Longfellow Elementary School students in the “Fish Friends’ program started with 200 salmon eggs in February.
May 2013
Maine shipyard workers get reprieve from furloughs
Civilian employees at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard are spared 11 unpaid days off.
Holder says he played no role in AP phone subpoena
At a news conference on a separate topics, he says he removed himself from the classified-leak probe because he himself had been interviewed by the FBI as part of the investigation.
Cities favor state tax hikes over LePage budget
The Mayors’ Coalition warns that the governor’s plan would lead to sizable property tax increases.
Company grows with smoked seafood demand
Ducktrap River of Maine is expanding its Belfast plant as the popularity of smoked products increases.
Canadian lobster protests revive memories of 2012
But a Maine Lobstermen’s Association official says market conditions have improved and the Canadian protests have no direct connection to Maine.
Rangeley Lake search comes up empty Tuesday, as lost snowmobiler’s father waits
The Maine Warden Service on Tuesday could not locate the bodies of John Spencer Jr., 41, of Litchfield, and Ken Henderson, 40, of China, both lost in December after going though the ice on Rangeley Lake.
Big 4 cellphone carriers unite on anti-texting ads
AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Sprint and T-Mobile will be joined by 200 other organizations backing the multi-million dollar ‘It Can Wait’ ad campaign.
LePage’s superintendent residency veto stands
Because of the veto, cities and towns can require superintendents to live in their district. Numerous Republicans changed their votes to support LePage.
IG says lax management allowed tea party targeting
The report comes on the same day that Attorney General Eric Holder announced a Justice Department investigation to determine whether IRS officials broke any laws.