FALMOUTH (AP) — The owner of a Portland house cleaning service has been charged with stealing prescription drugs from one of her clients. Police say 45-year-old Kathy Vargas stole medications earlier this month from an elderly Falmouth woman who had hired her to clean her house. Police did not specify what kinds of medications were […]
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House overturns LePage veto of bill designed to help MaineCare recipients quit smoking
AUGUSTA — Lawmakers in the House of Representatives on Thursday overwhelmingly overrode Gov. Paul LePage’s veto of a bill designed to reduce tobacco-related illness in Maine, but the House narrowly sustained a budget bill veto that could reduce state revenues by about $7 million between now and mid-2015. LePage last week vetoed LD 386, An […]
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House passes $1.1 trillion bill to fund government
WASHINGTON (AP) — A $1.1 trillion spending bill for operating the government until just before next fall’s election steamed through the battle-weary House on Wednesday over tepid protests from tea party conservatives, driven by a bipartisan desire to restore painful cuts in domestic and defense programs and show disaffected voters that Congress can do its […]
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Shotgun slug hits Old Orchard Beach home; wardens explore charges against hunters
OLD ORCHARD BEACH — Maine game wardens are investigating a gunshot that allegedly hit an Old Orchard Beach residence Wednesday morning, and say charges against two local hunters may be forthcoming. Doug Rafferty, spokesman for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, told the Bangor Daily News on Wednesday afternoon a stray shotgun slug […]
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Defying veto threat, House OKs health law change
WASHINGTON — Brushing aside a White House veto threat, the Republican-controlled House voted by a healthy bipartisan majority Friday to weaken a core component of “Obamacare” and permit the sale of individual health coverage that falls short of requirements in the law. In all, 39 Democrats broke ranks and supported the legislation, a total that […]
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River views: Former Elm Hotel in Auburn had rich history
It’s amazing how rapidly things can change. I have a few old postcards that show Court Street in Auburn looking toward the bridge. At the left, there’s no mistaking the Elm Hotel, its curbside lined with the stately trees for which it was named. There’s a trolley in that scene, which no longer exists today. […]
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House fire kills man in Manchester
MANCHESTER — A 57-year-old man was killed in a house fire early Saturday morning, according to Maine State Police. Investigators believe the man, whose body was found in a second-floor bedroom of the Granite Hill Road home, was Samuel Spinicci, state police spokesman Stephen McCausland said in a press release Saturday evening. The fire is […]
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Cain picks up support from key Androscoggin County Democrats
LEWISTON — State Sen. Emily Cain, D-Orono, picked up the support of several prominent Androscoggin County Democrats on Monday in her bid for the U.S. House. Cain is one of several Democratic candidates for Maine’s 2nd Congressional District. The seat is being vacated by U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud, D-Maine, who is running for the governor’s […]
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House shows opposition to Syria attack
WASHINGTON (AP) — Suggesting an uphill fight for President Barack Obama, House members staking out positions are either opposed to or leaning against his plan for a U.S. military strike against Syria by more than a 6-1 margin, a survey by The Associated Press shows. The Senate is more evenly divided ahead of its vote […]
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Fire heavily damages bedroom in Jay house
JAY — A fire at a house at 14 Church St. early Saturday was caused by an unattended candle knocked from a shelf to a bed, Assistant Chief Mike Booker said Tuesday. The fire was reported just after 2:30 a.m. and contained to the bedroom in the two-story house, he said. Heavy fire damage occurred […]