Maine’s attorney general Janet Mills said Gov. Paul LePage unlawfully transferred more than $10 million out of Maine’s consumer protection trust fund. Gov. Paul LePage moved Thursday to block Attorney General Janet Mills from tapping into nearly $11 million in legal settlement funds, adding a new chapter to an ongoing dispute between the two offices. […]
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Fraud Watch Wednesday: The grandparent scam
Every day, hundreds of Americans fall for a con known as “the grandparent scam.” This happens when someone calls posing as a grandchild in trouble who needs money. The caller says the money should be wired immediately and should be kept a secret. Those are big red flags. Scammers often get family details, including grandchildren’s […]
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Jay voters approve $6,000 transfer for streetlights
JAY — It took less than five minutes Monday to elect and swear in Darryl Brown as town meeting moderator, recite the Pledge of Allegiance and vote to transfer $6,000 from the undesignated fund to cover costs for streetlights. None of the nine residents, including the five members of the Board of Selectpersons and Town […]
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Husson, SMCC agreement to ease credit transfers
SOUTH PORTLAND (AP) — Husson University and Southern Maine Community College have signed an agreement that will make it easier for students to transfer their credits between the schools. The schools recently celebrated the agreement, which they say will facilitate the transfer of credits from some associate degree programs at SMCC into bachelor’s degree programs […]
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U.S. to send two Gitmo detainees back to Algeria
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration announced Friday its intention to repatriate two prisoners from the Guantanamo Bay detention facility to Algeria, the first such transfers in nearly a year. White House press secretary Jay Carney said in a statement that the Defense Department notified Congress of the transfers, which will be done “in a responsible […]