Time out on Maine time zone switch
Courtesy / Renee Cordes
There's no need to switch to Atlantic time yet at the Portland City Hall clock tower, now that a bill that would have eliminated Daylight Savings Time in Maine is off the table.
A bill that would have eliminated Daylight Savings Time in Maine and put the state in a different timezone than most East Coast states is off the table, the Portland Press Herald reported.
LD 203, proposed by state Rep. Donna Bailey, D-Saco, would have done away with the ritual of moving clocks ahead by an hour every spring and setting them back in the fall.
Had it gone ahead, the change would have put Maine into the Atlantic Time Zone with the Canadian Maritime Provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
However, the measure had stipulated that any time zone change would be contingent on New Hampshire and Massachusetts making the change. Massachusetts is reportedly still studying the issue, while the New Hampshire measure was killed in May.
Bailey told the Press Herald that she will remain an advocate for Atlantic time, and hopes the issue will come back next year.
“I am disappointed to see this bill not become law at this time, but I am very pleased that I was able to raise the issue and have people engage in a meaningful discussion about the subject,” she said.
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