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Hoping to break gridlock, Alfond invites LePage to dinner
… Alfond sent LePage a handwritten note Thursday inviting the governor and his wife, Ann, to dinner with Alfond and his wife, Rachael, “at a place of your choosing.” … Click here to read more from Portland Press Herald.
Justin Alfond extends olive branch offering to Gov. LePage
… The new democratic president of the Maine Senate Justin Alfond has sent LePage a note inviting him and Mrs. LePage to dinner at a location of their choosing. The invite follows LePage’s cancellation Tuesday of a meeting with incoming democratic legislative leaders. … Click here to read more from WGME.
Legislators take oath, LePage takes aim
… Newly elected Senate President Justin Alfond of Portland and House Speaker Mark Eves of North Berwick vowed to work with their Republican colleagues, who lost legislative majorities in November’s elections. … Click here to read more from Kennebec Journal.
President of the Maine Senate Justin Alfond with Gov. LePage at the podium on the day of the swearing in of the 126th legislature
… President of the Maine Senate Justin Alfond with Gov. LePage at the podium on the day of the swearing in of the 126th legislature … Click here to read more from Maine Insights.
Alfond, Eves ready to oversee Maine Legislature
… AUGUSTA — The personal journeys of Justin Alfond and Mark Eves are so divergent that it may be difficult to imagine how their paths could ever intersect. … Click here to read more from Morning Sentinel.Â
Portland’s Alfond promises benevolent Maine Senate presidency
… “The Democratic Party and I are now partners with the governor,” Sen. Justin Alfond, D-Portland, said after his nomination last week to become president of the Senate. “I look forward to working with (LePage), sharing my agenda with him, and finding common ground. … Click here to read more from The Forecaster.
