Such a measure for physician-assisted suicide fell far short in the Legislature, but backers plan a petition drive.
2017
Posted inBusiness, Life & Culture, Lifestyle, Maine, News, Source
Western Kennebec County towns look for ways to keep farmers on farms
After Winslow successfully launched a similar program, Manchester, Winthrop and Monmouth are looking for ways to lower taxes or protect farmland so it doesn’t get developed.
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Posted inNation & World, Politics
Arizona Republican Sen. Jeff Flake, a Trump critic, won’t seek re-election
He says he fears that current impulses ‘to threaten and scapegoat’ will turn Republicans into a ‘fearful, backward- looking party.’
Posted inBusiness, Maine, New England
Rule changes will allow scallop fishing in state waters
Federal regulators say making the change in Maine and Massachusetts won’t have an adverse effect on the fishery.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, Politics
Nonprofit sues LePage seeking release of federal workforce training funds
Coastal Counties Workforce Inc. contends that the governor and his labor commissioner are violating federal law by rejecting federal workforce training funds.
Posted inMaine, News
Former Prime Tanning site target of arson twice
The fires cause extensive smoke damage in a former industrial building.
Posted inMaine, News
Winslow dogs’ euthanasia order upheld by state’s highest court
The two dogs were involved in a fatal attack on another dog in August 2016.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime
Maine police seek new information in 1990 death
Investigators have never been able to establish the identity of a man whose body was found off Schoodic Point.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime
Three Ellsworth High students expelled, face charges of unlawful sexual touching
The school board expels the boys Monday night after an incident at the school on Oct. 4, according to the district superintendent.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Farmingdale man convicted of aggravated drunken driving in Chelsea crash
Rowe L. Palmer remains free on bail pending sentencing after a crash that was so serious, he and a couple in another vehicle had to be cut free from their mangled trucks.