PORTLAND — Dorothea May Pease Farrow, 93, of Portland, passed away on June 10, 2015. Dorothea was born in 1922, the youngest of seven children in Rockland, Massachusetts, to Lillian and Howard Pease. She grew up at the Graham School in Hastings on-Hudson and at The Sheltering Arms in New York City. Dot learned independence, […]
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Justin G. McIntire
There will be a graveside celebration of life in memory of Justin Glenn McIntire on Saturday, June 27 at 3 p.m. at Hillcrest Cemetery behind the Elijah Kellogg Church in Harpswell Center.
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Michael A. Silevinac
BATH — Michael A. Silevinac, 62, died on Wednesday, June 17, 2015, peacefully at his home. Visiting hours will be held Monday, June 22 from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. at Stetson’s Funeral Home, 12 Federal St., Brunswick. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated Tuesday, June 23 at 2 p.m. […]
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Top students named for Brunswick High School
BRUNSWICK The Top 10 students in the Brunswick High School Class of 2015 have been released, including the students who earned valedictorian and salutatorian honors. Brunswick will conduct its graduation ceremony at 7 p.m. today, June 12 at Bowdoin College’s Watson Arena. Doors open to the public at 6 p.m. The following are the Top […]
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Senate passes bill to keep cities from raising the minimum wage
AUGUSTA The Legislature on Thursday took a first step toward quashing local efforts to raise the minimum wage in cities such as Bangor and Portland. In a 20-15 party line vote, Senate Republicans approved a bill proposed by Gov. Paul LePage that would prevent municipalities in the state from enacting their own minimum wage ordinances. […]
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Police confirm sighting of murder suspect in Guilford
PARKMAN A local man wanted for murder in connection with the death of his ex-girlfriend in Piscataquis County earlier this month was spotted in Guilford late Wednesday afternoon, state police said. Robert Burton, 38, who has evaded capture for nearly two weeks, was sighted at about 5:45 p.m. by a local resident along a Guilford […]
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Hospital, nurse union extend contract
BANGOR (AP) — Representatives for a Maine hospital say bargaining teams and a nursing union are agreeing to extend the nurses’ current contract through July 2. A spokesman for Eastern Maine Medical Center says bargaining teams representing the hospital and Maine State Nurses Association, National Nurses Organizing Committee and National Nurses United met on Wednesday. […]
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Bill to bar pregnant inmate shackling OK’d
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine’s Republican-controlled Senate has endorsed a bill that would prohibit the shackling of pregnant inmates. Democratic Sen. Anne Haskell’s bill won initial approval on Thursday. It now heads to the Democratic-led House. Haskell’s bill would prohibit jails and prisons from using the restraints on a pregnant prisoner during childbirth and recovery, unless […]
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House backs bill to authorize tribe casino
AUGUSTA (AP) — The Democratic-controlled House of Representatives has given initial approval to a bill that would allow Maine’s American Indian tribes to bring a casino to northern Maine. The House endorsed the bill by a vote of 114-26 on Thursday with no debate. It faces further votes. The bill, which was crafted by the […]
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Senate OKs welfare for asylum seekers
AUGUSTA (AP) — The Republican- controlled Maine Senate has approved a measure that would ensure that the roughly 1,000 people seeking asylum in the state continue to receive municipal welfare benefits. The Senate voted 29-5 on Thursday in favor of an amendment introduced by Republican Sen. Amy Volk that would allow asylum seekers to qualify […]