PORTLAND (AP) — A state of Maine survey indicates the average price of heating oil has dropped 4 cents over the past week to the lowest heating season price recorded in three years. The Governor’s Energy Office said today that the statewide average for a gallon of heating oil was $3.23 per gallon. A year […]
October 2014
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Man pleads guilty to robbing pharmacy
PORTLAND (AP) — A Gardiner man who robbed a Bridgton pharmacy of prescription painkillers on Thanksgiving Day last year has pleaded guilty. Robert Richard pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Portland to a felony charge of interference with commerce by robbery. Authorities say the 26- year-old Richard entered the Rite Aid pharmacy on […]
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Opposed apartment plan scaled way back
PORTLAND (AP) — A Miami-based developer is dramatically scaling back a plan that formerly called for four 14-story apartment buildings outside Portland’s downtown. The Press Herald reports Federated Cos. Chairman Jonathan Cox says the new plan is instead a “more traditional, mid-rise project” with four six-story buildings. The number of marketrate apartments would decrease from […]
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Man faces child pornography charges
PORTLAND (AP) — A Berwick man facing federal child pornography charges has been released on bail. Peter Anderson was taken into custody of the U.S. Marshals Service on Wednesday after a warrant charging him with possession of child pornography was issued last week, according to court records. The Portland Press Herald reports that Anderson appeared […]
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Clean Elections Need Our Help
The Maine Clean Elections fund has been a local success story since 1996, providing funds for local candidates to run, and keeping the playing field level. It has been a popular program, with more than 65 percent supporting the fund. At its height, more than 85 percent of legislators used the fund, making it possible […]
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Why Elections Disappoint
“Democracy isn’t a spectator sport.” We’ve all heard that, its meaning clear. Yet, it might help if politics became more of one. Then, some people would at least know who’s playing for whom and what their stats are before choosing a victor. With such poor voter participation, it’s amazing that this nation has remained relatively […]
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Support clean elections candidates
The corruptive influence of enormous amounts of money in national, and now local, politics has saddened and outraged many American citizens including me. It has made all of us powerless to combat a system where our meager donations to the candidates of our choice have so little chance of making our voices heard, contributing to […]
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Save the Sagadahoc treasurer
My name is Richard Newell and I’m the Treasurer of Lincoln County. Jane Scease is the Treasurer for Sagadahoc County and she is up for re-election this November. There is a competing measure that the Sagadahoc County Commissioners have placed on the ballot in November. They are going to ask the voters of Sagadahoc County […]
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Cain not a true Mainer
I have been reading up on the candidates and find that Emily Cain is not a true Mainer. Born in Kentucky, raised in Illinois, graduated high school in New Jersey. Moved to Orono and lived with relatives while attending UMO, then went to Harvard. Not a political major, but music education. She is now working […]