AUGUSTA — Walker Cooper scored 17 points and grabbed nine re-bounds to lead the Cony High School boys basketball team past Mt. Ararat 63-49 in an Eastern A game Thursday night.
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Tree tax waiver in spotlight
AUGUSTA — Lawmakers and coastal town officials are calling for tighter limits on the use of a tree-growing property tax exemption that they say is being abused as a tax shelter by wealthy oceanfront landowners.
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Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, plans to walk down the aisle
WASHINGTON — Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine is getting married.
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Water billing mix-up costs Portland big money
Maine’s largest brewery, the Shipyard Brewing Co., has been billed for only a fraction of its sewer usage since 1996, an apparent oversight that has cost the city of Portland hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost revenue annually.
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Committee recommends bias training for all law enforcement
AUGUSTA — All law enforcement officers will be required to get training in cultural diversity and bias-based profiling in 2013 under guidelines adopted by a committee that studied the issue in Maine.
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LePage blasts legislators for ‘stalling’ on budget
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage chastised lawmakers Thursday for not approving his proposed budget by Feb. 1 and asked Maine residents to call their legislators to urge swift action.
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For Maine’s treasurer, money does grow on trees
Just over two weeks ago, in one of his almost-daily email assaults on the Maine State Housing Authority, state Treasurer Bruce Poliquin made a plea on behalf of the beleaguered Maine taxpayer.
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HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL NOTEBOOK: Eagles gear up for bid in tourney
With just three games left in the regular season, there are still a number of scenarios among teams fighting for playoff berths in Eastern Maine Class A.
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Let’s eat: Feb. 4-10
Valentines buffet dinner, 4:30-6 p.m. Saturday, South Parish Congregational Church, 11 Church St.; chicken parmesan, casseroles, beans and more; jazz music with the Forbes Quartet; $7 for adults and $3 for children; 622-0552.
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Local contractor to raze portion of former marina in Belgrade Lakes
BELGRADE LAKES– The Maine Lakes Resource Center has hired a local contractor to raze a section of a former marina building on Mill Stream that houses the post office.