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Topsham selectman seat up for grabs in special election

TOPSHAM — Voters on Jan. 15 will decide which of three candidates will replace former Selectman Andrew Mason. Mason stepped down from the Board of Selectmen after his election in state House District 60 last November. One year remains in his three-year term. Mason's former opp...

Alex Lear • News •
Wednesday, January 9, 2013 at 9:50 am

Judge allows Bath to join RSU in defense of lawsuit by West Bath

BATH — With about $1.6 million at stake, the city is joining Regional School Unit 1 in its defense of a lawsuit filed by fellow school district member West Bath. After a hearing Tuesday in Sagadahoc County Superior Court, Justice Andrew Horton decided to allow Bath to intervene in th...

Alex Lear • News •
Wednesday, January 9, 2013 at 9:10 am

Advocates decry holes in safety net for Maine fishing industry

PORTLAND — Advocates said they were baffled when one of the first serious attempts at improving fishing industry safety was stripped down in an annual act passed quietly last month. The 

Will Graff • News •
Tuesday, January 8, 2013 at 9:40 am

Yarmouth legislators push statewide ranked-choice voting

AUGUSTA — So long, spoilers. That's the message two Yarmouth legislators hope to send with legislation aimed at eliminating the chances of electing statewide candidates with less than a majority vote. Freshman Rep. Janice Cooper, D-Yarmouth, and veteran legislator Sen. Dick Wo...

Will Graff • News •
Tuesday, January 8, 2013 at 9:00 am

Maine radio news legend (and lousy car salesman) Mike Audet signs off

SCARBOROUGH — Mike Audet took a simple view of his career in broadcasting. "I went to work, I did my job, I came home,” he said upon retiring last month after more than 50 years on the air in Maine, Arizona and Connecticut. A Waterville native, Audet, 70, first step...

David Harry • News •
Tuesday, January 8, 2013 at 8:30 am

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Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Community Calendar: Jan. 9-20

Greater Portland Bulletin Board Friday 1/11

Community •
Monday, January 7, 2013 at 12:00 pm

Arts Calendar: Jan. 9-20

Greater Portland Auditions & Calls for Art Musica de Filia, auditions for several all-female choirs, Jan. 2-22, 550 Forest Ave., Portland, 807-2158. Tuesday 1/15

Lifestyle •
Monday, January 7, 2013 at 11:20 am

Policy Wonk: Corporate welfare in Maine: Alive, well -- and growing

Fourteen years ago, investigative reporters Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele did a lengthy, four-week series for Time magazine that estimated the federal government “shells out $125 billion a year in corporate welfare.” That number is much larger today. Recently, Lo...

Orlando Delogu • Opinion •
Monday, January 7, 2013 at 10:00 am

The Universal Notebook: Peeved at my own incompetence

Nothing puts me in a foul mood faster than something I can’t fix. That means I’m in a fuming funk a lot of the time, not fit to live with until whatever is broken is either repaired or replaced. At the moment it’s the #*(^%$! roof. The roof over my sunroom office has been...

Edgar Allen Beem • Opinion •
Monday, January 7, 2013 at 9:50 am
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