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  • Published
    July 12, 2011

    State voids prison deal

    THOMASTON — Gov. Paul LePage suspended sales of state property Monday in response to a finding by Attorney General William Schneider that the sale of three state-owned houses in Thomaston to the warden of the Maine State Prison violated state law.

  • Published
    July 12, 2011

    Sale of state property to warden suspended

    THOMASTON — Gov. Paul LePage suspended sales of state property Monday in response to a finding by Attorney General William Schneider that the sale of three state-owned houses in Thomaston to the warden of the Maine State Prison violated state law.

  • Published
    July 9, 2011

    State review of Thomaston deal in progress

    A legislative panel has been asked to investigate the state’s sale of three houses and 5.2 acres in Thomaston to a state official for less than half of the property’s taxable value. No one else had a chance to bid on the property because it wasn’t marketed.

  • Published
    July 9, 2011

    Panel to review prison warden’s land buy

    A legislative panel has been asked to investigate the state’s sale of three houses and 5.2 acres in Thomaston to a state official for less than half of the property’s taxable value. No one else had a chance to bid on the property because it wasn’t marketed.

  • Published
    April 16, 2011

    Violette steers clear

    AUGUSTA — Only a small percentage of the gift cards purchased by the Maine Turnpike Authority for donations to civic groups ever went to the organizations, a state investigator told a bipartisan legislative oversight panel on Friday.

  • Published
    April 16, 2011

    TURNPIKE PROBE: Civic groups didn’t get to use most cards

    AUGUSTA — Only a small percentage of the gift cards purchased by the Maine Turnpike Authority for donations to civic groups ever went to the organizations, a state investigator told a bipartisan legislative oversight panel on Friday.

  • Published
    April 15, 2011

    Toll collectors feel drivers’ wrath

    AUGUSTA — Jay Colby, who has worked as a toll collector for the Maine Turnpike Authority for 32 years, said he has never seen motorists so angry.

  • Published
    April 15, 2011

    Former MTA chief traveled in high style on agency’s dime

    AUGUSTA — Charges on the credit cards the Maine Turnpike Authority issued to Executive Director Paul Violette show the style in which he traveled as he met with bankers, engineers and toll organizations in North America and Europe.

  • Published
    April 15, 2011

    Collecting tolls, and anger, on turnpike

    AUGUSTA — Jay Colby, who has worked as a toll collector for the Maine Turnpike Authority for 32 years, said he has never seen motorists so angry.

  • Published
    April 14, 2011
    Paul Violette

    Former turnpike boss globetrotted in posh style

    AUGUSTA — Charges on the credit cards the Maine Turnpike Authority issued to Executive Director Paul Violette show the style in which he traveled as he met with bankers, engineers and toll organizations in North America and Europe.