LEWISTON — Patrick Dempsey, the actor, producer and race car driver whose namesake Dempsey Challenge is less than three days away, will appear on ABC’s “GMA Day” Wednesday. Dempsey is expected to talk about the two-day fundraising and the Dempsey Centers in Lewiston and South Portland, which are bolstered by the Challenge and provide free […]
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Funeral notices for Tuesday, Oct. 3
CYR — Therese P., 76, passed away on Thursday, Sept. 28. A celebration of life will take place on Thursday, Oct. 5, from 4-7 p.m. at Fortin/Auburn. A service of The Fortin Group/Plummer & Merrill Funeral, Cremation and Monument Services, 217 Turner St. Auburn, ME 04210. 783-8545. MILLER — Richard C. II, 60, of Oxford, […]
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Gov. Paul LePage effort to raise minimum wage falls short
AUGUSTA – An attempt by Republicans and Gov. Paul LePage to set a minimum wage lower than the eventual $12 an hour voters will decide about in November fell short Thursday night in the state Senate. A Republican-led effort to raise the minimum wage to $10 an hour by 2020 garnered a vote of 22-12, […]
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LePage vetoes ‘fair pint’ bill
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine’s governor has vetoed a bill that sought to ensure that any pint of beer sold in the state would be 16 ounces. Supporters of state Sen. John Patrick’s measure contend that some establishments use shorter glasses for beer they advertise as pints. Patrick, a Rumford Democrat, said Mainers should get what […]
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‘Honest Pint’ bill passes Maine House on split vote Thursday
AUGUSTA — Bottoms up. The Maine House of Representatives on Thursday voted 83-62 along party lines in favor of a bill that would require bars and restaurants that advertise pints of beer to serve those pints in 16-ounce glasses. The bill, LD 122, authored by state Sen. John Patrick, D-Rumford, was approved unanimously by the […]
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Maine bill would make a pint a pint; Rumford lawmaker wants a full glass
AUGUSTA — Beer drinkers, you know how it goes. You’re looking forward to that tall, cold one after work and what you get instead is an almost full glass or a glass with three inches of foam, instead of beer. But you’re so thirsty you don’t bother to complain. You pay up and drink. But […]
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Eye and engine care in future of DHS top students
DIXFIELD — A job shadowing experience Kelsey Wilson participated in has led her to pursue a degree in optometry. The 17-year-old Peru resident is valedictorian of Dirigo High School’s Class of 2014. She is the daughter of Tracy and Bryan Wilson. Salutatorian Patrick Larsen, 18, of Dixfield has decided to attend Maine Maritime Academy to […]
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State Senate supports bill to move Maine from Electoral College
AUGUSTA — The Maine Senate voted 17-16 Tuesday in support of a bill that would move the state away from the Electoral College system when it comes to selecting a winning presidential candidate here. The bill, LD 511, would allow Maine to join a compact of states in allowing the presidential candidate who receives the […]
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Who’s really ripping ME off?
AUGUSTA — Early last year, the national media turned its gaze to Maine and the tawdry story of a Zumba-instructor-turned-prostitute in the affluent seacoast village of Kennebunkport. The exploits of Alexis Wright, including the fact that she managed a client list of more than 100 people and often secretly videotaped her encounters with her customers, […]
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Maine’s political gaffes fetch mea culpas in 2013
AUGUSTA — They put on clown noses in committee, lambasted each other with crude insults on television and spent time thinking with or about their “man brains.” Maine politicians, both Democratic and Republican, were anything but boring in the things they did or said in 2013. And it wasn’t even an election year for most […]