One fire was started by an improperly discarded cigarette, and the other is believed to have started by heat tape wrapped around a pipe.
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Posted inNation / World, Politics
Last actions Biden team will take before Trump takes over White House
Here are some of the moves the administration is taking now.
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Posted inMaine, News
Augusta considers exchange program that pays to get used needles off the streets
The city could partner with a needle exchange program to offer people 5 cents for each used needle they turn in.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News, River Valley
Judge sets bail at $75,000 for Rumford man charged with attempted murder and arson
Police say Billy Morvent crashed his truck Nov. 5 into a nearby home, set it on fire and fired at people there.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Maine
Winter’s aglow in this garden wonderland
It’s the 10th anniversary of Gardens Aglow at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens. The light show has attracted 780,000 visitors to Boothbay, who wind through a mile of pathways adorned by more than 750,000 high-efficiency LED lights – about 66 miles of lights if laid end-to-end. Photos by staff photographer Ben McCanna.
Posted inNation / World, Politics
Trump picks his personal lawyers for powerful Justice Dept. posts
Attorneys who defended President-elect Donald Trump in his trials were chosen to oversee the agency that conducted the federal investigations.
Posted inNation / World, Politics
Trump looks to bypass Senate for polarizing Cabinet picks
Experts say the president-elect, in pushing for recess appointments, is asking the Senate to abdicate its constitutional duty to confirm or reject executive branch nominees.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Photo album: Auburn man decks his halls with Christmas cheer
Roland Bergeron decorates his Auburn home for the holidays with treasured Christmas memorabilia as a family tradition.
Posted inMaine, News
Maine’s top court wants specific disciplinary recommendations for justice who failed to recuse herself
The state’s Committee on Judicial Conduct recommended that Maine Supreme Judicial Court Justice Catherine Connors be sanctioned for participating in foreclosure cases that posed a conflict of interest.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News, Oxford Hills
Peru man denies Jan. 6-related crimes
Thomas Bordeau Sr. faces four misdemeanor charges in connection to Capitol siege.