A letter calls upon the FAA to keep the airport air traffic control tower open around the clock.
2013
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Maine delegation urges no shift cuts for Bangor airport
A letter calls upon the FAA to keep the airport air traffic control tower open around the clock.
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Funding reductions force MPBN layoffs
Up to 10 employees will lose their jobs as state and federal money is cut; ‘Maine Watch’ is going on hiatus.
Posted inLife & Culture, News
Gorham kids collect one million tabs for suffering families
The donation, worth about $430, is the culmination of a seven-year effort by students in Sheila McAtee’s math classes.
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Series to explore aging in Maine
Your experiences will bolster our stories on the challenges and opportunities faced by our oldest residents.
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Vt. House approves ban on wild boar
Rep. Jim McCullough says wild hogs are an invasive species, reproduce rapidly and are known to cause significant damage
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Maine Morning Briefing: Tanning tax? Michaud on Medicaid, gun flood & Manny
Tan tax: It wasn’t mentioned during the floor debates over a bill that would have prohibited people under age 17 from using an indoor tanning booth, but the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, assesses a 10 percent tax on tanning services. The provision was enacted in 2010 and is one of several so-called “sin taxes” that Congress […]
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Federal judge makes morning-after pill available to all
The morning-after pill currently is available without a prescription only to those 17 and older who can prove their age. Younger teens must get a prescription.
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U.S. adds only 88,000 jobs, but rate drops to 7.6%
The unemployment rate fell only because more people stopped looking for work, and government cuts will likely hurt more companies with federal contracts in the coming months.
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Pearson files lawsuit to get OOB job back
Mwanwhile, campaigns to recall all seven Old Orchard Beach town councilors make their final push.