SKOWHEGAN — The state has dismissed a domestic violence assault charge against a former corrections officer who was arrested in October 2018 and charged with putting his then-girlfriend in a choke hold after she reportedly caught him in bed with another woman. Jeremy A.E. Carr, 34, of Skowhegan, later was placed on administrative leave without pay from his […]
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House rejects move for Maine to bypass Electoral College
AUGUSTA — The Maine House rejected a bill Thursday that would have Maine join a compact of states pledging to award their Electoral College votes to the winner of the national popular vote during presidential elections. The 76-66 vote against the measure comes two weeks after the state Senate agreed to add Maine to a […]
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Maine briefs: Drive to reduce lobster gear, protect whales hits plan phase; Maine moves to allow police to wear veterans insignia
Drive to reduce lobster gear, protect whales hits plan phase TRENTON, Maine (AP) — Maine fishery regulators are meeting with lobster fishermen along the coast to begin the process of crafting rules to better protect endangered whales. A team assembled by the federal government has called for the removal of half the vertical trap lines from the Gulf of […]
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Pet of the Week: Meet Wasabe
BRUNSWICK — Wasabe came to us in January. She is around 3 years old, and you will not meet a cat with more personality. Walk into Cat Room C and she is the one to greet you. She adores people, but is just lukewarm toward other cats. Every so often she’ll get “in a mood” and will let you […]
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Maine governor OKs ban on gay conversion therapy for minors
AUGUSTA — Maine banned gay conversion therapy for minors on Wednesday, joining more than a dozen other states that have outlawed the controversial practice. Democratic Gov. Janet Mills signed the bill Wednesday, and it will take effect 90 days after the Legislature adjourns next month. Conversion therapy aims to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender […]
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Influenced by home, Freeport native to travel to India to study language, impacts of climate change
FREEPORT — There are more than 7,500 miles and a seemingly unbridgeable cultural divide between Freeport, Maine, and Kolkata, India, but to Freeport-native Evan Tims, the differences pale in the light of a shared global crisis. Growing up in coastal Maine, Tims, a recent graduate of Bard College in New York, was always aware that […]
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Mobile food pantry spreads reach into Lisbon this summer
LISBON — Starting next month, the Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program will boost access to food with a mobile pantry in Lisbon. “We recognize that one of the barriers to access to food for some people is transportation, as well as the time they have available to access the services that we have,” said Monica […]
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Bath board may sign off on 6-lot subdivision, consider longer condo construction hours
BATH — The Bath Planning Board will consider signing off on plans for a new six-lot home subdivision on Prospect Street next Tuesday. The subdivision proposal was submitted by MECAP, LLC and reviewed by the Planning Board on April 30. The single-family home lots would each be approximately a quarter acre, located on a 1.5-acre […]
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Timeline murky for a decision on 40-acre aquaculture lease application in Brunswick’s Maquoit Bay
BRUNSWICK — Two weeks past the original 120-day deadline, the timeline for when Mere Point Oyster Co. and its opponents can expect the Maine Department of Marine Resources’ decision on a proposed oyster farm expansion on Maquoit Bay remains murky. A marathon three-day hearing over Mere Point Oyster Company’s proposed 10-year, 40-acre lease wrapped up […]
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Link to stress, health of whales might be in giant mouths
PORTLAND — Whale researchers in New England believe they’ve found a new way to measure the amount of stress felt by whales when they experience traumas such as entanglements in fishing gear, and they say the technique could help protect the massive sea creatures from extinction. The scientists, with the New England Aquarium in Boston, […]