The compromise plan, which would lower the income tax but raise others, passes by majorities big enough to override the threatened veto.
2015
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Portland's Ruhlin honored by umpires
Portland senior standout Ryan Ruhlin was named the Southern Maine Athletic Association’s Outstanding Catcher for 2015 by the Western Maine Board of Baseball Umpires. The award is based on a player’s skill, character and integrity. The award is named after Merrill “Dick” Harrington, the Maine Baseball Hall of Fame catcher, whose fame on the diamond […]
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CNYLL champions crowned
Champions were recently crowned in the Cumberland North Yarmouth Little League (CNYLL). The Royals won the Minors division. Front row, from left: Hayden MacArthur, Tyler Piesik, Nick Theodores, Will Klein and Cam Irish. Back row: Coach Mark Piesik, Tucker Williams, Finn Weaver, Parker Sasseville, Asher Gorris, Caden Lemieux, Ben Maestas and Coach Heath MacArthur. The […]
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Seacoast team wins New England title
The Seacoast United U-16 boys’ soccer team, including several local players, recently won the New England division of the National Premier League. Seacoast United beat Benfica USA from Massachusetts, 2-0, in the final. Seacoast United will next take part in the national championships in Indiana next month. Back row, from left: Coach Jay Moody, Kyle Townsend, […]
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
Softball: Fryeburg tops Gray-New Gloucester in extra innings
After Fryeburg posted two runs in the fifth at Gray-New Gloucester on Saturday morning, the Patriots immediately answered, scoring two of their own – Allie Martell and Cara Waltz crossed home to even the tally – in the sixth. But it wasn’t to be G-NG’s day. The visiting Raiders grabbed another run in the eighth, […]
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Windham man finally completes kidney donation
Joshua Dall-Leighton, the Windham man who received national attention after Maine Medical Center delayed his kidney donation, completed the operation at the hospital on Tuesday. Christine Royles of South Portland left a sign on her car last year indicating that she was in search of a matching kidney donor. Dall-Leighton saw the message in December, […]
Posted inAmerican Journal
Police chief interviews to be held
The Gorham Town Council is expected to meet behind closed doors next week to interview candidates for the town’s vacant police chief position. The panel has called a special meeting for 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 23, in Conference Room A in Gorham Municipal Center, 75 South St. It will re-convene its meeting at 1:30 […]
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Missing Scarborough man found safe in South Portland
Police had sought the public’s help in locating the 71-year-old man.
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Transportation officials acknowledge Freeport clear-cutting shortcomings
Maine Department of Transportation officials admitted to unhappy Freeport residents Tuesday night that they’ve learned something from the clear-cutting of trees the department recently did along Interstate 295, and the backlash that followed it. The Town Council invited the two state officials to the Freeport Community Library for its scheduled workshop on matters that concern […]
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Outdoor Track: Hall picks up two more New England titles, looks to Nationals
Lake Region superstar Kate Hall strutted her stuff once again recently, taking first in two of her three events – the 100 and the Long Jump – and second in the other, the 200, at last weekend’s New Englands, held this year at Thornton Academy in Saco. That’s five New Englands titles for Hall, who, […]