Local & State
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PublishedOctober 19, 2015
Brunswick councilors have mixed response to proposal for 5-cent bag fee
The fee, and a suggested ban on polystyrene foam containers, goes back to the town's Recycling and Sustainability Committee, which will decide whether to propose an ordinance.
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PublishedOctober 19, 2015
Portland council approves requirement for affordable housing units
The rule calls for 10 percent of the housing units in new developments of 10 units or more to be affordable to middle-income earners.
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PublishedOctober 19, 2015
Waterville high school principal faces dismissal hearing
The superintendent of schools put Don Reiter on administrative leave with pay Sept. 1 for reasons he will not reveal.
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PublishedOctober 19, 2015
Ethan Strimling says chamber will back him in Portland mayoral race
The endorsement by the Portland Community Chamber of Commerce follows several others for the former state senator in his bid to unseat incumbent Mayor Michael Brennan.
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PublishedOctober 19, 2015
Owners of Rockland restaurant say they’ll fight eviction order
Joshua Hixson, executive chef at 3Crow, disputes his landlord's claim that the business has violated its lease.
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PublishedOctober 19, 2015
Portland OKs new eligibility guidelines for asylum-seekers
The City Council makes the program as broad as possible despite questions about how the state will implement a new law on General Assistance.
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PublishedOctober 19, 2015
N.H. man convicted of murdering teenager whose body was found in Maine
The body of 18-year-old Aaron Wilkinson was left on the side of a road in Lebanon in June 2014.
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PublishedOctober 19, 2015
Search for El Faro’s ‘black box’ faces delay from bad weather
A Navy search vessel carrying sonar equipment is forced to take an alternate route toward the cargo ship's suspected wreckage site in the Bahamas.
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PublishedOctober 19, 2015
Maine’s acting education commissioner reverses creationism comment
During a debate in 2010, then-gubernatorial candidate Bill Beardsley said he supported teaching creationism in school. On Monday, he said he doesn't think schools should teach it.
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PublishedOctober 19, 2015
Sanford police: City employee drove getaway car
Donna Gray, an assistant to the public works director, has been put on administrative leave while the city conducts an internal investigation.
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