AUGUSTA — A federal decision to stop paying for some mental health services for jail inmates will cost the state an additional $10.5 million next year, lawmakers learned Wednesday.
March 2012
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College not for everyone, LePage tells youths
WATERVILLE — The governor addressed about 150 eighth-graders Wednesday and told them college isn’t necessarily the right choice for everyone.
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Firefighters contracts to be ratified
AUGUSTA — New contracts with firefighters are up for ratification by city councilors tonight.
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Priest accepts Courage post out of desire to help
I’m writing in response to the Kennebec Journal Feb. 3 article, “Maine gets Ministry that Supports Gays Wishing to Change.” I believe that my letter is indeed of general public interest. The Rev. Kevin Martin of St. Michaels Parish has graciously and unselfishly accepted the leadership of ministry, out of love of God and the […]
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China planners seek input on septic program
CHINA — Planning Board members almost backed out of their assigned task of revising the shoreland septic system compliance program that voters approved in 2009.
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Social-services agency restructuring unveiled
AUGUSTA — Mainers requiring social services would get them in a more coordinated and seamless fashion, with more emphasis on their long-term and overall needs, if a plan unveiled Wednesday to restructure the state’s social-services agency wins legislative approval.
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Armed standoff at paper mill ends
JAY — Armed with a shotgun, a former employee of Verso Paper’s Androscoggin Mill took the mill manager hostage, then surrendered after a nearly 10-hour standoff Wednesday, according to the Department of Public Safety.
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Voters reject borrowing for pipelines
MADISON — Residents rejected on Tuesday a proposal to allow the town to borrow up to $72 million to build natural gas distribution lines in town.