The Board of Commissioners enacts a 180-day moratorium on a policy that would prohibit tenants from having, using or growing medical marijuana in Section 8 housing.
Leslie Bridgers
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Leslie Bridgers is a columnist for the Portland Press Herald, writing about Maine culture, customs and the things we notice and wonder about in our everyday lives. Originally from Connecticut, Leslie came to Maine by way of Bowdoin College and never left. She joined the Portland Press Herald in 2011 as a reporter and spent seven years as the paper’s features editor, overseeing coverage of arts, entertainment and food.
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Maine State Housing Authority to revisit medical marijuana decision
Don LaRouche believes he has a right to continue growing and smoking marijuana in the trailer he rents in Madison with the assistance of a Section 8 voucher.
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Their ship has come in
The World, an enclave of the wealthy, drops anchor in Rockland before heading to Portland on Sunday.
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Yellow car stickers indicate medical history
In the next six months, as many as 15,000 cars in Cumberland County could be sporting round yellow stickers on their back windshields, indicating that information about the driver’s medical history can be found inside.
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Yellow DOT medical program on the way
In the next six months, as many as 15,000 cars in Cumberland County could be sporting round yellow stickers on their back windshields, indicating that information about the driver’s medical history can be found inside.
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Missing bird hunter found safe in Houlton area
Maine Warden Service and others had been searching for Ralph Bubar, 77, of Linneus since Saturday.
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UMaine trustees propose deal for 2-year freeze on in-state tuition
Tuition for in-state undergraduates in the University of Maine System will not increase for the next two years, as long as the state doesn’t cut its funding.
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UMaine system extends tuition freeze – on one condition
Tuition will not increase as long as the state doesn’t cut the UMaine system’s funding, trustees say.
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Back Cove walkers raise $140,000 to cure type 1 diabetes
About 750 people converge on Payson Park for the Maine walk, one of seven in New England and 300 across the nation.
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Westbrook woman, 61, oldest ever to swim across Tsugaru Strait
In 19 hours and 36 minutes, Pat Gallant-Charette swims 33 miles, starting from the island of Honshu and reaching the island of Hokkaido in the middle of the night.