter and Chamber of Commerce Director Bud Harmon met with state officials and cruise industry representatives last week to discuss the possibility […]
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Bill would end union rights in child care
AUGUSTA – A legislative committee split along party lines Wednesday on a bill that would take away collective bargaining rights for in-home child care providers. Six Republicans on the Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development Committee voted in favor of the bill, while five Democrats opposed it. The bill, L.D. 1894, now goes to the […]
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Portland pot dispensary opens quietly
Just a handful of patients show up for the opening of the city’s first medical marijuana dispensary, in a nondescript brick building at the end of an alley off Congress Street.
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Foxwoods resort down on its luck
The gaming resort that once allowed tribal members to live without money worries is over $2 billion in debt.