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MainePORTLANDPeter Wolf to perform with Portland Symphony
Rocker Peter Wolf says he's looking forward to trying some home-brewed beer and good wine when he arrives in Maine for a gig with the Portland Symphony Orchestra.Wolf, the former frontman for the J. Geils Band, will narrate Igor Stravinsky's theatrical work "A Soldier's Tale" during Sunday's program at Merrill Auditorium.
RUMFORDDeveloper: Proposed wind farm site is too windy
A wind-power company says a western Maine site it's been looking at is too windy for turbines. First Wind's Matthew Kearns told a public meeting in Rumford on Thursday that its proposed Longfellow wind farm on Black Mountain and North and South Twin mountains may not be viable.The Sun Journal of Lewiston quotes Kearns as saying First Wind's studies so far show that gusts atop Black Mountain are too strong for turbine engineering to handle, and that's a problem for wind turbine bearings.
OXFORDLocal officials endorse casino in western Maine
Elected officials in Oxford have endorsed by a 5-0 vote a proposal to build a resort and casino in the western Maine town.The Board of Selectmen voted Thursday night to support the plan put forth by Black Bear Entertainment LLC. The company is gathering signatures to put the casino proposal before voters in the November 2010 election.
PORTLANDWolffish doesn't need federal protection
A deep-water fish that's known as much for its ugly mug as its ability to gobble up whole urchins and crabs in a few swift chomps won't be getting federal protection after all.The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Friday that the Atlantic wolffish isn't in danger of extinction nor is it likely to become endangered anytime soon.
ROCKLANDMaine's Farnsworth Art Museum hires new director
The Farnsworth Art Museum in Maine is hiring the longtime director of a Maryland museum to take its top spot.Christopher Brownawell has agreed to become the Farnsworth director beginning Feb. 1. The museum in Rockland is one of Maine's most prominent museums, with a gallery and study center devoted to the Maine-related work of artists N.C., Andrew and Jamie Wyeth.
PORTLANDMaine becomes 5th state to allow pot dispensaries
Voters approved a referendum making Maine the fifth state to allow retail pot dispensaries, but medical marijuana advocates say it won't become like California, where hundreds of marijuana shops have popped up and come under critical scrutiny.California, Colorado, New Mexico and Rhode Island allow for places where medical marijuana patients can legally buy pot. Maine voters gave their approval Tuesday, 59 percent to 41 percent.
PORTLANDGay marriage backers vow to keep up fight in Maine
Supporters of a gay marriage law rejected by voters took heart Wednesday in the 47 percent they received in a referendum that drew a turnout close to what's seen in a presidential election year.Leaders of the campaign that tried unsuccessfully to prevent the scuttling of Maine's gay marriage law vowed to continue what they termed a civil rights struggle. But what form their effort will take is not yet known.
PORTLANDDejection fills ballroom after gay marriage vote
Cecelia Burnett and Ann Swanson had already set their wedding date. When they joined about 1,000 other gay marriage supporters for an election night party in a Holiday Inn ballroom, they hoped to celebrate the vote that would make it possible.Instead, they went home at midnight, dejected and near tears after a failed bid to make Maine the first state to approve same-sex marriage at the ballot box.
BANGORMaine utility reports copper theft from substation
Bangor Hydro Electric Co. says copper wire's been stolen from one of its substations.Utility crews finished making repairs from an earlier wire theft on Friday evening. When they returned Monday, work crews discovered the thieves had returned to steal the newly installed copper wire from the substation in its northern service territory.
PORTLANDMaine gay marriage push to continue
Supporters of the gay marriage law that was rejected at the polls by Maine voters are taking heart in the 47 percent their side received in a referendum that drew an unexpectedly high turnout.With more than 200 supporters as a backdrop, leaders of the campaign that sought unsuccessfully to prevent the scuttling of Maine's gay marriage law said they are not quitting what they termed a civil rights struggle. But what form their effort will take is not yet known.
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