PORTLAND — City councilors Monday unanimously passed a resolution for renewed study of public transit, including possible rail service, to the Lewiston-Auburn area. Their counterparts in Lewiston and Auburn may be getting on board with the idea, too. The resolution directs city staff to continue research into a proposed transit link, in collaboration with officials […]
2013
Posted inBusiness, News
Maine recovery expected to lag US by more than a year
“Until the national economy grows more quickly, Maine won’t grow more than a couple thousand jobs a year,” says Charles Colgan, USM professor of public policy and management.
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Portlands schools seek input on pre-K education
PORTLAND — The School Department will hold two community meetings to gauge public support for continuing the city’s five public preschool programs. Preschool programming in the schools district began in 2011 after a community task force set a five-year goal of offering universal access to quality public preschool education to all 4-year-olds. There are now five […]
Posted inCoastal Journal, Northern Forecaster, Portland Forecaster, Southern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Advocates decry holes in safety net for Maine fishing industry
PORTLAND — Advocates said they were baffled when one of the first serious attempts at improving fishing industry safety was stripped down in an annual act passed quietly last month. The U.S. Coast Guard Re-authorization Act of 2010 provision requiring all commercial fishing vessels operating more than three miles from the coast to have dockside inspections […]
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Company claims victory over bread mold
MicroZap Inc. says its technology keeps bread mold-free for 60 days, and could eliminate the need for preservatives and ingredients used to mask preservatives’ flavor, as well as reduce food waste.
Posted inCapitol Ticker
Morning Briefing 1.8.13
— Gov. Paul LePage wants to lift the cap on the number of charter schools that can be certified over the next 10 years. Lawmakers included the limit in 2011 when Maine became the 41st state to allow charter schools. The reason? The charter school law is new. So are the applicants, […]
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Trooper describes car chase of accused double murderer
“I was 100 or so mph and he slammed on his brakes to try to make that corner,” testified State Police Trooper Roger Teachout, describing the violent end of a high-speed pursuit.
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Yarmouth legislators push statewide ranked-choice voting
AUGUSTA — So long, spoilers. That’s the message two Yarmouth legislators hope to send with legislation aimed at eliminating the chances of electing statewide candidates with less than a majority vote. Freshman Rep. Janice Cooper, D-Yarmouth, and veteran legislator Sen. Dick Woodbury, U-Yarmouth, have submitted draft legislation for ranked-choice voting to the Legal and Veterans […]
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Boston mobster’s lawyers to ask for judge removal
Whitey Bulger’s attorneys say the judge has a conflict of interest because he was a federal prosecutor in the 1980s, when Bulger was an FBI informant.
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Maine radio news legend (and lousy car salesman) Mike Audet signs off
SCARBOROUGH — Mike Audet took a simple view of his career in broadcasting. “I went to work, I did my job, I came home,” he said upon retiring last month after more than 50 years on the air in Maine, Arizona and Connecticut. A Waterville native, Audet, 70, first stepped to the microphone as a high […]