Boothbay selectmen voted Wednesday night to approve a settlement between the town and Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens that will allow a planned expansion of the facility to move forward. The deal also ends two lawsuits that the gardens filed against the town last year – one in federal court, the other in Lincoln County Superior […]
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Senate leaders' budget deal faces opposition in both parties
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers pressed to enact a massive budget deal Thursday along with a temporary funding measure to prevent a government shutdown at midnight. GOP leaders moved to shore up support among conservatives for a plan to shower the Pentagon and domestic programs with an extra $300 billion over the next two years. “It’s […]
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Free but still convicted, Sanborn at peace with deal that put prison behind him
Anthony and Michelle Sanborn lace up their skates Thursday at Rollodrome in Auburn, a day after a deal in his post-conviction review released him from the rest of his 70-year sentence. He said, “I woke up this morning and I thought, ‘I’m free, I don’t have to worry about going to the jail again.” (Joel […]
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Donald Trump overrules GOP with deal on spending, debt, Harvey aid
President Donald Trump pauses during a meeting with, from left, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and other Congressional leaders in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017, in Washington. Trump overruled congressional Republicans and his own treasury secretary […]
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Paris swaps electricity offers to save on projected spikes
PARIS — The town has swapped electricity providers in a bid to save money when rates are expected to increase early next year. Paris has locked into a 24-month deal with Electricity Maine at $0.095 per kilowatt hour for its small and medium commercial accounts, which covers electricity consumption from the fire station to its streetlights. The new […]
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AP source: JPMorgan to pay $13B under tentative deal
WASHINGTON (AP) — JPMorgan Chase & Co. has tentatively agreed to pay $13 billion to settle allegations surrounding the quality of mortgage-backed securities it sold in the run-up to the 2008 financial crisis, a person familiar with the negotiations between the bank and the federal government said Saturday. If the agreement is finalized it would […]
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Israeli PM faces objections to Palestinian deal
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged his skeptical coalition partners Sunday to agree to free Palestinian prisoners as part of U.S efforts to resume peace talks, calling the deal a “tough decision” that he took for the good of the country. He spoke at a meeting of the Cabinet called to vote […]
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Pedroia close to $100M deal
BOSTON (AP) — All-Star second baseman Dustin Pedroia is close to a contract that could keep him with the Boston Red Sox for his entire big league career.A person with knowledge of the talks said Tuesday that Pedroia is in the process of agreeing to a deal adding $100 million over seven seasons through 2021.The […]