A new $300,000 donation and the hiring of people to circulate petitions point to a push to get a referendum question on the 2017 ballot.
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Thunderstorms knock out power to 13,000 in southern Maine
York County experiences the brunt of outages after trees and limbs come down.
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York County Republican leader keeps post after apology to Saco legislator
But the target of Jim Booth’s email says he’s ‘very disappointed’ the county Republican committee did not request Booth’s resignation for statements he viewed as anti-gay.
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York County Republican leader criticized for email denigrating gay lawmaker
The email sent to party activists urging someone to oppose Rep. Justin Chenette of Saco refers to the Democrat as ‘Little Justine.’
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Growers find ways to weather this summer’s lack of rainfall
With over half of Maine drier than normal or experiencing drought, irrigation systems are coming in handy.
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Veteran charged in Shapleigh standoff ordered held without bail
Robert W. Ferrera III, a former Army Ranger who served in Afghanistan, is accused of endangering his father with a gun and firing 18 rounds from a semiautomatic weapon.
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Air quality report lauds Bangor, flunks York County
Cumberland County drops from a ‘C’ to a ‘D’ grade in the annual ‘State of the Air’ report on ground-level ozone and particulate pollution by the American Lung Association.