Pace picks up in Maine govs race
Boston Globe - Thu Dec 3, 11:20 am ETJob creation has emerged as a dominant issue as the volume rises a notch in Maine's crowded gubernatorial race.
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Maine Archdiocese Settles Abuse Case
The Advocate - Thu Dec 3, 1:52 pm ETTwo days after Maine voters approved antigay marriage ballot measure heavily funded by the Catholic Church, the archdiocese of Portland paid out a six-figure settlement in a sex abuse case.
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Cost to resolve Criterion dispute: $4,000
Bangor Daily News - Thu Dec 3, 8:23 pm ETBAR HARBOR, Maine -- A dispute between town officials and people who run a nonprofit theater may be headed to a resolution.
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Senate votes to safeguard mammograms
The Washington Times - Thu Dec 3, 2:58 pm ETWASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate cast its first votes on remaking the nation's health care system Thursday, approving an amendment to safeguard coverage of mammograms and preventive screening tests for women under a revamped system. The 61-39 vote on a provision by Democrat Barbara Mikulski of Maryland and Republican Olympia Snowe of Maine was the first substantive ballot in an acrimonious debate ...
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Maine's moderate Republican senators thriving
AP via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 30, 3:22 am ETModerate Republicans may be a vanishing breed elsewhere, but Maine Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins are thriving.
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Archdiocese of New Orleans contributed to Maine referendum on same-sex marriage
New Orleans Times-Picayune - Mon Nov 30, 5:27 pm ETAP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty Frank Schubert, campaign director for Stand for Marriage Maine, talks Nov. 3 to supporters of Yes on 1, in Portland, Maine.
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Scout seeks to restore beauty
Portsmouth Herald - Thu Dec 3, 2:18 am ETKITTERY, Maine — Fourteen-year-old Hayden Pearson, of Boy Scout Troop 340 in Eliot, is working hard to bring Legion Pond on Old Port and Dennett roads back to what it used to be — and meet his Eagle Scout requirement at the same time.
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Republican candidate runs first major ads in governor's race
Bangor Daily News - Wed Dec 2, 10:45 pm ETAUGUSTA, Maine -- Republican gubernatorial hopeful Les Otten has fired the first major salvo of the primary campaign, with two weeks of television advertising coupled with a direct mailing to GOP ...
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Group Protest Archbishop Carlson's Donation to Support Maine's Anti-gay Marriage Ballot
KPLR 11 St. Louis - Mon Nov 30, 11:08 am ETCatholic protesters gathered in the Central West End Sunday afternoon. They're opposing a donation by the St. Louis Archdiocese to support an anti-gay marriage ballot measure in Maine. The signs expressed the disappointment with the St. Louis Archbishop Robert Carlson's decision. Protestors demonstrating in front of the Cathedral Basilica disagree with his decision to donate $10,000 from a ...
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GOP moderates may be a vanishing breed, but not Maine Sens. Snowe and Collins
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - Mon Nov 30, 3:32 am ETWASHINGTON - Moderate Republicans may be a vanishing breed elsewhere, but Maine Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins are thriving. In a narrowly divided Senate, the two women who are willing to buck their conservative GOP colleagues enjoy outsized influence.
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D.C. Approves Gay Marriage Bill
The Inquisitr - Wed Dec 2, 8:30 pm ETWashington, D.C. (AHN) – The D.C. Council voted to allow same-sex marriages in the nation’s capital late Tuesday, giving LGBT advocates a victory a month after they lost their fight in Maine. The Council still needs to hold another vote before Christmas and Congress can choose to intervene, but the path to making the gay [...]
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Bangor council begins work on vision
Bangor Daily News - Tue Dec 1, 9:24 pm ETCongressional field begins to take shape in Maine
WCSH 6 Portland - Fri Nov 27, 1:06 pm ETMaine's Congressional Field Takes Shape
WMTW Auburn - Fri Nov 27, 10:54 am ETEthics Commission Approves $10,000 Penalty to Maine Leads
Fenceviewer - Mon Nov 23, 4:31 pm ETBesieged councilors, facing recall vote, want to move on
Bangor Daily News - Wed Nov 25, 8:34 pm ETMaine Leads fined $10,000
The Times Record - Mon Nov 23, 5:09 am ETEthics panel: Towns must abide by campaign law
The Times Record - Wed Nov 25, 2:36 am ETBangor councilors face recall petition
Bangor Daily News - Tue Nov 24, 9:04 pm ETMonmouth voting on police budget
WCSH 6 Portland - Tue Nov 24, 6:51 pm ETBangor council rejects Barrett's reinstatement
Bangor Daily News - Tue Nov 24, 1:52 pm ET
