In a grievance filed Friday, Summit Natural Gas said the state also gave contradictory and ambiguous direction to companies trying to win a contract to supply natural-gas service in central Maine.
Susan M. Cover
First Maine charter school to be in Fairfield
“We’ve created a school (that’s) meeting specific needs for kids that have not been met in the traditional school system,” Emanuel Pariser said.
State may pursue legal action against Augusta developer
The state may initiate legal action against a developer who bought the Kennebec Arsenal in 2007 but has yet to do anything with the property, the Bureau of General Services said Tuesday.
Mothers call for state ban on BPA in food containers
AUGUSTA – More than a dozen mothers turned in signatures Thursday to try to compel the state Board of Environmental Protection to ban the chemical bisphenol-A from baby and toddler food packaging. “No child should be exposed to the hormone havoc of BPA at the dinner table,” said Annie Colaluca, a mother of three from […]
Moms turn in signatures to extend chemical ban
Two Maine environmental groups are hoping the state will extend the ban on bisphenol-A to cans and jars that hold baby and toddler foods.
Troubled agency unable to pay providers in June
Due to a $12.5 million shortfall, the Department of Health and Human Services won’t pay health-care providers on time.
McCormick drops out of Maine Senate race
Earle McCormick said after 10 years in the Legislature — four in the House and six in the Senate — it’s time to do something else.
Both sides criticize same-sex marriage wording
Both sides of the gay-marriage campaign wish the ballot question took a slightly different tack, though for different reasons. All Mainers have a chance to tell the secretary of state what they think.
‘Do you want to allow same-sex couples to marry?’
That’s the wording proposed by Maine’s Secretary of State for the November ballot, and the public now has 30 days to comment.
Nine Maine cities and towns named business-friendly
Gov. LePage said 19 cities and towns applied for the designation, but only nine were named “certified business-friendly.”