The board also approved an Aug. 9 public hearing date on a November ballot question about changing elective positions to appointive ones.
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Posted inFood, Maine, News
Co-chefs will take the helm at Scales
When the executive chef of the popular seafood restaurant leaves later this summer, the sous chef and pastry chef will take over.
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Posted inNation & World, News
Infomercial actress who played psychic Miss Cleo dies at 53
Youree Dell Harris asked TV viewers to call her. Nearly 6 million did and were charged about $60 each, the FTC says.
Posted inGolf, Sports
Ted Brown’s rocky golf journey goes smoothly in Augusta
Canadian hadn’t played competitively in 2016 before coming to Maine.
Posted inGolf, Sports
VIDEO: Ted Brown wins Maine Open
Ted Brown talks about winning his first Charlie’s Maine Open
Posted inBusiness, Lifestyle
Craft breweries use beer tap handles to grab attention
Some beer drinkers can be swayed by an intriguing handle, and that matters as more craft breweries crowd the market.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Cain says Democrats ‘ultimately coming together’ despite convention tension
The candidate for Maine’s 2nd District U.S. House seat advocates more election process transparency but doesn’t see tension between the Sanders and Clinton campaigns hurting the party or her race against Republican U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin.
Posted inMaine, News
Moratorium sought on supertankers carrying ‘tar sands’ oil in U.S. waters
TransCanada’s plan to pipe the heavy crude to Saint John for shipping down the East Coast raises spill concerns in Maine and elsewhere.
Posted inPolitics
Maine delegation casts 18 votes for Sanders, 12 for Clinton
Democratic Party Chairman Phil Bartlett announces the vote from the convention floor.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Augusta police officers patrolling downtown on bicycle
The program is an attempt to improve public safety and community relations.