Maine's moderate Republican senators thriving
AP - 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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Maine Tax reform up for repeal
Portsmouth Herald - Wed Nov 11, 2:07 am ETState Rep. Sally Lewin, R-Eliot, said she was delighted to hear the news this week that the Maine secretary of state had verified enough signatures to put a Democratically led tax reform bill before the voters for repeal in statewide elections next June.
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Gay marriage is a no-brainer
Skidmore News - Fri Nov 13, 6:29 pm ETMaine voters confirmed last week that in America, when a man inserts something into another man, it had better be a knife. On Nov. 3, gay marriage proponents suffered their 31st defeat at the hands of state voters. Mainers, by a margin of 53 percent to 47 percent, voted to repeal the bill signed this spring by Governor John Baldacci.
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Election '09: Maine voters reject gay marriage
Rexburg Standard Journal - Wed Nov 11, 5:34 am ETPORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- Cecelia Burnett and Ann Swanson had already set their wedding date. When they joined about 1,000 other gay marriage supporters for an election night party in a Holiday Inn ballroom, they hoped to celebrate the vote that would make it possible.
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November 27, 2009
Scarborough Current - Fri Nov 13, 10:12 am ETGary Crosby stands by the building at 50 Peary Terrace he recently purchased. He has donated space to the Maine Military Museum & Learning Center. Defeated in his quest for a City Council seat and a Willard Beach dog ban, Crosby has moved on to other issues.
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Flash mob protests Maine legislation
The News Record - Tue Nov 10, 6:22 pm ETBy: Carly Tamborski | The News Record Members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning (LGBTQ) and community and allies from the University of Cincinnati protested in a Day of Silence and “flash mob,” Tuesday, Nov. 10, in response to Maine's vote to repeal the le...
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Joseph DiNorcia, Jr.: From California to Maine: Lessons in Reliability and Perseverance
The Huffington Post - Tue Nov 10, 10:40 am ETLast week, almost exactly one year after the California voters stripped same sex couples of their marriage freedoms, Maine, through a ballot initiative, followed suit....
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Panel says new arena a necessity for Bangor
Bangor Daily News - Thu Nov 12, 9:55 pm ETBANGOR, Maine -- A strong consensus of arena implementation committee members said Thursday that approving Phase I of a recent proposal -- specifically, the construction of a new 5,400-seat arena ...
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Maine vote a huge step back for equality and justice
The Carolinian - Tue Nov 10, 1:13 pm ETI was really looking forward to announcing this week that Maine was to become the first state in our nation's history to uphold gay marriage at the ballot box. After all, the political climate was in our favor in the socially liberal, Libertarian-leaning state.
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‘Don't call people bigots just because you disagree with them’
Jewish World Review - Thu Nov 12, 6:52 am EThttp://www.JewishWorldReview.com | On election day, voters in Maine repealed a six-month-old state law authorizing same-sex marriage. Maine was the 31 st state in which the legal definition of marriage was put to a vote, and the 31 st in which voters rejected gay marriage.
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Kittery sewer rates going up $100-plus per year
Portsmouth Herald - Thu Nov 12, 2:06 am ETKITTERY, Maine — The average resident will pay an estimated $134 more per year in sewer bills. The increased rates, approved by the Town Council, are intended to help pay for $4.4 million in improvements to the town's sewage treatment plant...
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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
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