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Community sales

MONMOUTH — The Henry L. Cottrell School will hold a Spring Fling from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, May 24. There will be flowers and vegetables for purchase and artwork on display. Community sign-up for local summer activities will be available as well. — GRAY — Friends of the Maine Wildlife Park will hold the annual plant sale […]

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Community sales

FARMINGTON — Franklin County Soil & Water Conservation District will hold a public auction on Friday, March 16, at WG Mallett School. Doors will open at 5:15 p.m. with homemade baked goods for sale. The auction will commence at 6, with Jeff Harris as auctioneer for the evening. Items, big and small, certificates and vouchers from individuals […]

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Community sales

AUBURN — A joint fundraising yard sale will be hosted from 7 a.m. to noon Saturday, Sept. 30, by the Lewiston Auburn Kiwanis Club and Boy Scout Troop 121, at United Methodist Church, 439 Park Ave. The rain-or-shine sale will feature household goods, small furniture, tools, children’s toys and games, sports equipment and clothing. Proceeds earned by […]

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Community sales

AUBURN — The American Legion Ladies Auxiliary Unit No. 31 has canceled its indoor yard sale planned for Saturday, June 17. — FARMINGTON — A yard sale will be held from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 17, at Henderson Memorial Baptist Church, corner of Main and Academy streets.  The sale will be held rain or shine. — FARMINGTON — “Maine’s […]

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Medical marijuana sales jump in Maine

Medical marijuana sales at Maine’s eight dispensaries were up 46 percent between 2014 and 2015 to $23.6 million, according to figures released by the state Tuesday. That’s almost double sales from two years ago. Tim Smale, who with his wife owns the Remedy Compassion Center dispensary at 730 Center St. in Auburn, which has thousands […]

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Does GOP budget divide signal ‘lame duck’ status for LePage?

AUGUSTA — Recent actions by State House Republicans could be a signal the power of firebrand Republican Gov. Paul LePage is waning as he heads toward the sixth month of his second term. Last week, Legislative Republican leaders split with LePage on his two-year state budget proposal, rejecting key LePage policy objectives around tax and […]

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Bill expanding list of those prohibited from possessing guns passes key Maine committee

AUGUSTA — A bill that would ban gun ownership for individuals convicted of non-felony domestic violence crimes passed a key legislative committee Friday. The Legislature’s Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee voted 5-3 in favor of LD 600, a bill offered by state Rep. Richard Pickett, R-Dixfield. Pickett is a former police chief and state […]

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Looser alcohol regulations on tap in Legislature

AUGUSTA — Saying that sportsmen want the right to grab both beer and bait at the crack of dawn, a southern Maine lawmaker has proposed rolling back agency liquor store sales to 5 a.m., seven days a week. “They don’t want to have to buy their bait the night before,” state Rep. Jonathan Kinney, R-Limington, […]