Maine State Rep. Melissa Walsh Innes

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Yarmouth, Maine, United States

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

MAINE WEEKLY NEWS
ROUNDUP

MAY 3-9, 2009

This is a weekly roundup of about 100 Maine news stories
from a wide variety of major and minor Maine media sources.
They are arranged in several groups such as government, the
 economy and energy to make it easier to find material of interest to you.
The rapid expansion of the entire world of information in this digital age
makes it more and more difficult to stay up to date, so you may find this
useful and informative.

Please click the headline for the full story.

GOVERNENT/POLITICS/LEGISLATURE

Governor Defends Support For Gay Marriage

WMTW.com

People's veto drive under way

Kennebec Journal 
Married gays to gain hundreds of benefits

Kennebec Journal 

State workers decry plan to cut budget

Bangor Daily News 

Statehouse: Mitchell eyes smaller cuts for state workers

Central Maine Morning Sentinel 

At the Legislature: Fireworks issue draws debate (May 7, 2009)

Courier Connection

Agency to study dispatch issues

Central Maine Morning Sentinel 

Baldacci meets with Domtar officials on future of Baileyville mill

Bangor Daily News

Committees Urge Revisions in Baldacci's Budget Plan - 3 ...

MPBN News 

LD 1259: You want fries with that?

Kennebec Journal 

Natural Reconfiguration

Bangor Daily News 

Michaud Says EPA Providing Millions to Clean Up Hazardous Waste Sites

MPBN News

Government workers' salaries to remain public

VillageSoup Belfast 

Legislature should solve the Saco Bay issue

Biddeford Journal Tribune 

Educare center has legislative doubters

Kennebec Journal 

Baldacci Signs Bills to Create Two New License Plates - 5/5/09 3 ...

MPBN News

Maine House Says 'No' to Newborn Drug Testing Bill - 5/8/09 10:22 ...

MPBN News

Vote on sex-offender registry delayed

SunJournal.com 

Portland Businessman to Make Run for Governor - 5/7/09 12:39 PM EST

MPBN News

Cloudy Water Tax Issue

Bangor Daily News 

Bills on prison board, shorter legislative session divide local reps

VillageSoup Belfast 

Panel to consider firefighter institute (May 7, 2009)

Courier Connection 

Stimulus funds for Educare questioned

Central Maine Morning Sentinel 

Budget Cuts Place Children's Group Homes In Perilous Position

MPBN News

Pingree Opens Debate on Mortgage Reform Bill - 5/6/09 3:27 PM EST

MPBN News 

Senate passes specialty animal welfare license plate

VillageSoup Belfast 

Legislative panel digs into border controversy

Brunswick Times Record

Former nurse pushes law to curb superbug

Bangor Daily News

Rail Advocates See Promise In Stimulus Package

MPBN News 

Hard talk on state budget

Brunswick Times Record 

State Retirement System Likely to Need more Cash - 5/5/09 11:37 AM EST

MPBN News

Foreclosure reform

Central Maine Morning Sentinel

Credit card reform appears to be at hand

Biddeford Journal Tribune 

Collins Calls for Tougher Penalties for Pirates - 5/6/09 11:18 AM EST

MPBN News 

Guest editorial: Rights-based ordinance would protect our water

York County Coast Star 

Institutions Line up Against Proposal to Create Higher Education Board

MPBN News

It's time to take fair elections national

Kennebec Journal 

Closure of Bangor psychiatric center proposed to save money

Bangor Daily News

Plan to Close Estate Tax Loophole Generates Debate - 5/4/09 11:20 ...

MPBN News 

Pingree Says Stimulus Payments on the Way to Elderly and Disabled ...

MPBN News

Poland Spring feels the heat in Augusta

MaineToday.com 

Maine poised to grow a new green economy

MaineToday.com

Fix, don't dump, LURC, official says

Bangor Daily News 

Augusta budget worsens

Kennebec Journal

Michaud Pushes for Change in Federal Highway Funding Formula

MPBN News

MERC task force aims for quick, quiet mission

KeepMEcurrent.com

Collins, Snowe pursue defense, other projects for Maine

Kennebec Journal 

Budget Cuts To Hit Human Services Hard

WCSH-TV

Rep. Thibodeau announces $2 million in road projects

VillageSoup Belfast 

Raise the profile of rural Maine

Bangor Daily News

Bill Pushes Smoke Detectors In Maine Homes

WMTW.com

'There's More To Maine' Campaign Unveiled

WCSH-TV

Budget critics flock to State House

Brunswick Times Record

Bills on prison board, shorter legislative session divide local reps

VillageSoup Belfast


ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS

Poverty in Maine likely to worsen

Bangor Daily News 

FairPoint's credit ratings downgraded

Bangor Daily News

Stimulus funding for Maine Arts Recovery

VillageSoup Belfast 

Local Airports to Receive Federal Money

WABI 

Maine poised to grow a new green economy

MaineToday.com

Allen's Coffee Brandy sales increased in '08

Bangor Daily News

Be ready to look across the sea for customers

Bangor Daily News

Auto dealers brace for road ahead

VillageSoup Belfast 

Rail Advocates See Promise In Stimulus Package

MPBN News 

Motivational gurus accentuate positive

Kennebec Journal 

Valley air service hopes to catch on

Bangor Daily News 

RANDOLPH: Recession stops new store plans

Kennebec Journal 

BDN prepares to launch Midcoast Beacon

Bangor Daily News

Rating Downgrade, Service Issues Put FairPoint In The Spotlight Again

MPBN News

Snowe Aims to Help Small Businesses Find Healthcare Coverage

The Exception Magazine 

Health Advocates Push for Another Hike in Cigarette Taxes - 5/5/09 ...

MPBN News 

Down economy complicates investing

MaineToday.com 

Baldacci's Budget Winning over Maine Conservatives

The Exception Magazine

Fairpoint frustrates Internet customers

Bangor Daily News - ‎May 6, 2009‎

FairPoint's Credit Ratings Downgraded
 MPBN News

FairPoint CEO's base pay rises 30 percent
MaineToday.com

FairPoint Customers Unable To Reach Customer Service
 WMTW.com

Bean layoffs exceed 200

Brunswick Times Record 

Proposed Penny Tax On Bottled Water Draws Opposition From Poland ...

MPBN News

Family to reopen Brownville landmark

Bangor Daily News 

New coaster to highlight park's 43rd season

KeepMEcurrent.com 

AUGUSTA: Going, going ... GONE!

Kennebec Journal

Ad campaign: 'There's more to Maine'

Central Maine Morning Sentinel 

Foreclosure reform

Central Maine Morning Sentinel

CMP union rejects contract, authorizes strike

MaineToday.com 

Cloudy Water Tax Issue

Bangor Daily News

Loophole or Lifeline? Tax Credit for Paper Industry Sparks ...

MPBN News

Bucksport mill starts up after 3-week upgrade effort

Bangor Daily News

Lincoln idles paper machine, furloughs workers

Bangor Daily News

Grim-faced workers leave silent mill

Bangor Daily News 

Maine's economic growth relies on education

Kennebec Journal

Recession may be slowing

SunJournal.com 

Auto dealers brace for road ahead

VillageSoup Belfast 

Preti Flaherty Lawyer Discusses Fate of Maine Dealers in Chrysler ...

MPBN News 

Foreclosure reform

Central Maine Morning Sentinel 



ENERGY/ENVIRONMENT/WILDLIFE

Speculation may be cause of sharp gas price spike

VillageSoup Belfast

Maine poised to grow a new green economy

MaineToday.com 

High School eyes wood-chip furnace

SunJournal.com

Wood seen as viable heating source for some public buildings here

Bethel Citizen 

MERC task force aims for quick, quiet mission

KeepMEcurrent.com 

EPA Confirms Most Corn Ethanol Worsens Global Warming Pollution

Common Dreams

Industrial past endures (May 7, 2009)

Register Your Thoughts

Energy ideas spark Cape workshop

KeepMEcurrent.com

Local Eighth Graders Race Solar Cars

WABI 

Price for heating oil down 4 cents in Maine

MaineToday.com 

Electric heating up

MaineToday.com 

Sitting down, face-to-face

Biddeford Journal Tribune

Pew report promotes new fishery management tool

knox.VillageSoup.com 

Natural Reconfiguration

Bangor Daily News

Heat held captive in 'passive' houses

Bethel Citizen 

Geothermal heat program highlights Chewonki conference

Brunswick Times Record

CFL Recycling

Bangor Daily News 

Is it really that bad to produce less trash?

Biddeford Journal Tribune 

A Rising Tide

Bangor Daily News

Maine ban on patio smoking headed for enactment

Bangor Daily News 

Wind industry troubled despite recent growth

SunJournal.com

Roundabouts better solution than rotaries

Kennebec Journal 

Mercury in Fish Predicted To Soar

Common Dreams

Feds demand more shellfish oversight

Bangor Daily News

Abuzz in bee study

Bangor Daily News

Permaculture sustainable in South Africa and Maine

VillageSoup Belfast 

Wind Power Installations Up 29 Percent in 2008

Common Dreams

Couple shares way of life

SunJournal.com

Rule Could Increase Value Of Fishery

WCSH-TV

Oil Prices Rally Again Despite Massive Supply

WMTW.com 

Soft plastic lures harm Maine fish

Bangor Daily News

Smaller loads shift turbine transit plan

VillageSoup Belfast 

Biofuels Slated to Receive More than $400 Billion in Federal Subsidies

Common Dreams

TechMaine is Conducting the Maine Technology Skills Census

MaineToday.com 

Maine lab detects pollution threat to whales

Bangor Daily News 

Unity College establishes ties with Sustainable Harvest International

VillageSoup Belfast

Grants fund stream life study

Brunswick Times Record 


HEALTH/HEALTH CARE/HOSPITALS/NURSES

School system issues latest update on swine flu

Independent Publishing Group

Now's the time to prepare for a real pandemic

KeepMEcurrent.com

Incidents of Lyme disease on the rise in Maine

Bangor Daily News

Health Care Center Closed For Second Time This Week

WCSH-TV

Agencies penalize Machias hospital

Bangor Daily News 

Nurses at Forefront of Lobby Day and Rally for Single-Payer

Common Dreams

EPA issues warning for flea treatment

Bangor Daily News 

Blueberry study finds cardiovascular benefit

Bangor Daily News

Students idled by outbreak (May 8, 2009)

Kennebunk-Kennebunkport Post

Stimulus: Help for interim

Central Maine Morning Sentinel 

Millinocket, Lincoln hospitals get funding for helipad development

Bangor Daily News

Hundreds of Nurses Mark New "Nursing Super Union"

Common Dreams

New Health Center Under Construction In Portland

WCSH-TV

Doctors Protest Exclusion of Single-Payer at Senate Finance Committee

Common Dreams

Legislators Eyeing Possible Closure Of Psychiatric Hospital To ...

MPBN News

Health careers summer camp planned

The Original Irregular 

Mobile Health Unit visits announced

The Original Irregular

H1N1 pandemic draws local concern

The Original Irregular 

AIDS walk gives disease visibility, raises money

Bangor Daily News

Former nurse pushes law to curb superbug

Bangor Daily News

Snowe Aims to Help Small Businesses Find Healthcare Coverage

The Exception Magazine

Meeting takes on health care reform

SunJournal.com 

Feds confirm Maine flu case; total remains 7

Bangor Daily News

Health Advocates Push for Another Hike in Cigarette Taxes - 5/5/09 ...

MPBN News

Nine Employees Brought To The Hospital With CO Poisoning

WCSH-TV 

Free orthopedic, burn screening clinic offered

The Original Irregular

Bridgton Academy student may have swine flu

KeepMEcurrent.com

County stays alert to swine-flu threat

SunJournal.com

H1N1 Flu Virus Supplies Now In Maine

WCSH-TV

Martin's Point to start work on new building

MaineToday.com 

Some Mainers Reconsidering Trips To Mexico

WMTW.com 


SENIORS/MEDICARE/DIRIGO HEALTH

$250 Checks Distributed to Maine Seniors, Veterans and SSI Recipients

The Exception Magazine

Job Opportunities For Seniors

WCSH-TV

Pingree Says Stimulus Payments on the Way to Elderly and Disabled ...

MPBN News 

Blueberry study finds cardiovascular benefit

Bangor Daily News 

Medicare For All

WMTW.com

Budget critics flock to State House

Brunswick Times Record 

SeniorsPlus opens new lunch sites

SunJournal.com 

Stimulus Gives Incentives for E-Health Records

WCSH-TV

Company Helps Hospital Patients Eat More

WMTW.com 

Health insurers offer to halt higher premiums for women

SunJournal.com 

Take AARP's driver course

SunJournal.com 


LABOR/EMPLOYMENT/JOBS

Stimulus: Help for interim

Central Maine Morning Sentinel

STATEHOUSE Mitchell eyes smaller cuts for state workers

Central Maine Morning Sentinel 

CMP union rejects contract, authorizes strike

MaineToday.com

Real Unemployment at 15.8%: Highest Level Since ADA Began Tracking

Common Dreams

Obama Praises Mainer

Down East 

Maine Bill to Hide Public Employee Names Defeated Unanimously

The Exception Magazine

Veterans Voice Support For Employee Free Choice Act

MPBN News 

Lincoln idles paper machine, furloughs workers

Bangor Daily News

Seminar For Seasoned Workers

WCSH-TV

Grim-faced workers leave silent mill

Bangor Daily News

US grant will assist workers in Maine

York County Coast Star

Government workers' salaries to remain public

VillageSoup Belfast 

Newspapers Create Job Search Website

WCSH-TV 

Bean layoffs exceed 200

Brunswick Times Record 

Recession may be slowing

SunJournal.com

Layoffs May Ease, But New Jobs Scarce

WMTW.com

Workplace Resources: Free Webinars & Seminars

MaineToday.com

Older Workers Embrace Career Change, Less Stress

WMTW.com 

U-Maine System Facing Tough Times

WABI

Canada adds jobs in April, analysts expected loss

SunJournal.com

Spring fair draws 900 job seekers

Bangor Daily News

TechMaine is Conducting the Maine Technology Skills Census

MaineToday.com 

Boston Globe: Newspaper Reaches Deal With Union

WCSH-TV

State workers decry plan to cut budget

Bangor Daily News



EDUCATION/SCHOOLS/COLLEGES

U-Maine System Facing Tough Times

WABI 

Maine's economic growth relies on education

Kennebec Journal 

School system issues latest update on swine flu

Independent Publishing Group

Students idled by outbreak (May 8, 2009)

Kennebunk-Kennebunkport Post 

Education Committee Considers Charter Schools

MPBN News 

Collins urges Unity grads to fight climate change

Bangor Daily News

Local Eighth Graders Race Solar Cars

WABI 

Educare center has legislative doubters

Kennebec Journal 

TEMPLE Connecting students to the land

Central Maine Morning Sentinel

Judge orders votes on closing schools

Bangor Daily News

Merged school district under tight budget deadline

KeepMEcurrent.com 

Institutions Line up Against Proposal to Create Higher Education Board

MPBN News

More Headed To The Classroom

WCSH-TV 

Unity College establishes ties with Sustainable Harvest International

VillageSoup Belfast 

Exchange program seeks hosts

Kennebec Journal 

Press Conference: Edward Little faces loss of accreditation

MaineToday.com

UMaine Professor Named Fellow for Contributions to Food Science

The University of Maine - ‎May 7, 2009‎

Parents Question Use Of Stimulus Money

WCSH-TV

College chiefs split on need for dialogue about drinking age

Central Maine Morning Sentinel 


LAW/COURTS/PRISONS/POLICE

Federal funds to buy police cruisers

Central Maine Morning Sentinel

Prisoners hungry for TV, radio

SunJournal.com

Senate passes distracted driver law; House to vote today

VillageSoup Belfast 

Getting by: Lawyers give free advice (May 7, 2009)

Courier Connection 

Inmates' best friend

Bangor Daily News

Somerset commissioners approve sale of jail

Central Maine Morning Sentinel 

Bills on prison board, shorter legislative session divide local reps

VillageSoup Belfast 

Manager balks at jail payrolls costs

Biddeford Journal Tribune 

Mills good, bad on first deadly force report

Central Maine Morning Sentinel 

Activists seek files from police

Bangor Daily News 

Bill Seeks To Prohibit Racial Profiling By Police

MPBN News

New Portland Police Chief Gets To Work

WCSH-TV

State police investigate prisoner's death

VillageSoup Belfast

Judge orders votes on closing schools

Bangor Daily News 

somerset grist mill soon to roll out bread

Central Maine Morning Sentinel 

Agency to study dispatch issues

Central Maine Morning Sentinel 

Counties clarify arrangement for housing prisoners

SunJournal.com

Vote on sex-offender registry delayed

SunJournal.com

Supermax Inmates Go On Hunger Strike

MPBN News

Follow LifeFlight

Bangor Daily News

Restorative Justice applauds life-changers

VillageSoup Belfast 



 

 

 

 

 

 

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