New security requirements including bag checks at entrances and more police made the event prohibitively expensive, organizers say.
August 2013
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Texas woman pleads guilty in Maine bath salts case
The woman was one of four people arrested in January when authorities also seized 18 pounds of the drug with a street value of more than $1.2 million.
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At this year’s Hempfest, cops to hand out Doritos
A Seattle police department has affixed labels to 1,000 bags of Doritos urging people to check out a marijuana Q&A on its website.
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NASA, Navy practicing space capsule recovery in Va.
While commonplace in the early years of manned space flight, the Navy hasn’t been used to recover astronauts since 1975, when the USS New Orleans recovered the Apollo spacecraft.
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Androscoggin jail guard sues sheriff
The lawsuit follows an incident in which the guard became embroiled in a physical altercation with a belligerent maximum security inmate in November.
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Egypt’s Islamists take to streets in ‘Day of Rage’
The government has authorized the use of deadly force against protesters targeting police and state institutions while the international community has urged both sides to show restraint.
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Statewaitson rides
The state of Maine has wide latitude to cancel contracts for the new ride brokers at the center of the MaineCare transportation debacle, but the state official in charge of the program said she’s not ready to broach that topic yet.
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TRAVELIN’ MAINE(RS): Looking for a way to relax? Try a puffin cruise and a stay at Craignair Inn
Egg Rock was covered in colorful puffins and our cruise, followed by dinner and overnight stay at the Craignair Inn, made for a great — and affordable — summer
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MOVIETAKES
“Blue Jasmine” Woody Allen takes a break from comedy in his annual offering, this time focusing on a New York woman (Cate Blanchett) who must move to San Francisco after a serious life crisis. 98 minutes (PG-13)
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J.P. Devine: “2 GUNS” … 2 MYSTERIES
If you’ve ever been to Baltasar Kormakur’s fictional Tres Cruces, Texas, you’ll know how true this is, and you will probably have missed the best doughnuts in the whole state — not the best movie, just the best doughnuts.