Anyone who’s hung around a golf course for long has noticed that for many players, drinking and golf go hand-in-hand. It’s not so different for the fast-growing sport of disc golf, which features competitors flinging plastic discs at distant targets, except for one thing: the course owners can’t get a license to serve alcohol regularly. […]
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Maine bill would allocate Maine electoral votes according to national vote
AUGUSTA — There’s a push underway to have Maine join a movement aimed at undercutting the ability of the Electoral College to put someone in the White House who comes up short in the popular vote. Legislators are eyeing a measure that would have Maine join with other states to guarantee that its electoral votes […]
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National School Choice Week
When it comes to education, no one is more qualified to determine the best path to success for students than their families. To honor that fact, schools, families and organizations around the country recognize the week beginning Sunday, Jan. 22, as National School Choice Week. Currently, a student’s zip code or socio-economic status plays a […]
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Ex-Brunswick officer sentenced 1 year, 1 day for obscene contact with teen
PORTLAND— Federal court officials say a former Maine police officer will spend a year and a day in prison on a charge of sending obscene material to a teenage girl. Twenty-five-year-old Garrett Brosnan pleaded guilty in September. He is a former police officer in Brunswick, Maine. Brosnan was arrested in June after parents of a […]
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Mason retains Senate positions
AUGUSTA — In addition to retaining his position as Senate majority leader in his fourth term, Lisbon Falls Republican Garrett Mason will serve once again as co-chairman of the Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee. Mason’s work on the panel during the last legislative session “was especially noteworthy, and I have no doubt he will be […]
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Maine Senate 22: Garrett Mason
Age (on Election Day): 31 Party affiliation: Republican Occupation: Realtor, small business owner Community organizations: No answer Hobbies, activities etc.: No answer Family status: Single Years in Legislature: 6 Clean Election candidate? No Committee assignments wanted: Energy, Utilities and Technology; Veterans and Legal Affairs; Criminal Justice and Public Safety What is the most pressing problem […]
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Turner, Lisbon lawmakers call for Healthy Maine Partnership investigation
AUGUSTA — Two Republican lawmakers want the state to investigate Healthy Maine Partnership’s finances. According to Maine Public Broadcasting Network, Rep. Jeffrey Timberlake of Turner and Sen. Garrett Mason of Lisbon Falls want the Government Oversight Committee to conduct a formal review. Healthy Maine Partnerships is a network of community health organizations throughout the state that addresses […]
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Lisbon, Dixfield legislators co-sponsor religious freedom bill
Just a housekeeping note: Sen. David Burns’ “Act to Enact the Preservation of Religious Freedom Act” has been printed and given an LD number — 1340. The text of the bill is the same as I reported last week. ICYMI, the bill is nearly identical in substance to the controversial religious freedom law passed recently […]
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Androscoggin County voters send young guns to state Senate
LEWISTON — In a state increasingly haunted by its ever-aging population and national notoriety for being the oldest state in America, voters in Androscoggin County have sent three people to the state Senate this year who are all younger than 30. At 26, Eric Brakey, an Auburn Republican and a freshman to the Legislature, will hold […]
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Michael Thibodeau, Garrett Mason: Obamacare rollout doesn’t inspire confidence in Medicaid expansion
Those who liked the rollout of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), are going to love the federal government’s offer to Maine to expand its Medicaid welfare program. And if you’ve been paying any attention to the Obamacare launch, there’s not much to like so far. These two topics, Obamacare and Medicaid expansion, have dominated the […]