People rake, scoop and stuff leaves into bags in Lewiston Monday afternoon.
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Posted inElection 2024, Maine
Fayette to hold final hearing before vote on Starling Hall’s future
A public hearing at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Fayette Central School gymnasium serves as a final chance to sway voters for those campaigning for and against a Nov. 5 referendum on the sale of the historic building.
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Cumberland County corrections officer sues sheriff, county manager over firing
Vinal Thompson was acquitted of criminal charges and returned to work at the jail in April. Now he has filed a federal lawsuit alleging the sheriff wrongfully fired him three years ago.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Skowhegan development group receives $200,000 grant to help Maine Grains, others
The grant from the Henry P. Kendall Foundation is expected to help fund equipment to allow Maine Grains in Skowhegan to turn local milling, cheesemaking, seaweed, blueberry and soy byproducts into high-fiber, high-protein packaged goods for sale to schools.
Posted inNews
Harpswell’s Halfway Rock lighthouse preservationist receives Maritime History Service Award
On Oct. 24, Ford Reiche attended the National Maritime Historical Society’s Annual Awards Dinner, where he was honored for preserving a piece of Maine’s rich seafaring history.
Posted inBusiness, Food, Nation / World
McDonald’s Quarter Pounder back on the menu after testing rules out beef patties as E. coli source
The Food and Drug Administration believes that slivered onions from a single supplier are the likely source of contamination, McDonald’s said in a statement.
Posted inFood, Maine
Local restaurateurs to open tavern in downtown Brunswick
The owners of Linden + Front in Bath and Sundrenched in Harpswell plan to take over the former home of Joshua’s on Maine Street.
Posted inMaine, News, River Valley, Rumford Falls Times
Parents learn how to properly install car seats at Mexico event
Corey Perreault, child passenger safety instructor, said, We find that about 80% of car seats are misused on a regular basis. In some cases, that misuse could be harmful to the child should there be an accident.”
Posted inElection 2024, Nation / World, News, Politics
Philly DA sues to stop Elon Musk’s $1 million voter giveaway in Pennsylvania
The suit is the first legal action challenging the controversial sweepstakes launched earlier this month by the X and Tesla executive’s America PAC.
Posted inNation / World, News
North Korea has sent about 10,000 troops to Russia to fight in Ukraine, Pentagon says
NATO said some of the North Korean troops have already been deployed in the Kursk border region, where Russia has been struggling to push back a Ukrainian incursion.