Your editorial on Oct. 19, “Radical groups fill void of occupy protests lack of focus, goals,” suggests a narrow understanding of the objectives of the Occupy participants, particularly here in Portland and Augusta. After several visits to both locations, I am convinced that all the identified goals of Occupy Augusta and Portland can be expressed […]
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GEORGE SMITH: Maine needs well-designed plan to help small businesses
Gov. Paul LePage needs to hear from many small business owners and entrepreneurs in his three by-invitation-only conferences to gather ideas that will boost Maine’s sagging economy.
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OUR OPINION: Foolish to forgo 2-year federal grant to test water
The state’s revenue picture has brightened, officials say — $6 million more than expected rolled in during the first quarter of the fiscal year, not to mention $23 million more than the same quarter last year — but budget cutting is still the order of the day.
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Latest developments in global Occupy protests
Some of the latest developments in the Occupy protests taking place in cities across the world: Georgia Police moved into a downtown Atlanta park early Wednesday and arrested around 50 Occupy Wall Street protesters who had been encamped in Woodruff Park for about two weeks. Before police moved in, protesters were warned around midnight to […]
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Riot squads clear Wall St. protests in 2 cities
Business owners, residents and officials are increasingly complaining about crime, sanitation problems and disruptions to business.
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Nurses group to support ‘Occupy’ protesters
The Maine nurses group says it will donate supplies and give a presentation on basic first aid as winter approaches.
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Effort to ID body found in storage unit continues
PORTLAND — Maine State Police say investigators are still working to identify the remains of a woman found in a freezer at a Lewiston storage unit. Spokesman Steve McCausland says the state Medical Examiner’s Office, detectives and the state police crime lab continue to seek answers. He said he did not expect any new […]
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Augusta police investigate Green Street burglary
AUGUSTA — Police are investigating a report of a burglary at a home on Green Street.
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Researchers devise new biofuel process at UMaine
The process can turn forest residue, municipal solid wast and construction waste into a hydrocarbon fuel oil.