Voters will now decide whether to borrow $12 million to replenish two loan programs for small businesses.
May 2014
Posted inNews, Politics
Veto battle finds support for LePage in Augusta
A frantic session sees 32 of Gov. Paul LePage’s 48 vetoes upheld, but a key $32 million budget veto is overridden.
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Posted inNews
Sugarloaf to end skiing season Saturday
The mountain is the last one in Maine to close.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
U.S. consumer spending surged in March
Americans spent at the fastest pace in 4 1/2 years.
Posted inNation & World, News
Famous bidders already lining up for LA Clippers
Floyd Mayweather Jr., Oprah, Sean Combs and Matt Damon are on the list of potential buyers.
Posted inNation & World, News
Dylan’s ‘Like a Rolling Stone’ heads to auction
The estimated value of the hand-written draft is at least $1 million.
Posted inNews
New England power supply OK for summer, even in heat wave
There should be an adequate supply of electricity despite the closure of several power stations.
Posted inNews
Ash borer showing up again in New Hampshire
the pest has chewed hundreds of millions of ash trees on a destructive rampage through 22 states.
Posted inNation & World, News
Florida jail explosion kills 2, injures 184
‘It was like a movie, a horrible, horrible movie,’ says one inmate after an apparent gas explosion causes immmense damage.
Posted inNews
Man receives 16-year sentence for bringing crack cocaine to Maine
Markevin Faucette was arrested in 2013 while leaving the Maine Turnpike.