Being unsafe just got more expensive. In the first increase in 26 years, Occupational Safety and Health Administration fines just went up 78 percent. Last year, OSHA levied $2.5 million in initial fines in Maine. The increase was prompted by Congress, which told agencies such as OSHA to increase fine amounts annually for inflation going […]
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Maine loons helping rebuild Mass. loon population
WINDHAM — The common loon’s haunting wail that pierced the dusk on Massachusetts lakes disappeared long ago. Today, the birds number fewer than 50 pairs in the Bay State and conservationists are hoping to rebuild their population, starting with a handful of chicks from Maine and New York. The Restore the Call program at the […]
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Maine EBT phone number sends callers to sex line
Only he hadn’t. In a misprint on some cards, the number to report a lost or stolen card to the Maine Department of Health and Human Services is actually the number of a phone sex line for women. It’s one digit off from the DHHS Customer Service number. When called, the incorrect line immediately picks […]
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Police say Waterford man choked girlfriend, told her to ‘just die’
PARIS — Police say they charged a Waterford man with felony assault for choking his girlfriend following an argument. Brennden A. Rader made an initial appearance in Oxford County Unified Court on Monday afternoon on a felony charge of aggravated assault and a misdemeanor count of domestic violence assault. According to police, on July 8, Rader, […]
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Universal background checks would be a bad deal for Maine
On its face, Maine’s citizen initiative referendum process has the look of pure, unadulterated democracy in its finest hour. After all, what could be more basic than a grass roots mechanism that allows citizens with a cause to take an important social question directly to the voters. Like so much today within the political arena, […]
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Friendship Series: Nebraska shakes Maine
RUMFORD — When Eddie DeRoche and Caleb Austin stepped on the wrestling mat, they each knew how imperative it was stick with a strategy — and their mindset paid off. The competitive nature was clearly evident when the second leg of the 31th annual Maine/Nebraska Friendship Series was completed before a huge crowd at Puiia […]
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Sports tourism in Lewiston-Auburn: The race is on
The Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce this week joined Auburn city staff to bid to become the first place in the Northeast to host the Savage Race, a brutal obstacle course that promises an amazing time — and mud in your underwear. Next month, Lewiston will host the Color Me Rad 5K for the […]
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Lucky ticket holders prepare early for moose hunt
Once again the annual Maine Moose Lottery is over. Like Power Ball or any of a dozen other games of chance, there are winners and losers. Fortunately, for the moose, there are far more of the latter than the former. This year 2,140 moose permits were drawn. This is 675 fewer tags than last year. […]
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UNE professor gets spot on Discovery Channel’s Shark Week
A University of New England professor who helped pioneer a way to perform ultrasounds on pregnant tiger sharks will kick off the Discovery Channel’s “Shark Week” on Sunday. James Sulikowski and a research crew filmed “Tiger Beach” for 10 days in the Bahamas last January. “The first day we were there, we got some of the best, […]