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It’s no secret that the University of Maine System is cash poor these days. But that’s no excuse for playing fast and loose with our community about disposition of a

Gov. Janet Mills' proposal to require background checks for some private firearm sales gives new momentum to an idea that has been defeated multiple times. But political analysts say proponents still will have to overcome Maine's tradition of hunting and gun ownership.

AUGUSTA — Sen. Chip Curry, D-Waldo, on Jan. 23 introduced LD 2087, “An Act to Protect Property Owners by Preventing the Use of Eminent Domain to Build Transmission Lines Under

“The Hutchinson Center, was, is, and should remain a community facility.”

Mainers appeared in Augusta on Wednesday to defend their right to private property during a public hearing on a bill which would prevent the state from forcibly seizing private land for the construction of a high-power transmission line. The controversial transmission line, which is without a developer following LS Power’s decision to pull out of the project, would theoretically connect Massachusetts renewable energy customers to a proposed wind farm 92 percent owned by foreign investors.