WASHINGTON — The Senate passed legislation Wednesday that preserves a key federal funding source for the Downeaster train service between Portland and Boston.
March 2012
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Judicial candidate faces Senate panel
WASHINGTON — Saying he “reveres the rule of law,” William Kayatta Jr. told Senate Judiciary Committee members Wednesday that his rulings will be bound by legal precedent and recognize a federal judge’s limited powers if he is confirmed to fill Maine’s seat on the U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals.
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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT: Vols’ seniors get last shot
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Pat Summitt said while she may or may not coach after this year, she’ll worry about her future at another time.
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Restructuring aims to streamline DHHS
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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MEN’S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT: Vanderbilt meets Harvard in East regional
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — It’s one thing to be the Harvard of the South. It’s another thing to be Harvard.
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Baldacci says no
Former Gov. John Baldacci withdrew from the U.S. Senate race Wednesday, leaving the Democrats without a candidate with statewide visibility and the filing deadline hours away.
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House kills Clean Elections matching funds
AUGUSTA — The House of Representatives voted Wednesday to eliminate public matching funds for Clean Election Act candidates who get outspent by privately funded opponents.
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Federal ruling on mental health care to cost state $10.5 million
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.
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School registrations set for Fairfield
FAIRFIELD — Fairfield Primary School will hold kindergarten registration Tuesday, April 24, and Wednesday, April 25, for children in the Fairfield, Benton, Hinckley and Shawmut area. Children must be 5 years old on or before Oct. 15, 2012, to be enrolled in kindergarten. To schedule an appointment, call the school office at 453-4220 between 7:30 a.m. and 4 p.m.
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Flea market to benefit Madison fire victims
MADISON — A flea market to benefit the Carrigan-Maynard family, whose home burned in a fire will be held 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday at the Veterans of Foreign Wars building on Preble Avenue.