First, he wanted to merge them. Then he blocked their funding. Now, Gov. Paul LePage wants to dictate how three regional job training boards spend nearly three quarters of the millions in federal funds they receive to provide job training to laid-off workers, low-income adults, people recently released from prison and struggling young adults. The […]
2018
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Regulators vote to launch investigation of CMP’s billing, metering systems
The Maine Public Utilities Commission said Tuesday it would launch a formal investigation into Central Maine Power’s billing and metering systems following customer complaints about skyrocketing bills and poor quality service. PUC Chairman Mark Vannoy and Commissioners R. Bruce Williamson and Randall Davis agreed to start a “technical forensic audit” to look expressly at metering and billing […]
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Share info to deter election interference, senators say
WASHINGTON — Government efforts to protect state and local elections from cyberattacks in 2016 didn’t go far enough, leaders of the Senate Intelligence Committee said Tuesday as the panel released its recommendations for protection from foreign interference in the 2018 primary season that’s already underway. Federal warnings last time did not provide enough information or […]
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World’s last male northern white rhino, Sudan, dies
NAIROBI, Kenya — The death of the world’s last male northern white rhino, Sudan, doesn’t end efforts to save a subspecies of one of the world’s most recognizable animals. The focus now turns to his stored semen and that of four other dead rhinos, as well as the perfection of in vitro fertilization techniques and […]
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Dennis L. Neukam
BIDDEFORD — Dennis L. “Pa” Neukam, 64, of Biddeford, died on Jan. 11, 2018 at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House. He was the life partner of Fern Hilsinger. He was born in San Diego, California on Oct. 27, 1953, a son of the late Leslie Neukam and Barbara (Taylor) Sigman and her husband Wayne. He […]
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Joyce Della Torre Rowland
SACO — Joyce was the beloved wife of Richard A Beaulieu. She died peacefully at home on March 8, 2018. She was born in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1930, the daughter of William Miner and Rosella Butler Miner of Waterville Maine. Growing up in South Portland, she enjoyed summers at Willard Beach, and graduated from South […]
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Trump calls Putin to congratulate him on re-election
MOSCOW — President Donald Trump called Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday to congratulate him on his re-election to a fourth term, and they discussed arranging a meeting against the backdrop of heightened tensions between their two nations over election meddling. Trump told reporters in the Oval Office that the meeting could happen soon and […]
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New blast sends bombing investigators to Texas FedEx center
AUSTIN, Texas — Investigators pursuing a suspected serial bomber in the Texas capital shifted their attention Tuesday to a FedEx shipping center near San Antonio where a package exploded on a conveyor belt in the middle of the night and caused minor injuries to a worker. Although the latest blast did not inflict serious harm, […]
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Governor to reopen Downeast Prison
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage’s administration will recall five employees of the shuttered Downeast Correctional Facility by the end of this week to comply with a judge’s order to reopen the prison, but the issue is likely to end up back in court, according to an attorney for plaintiffs in the case. LePage’s attorney, Patrick […]
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Tigers continuing to build heading into 2018
BIDDEFORD — After winning the 2016 Class A State Championship, the Biddeford softball team underwent a lot of changes in the 2017. The Tigers graduated seven seniors, and also hired a new coach in Mike Fecteau. Biddeford worked it’s way to a 7-9 record, and fell to Massabesic in the Class A South Prelims. Heading […]