CAPE ELIZABETH — The School Department has hired two consultants to see if health-insurance costs can be reduced. Consultants Alliant Employee Benefits and Cross Insurance Agency will be paid up to $15,000 in unused funds from this year’s budget to conduct the review, according to a department news release. The review is an extension of […]
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SAD 75, Harpswell charter school near special ed pact
HARPSWELL — The charter school that plans to open this fall may contract with School Administrative District 75 for special education services. Harpswell Coastal Academy is also working on a transportation agreement with SAD 75, and is closing in on a lease of a former town school. SAD 75 Superintendent Brad Smith on Wednesday said […]
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Country-pop singer Slim Whitman dies at 90
LOS ANGELES — Slim Whitman, a country pop singer whose forlorn wail influenced a generation of vocalists in the early 1950s, has died at age 90. Whitman, born in Tampa, Fla., was a regular on the influential country radio program “The Louisiana Hayride” starting in 1950, and first hit with the eerie country pop song […]
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Maine House OKs extending treatment coverage for addicts
The bill allows for continuation of MaineCare coverage for methadone and Suboxone if a person is pregnant, has serious and persistent mental illness or lives with a young child.
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South Portland City Council OKs budget, school iPads
SOUTH PORTLAND — A reversal on school spending preceded approval of municipal spending at Monday night’s City Council meeting. Councilors also postponed indefinitely an order to declare two Wythburn Road properties public nuisances, after they were satisfied with an action plan to clean up the properties and complete a home expansion by owner Craig Patterson. […]
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After debate, Brunswick preserve named for famous botanist
BRUNSWICK — A nearly 600-acre parcel of recreation space conveyed from the U.S. Navy in January has been named after a famous local botanist. After a lengthy debate, with Councilors Gerald Favreau, Suzan Wilson and David Watson opposed, the Town Council voted 6-3 on Monday to name the property the Kate Furbish Preserve. The council […]
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Maine man dies from burns while cutting oil tank
The Blaine man died after being flown to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston with burns to 80 percent of his body.
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Angus King helps lead effort on student loan rates
Three senators circulate a possible compromise that would prevent interest rates on school loans from doubling this year.
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Tar sands ban, new public works HQ headed to South Portland ballot
SOUTH PORTLAND — Events in South Portland on Monday ensured the Nov. 5 ballot will be contentious and costly. On Monday morning, members of Concerned Citizens for South Portland submitted nearly 3,800 petition signatures to City Clerk Sue Mooney for a referendum question designed to block the flow of Canadian tar sands oil into the […]
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Jeb Bush to headline LePage re-election event
The former Florida governor has both personal and political ties to Maine’s first family.