AUGUSTA (AP) — The average retail cost of a gallon of gas in Maine has jumped another nickel. Price-monitoring website GasBuddy.com reported Monday that gas in Maine is now up to an average of $3.54 per gallon. That’s 14 cents above the national per-gallon average. Maine prices are still almost 30 cents lower now than […]
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Brunswick Planning Board to review Bowdoin expansion plans
BRUNSWICK (AP) — Brunswick’s Planning Board is scheduled to review two separate Bowdoin College building projects this week. The board meets Tuesday to discuss a plan by the school to tear down a building on Maine Street and replace it with a new administrative office building, as well as a proposal to turn the former […]
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Hundreds sign up for natural gas service in Maine
CUMBERLAND (AP) — The developer hasn’t even broken ground yet, but businesses and homeowners in Cumberland, Yarmouth and Falmouth are already signing up for natural gas service. Summit Natural Gas is preparing to break ground on the pipeline soon. Service is scheduled to begin in parts of the towns later this year. By the end […]
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Maine smelt season a dud
AUGUSTA (AP) — State biologists and smelt camp operators say this has been one of the worst seasons they can remember, but no one is quite sure why. Claire Enterline, a marine scientist for the state Department of Marine Resources, said surveys of the recreational fishing camps show the lowest total of fish caught per […]
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Gotcha: Thousands of Mainers unwitting victims of data breaches in 2013
All those people shopping Stethoscope.com at Christmas got a nasty surprise, and a stethoscope. After the website was hacked over a two-month period, 122 Maine customers were alerted last January that their financial details may have been exposed. They were just some of the 151,000 Mainers who received word in 2013 that their Social Security […]
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Maine experts: how to protect your personal information
Some 151,000 Mainers learned last year that snippets of their personal data — Social Security numbers, email addresses, drivers’ license numbers — had been stolen or inadvertently released. Here are some steps experts suggest for protecting yourself from a data breach: For consumers: * Go old-fashioned: Use cash when possible. * Don’t respond to unsolicited […]
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Charges expected against Falmouth woman in Sunday River and Bethel car break-ins
A Falmouth woman is expected to be charged with multiple car break-ins in the Bethel area and elsewhere, according to Oxford County Sheriff’s Department Deputy Peter Casey. Holly L. Doherty, 47, was detained Friday in South Paris by State Trooper Ron Turnick after he spotted her driving her maroon Tahoe on Route 26 near Market […]
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Charges unlikely in Old Town pedestrian death
OLD TOWN (AP) — Police have released the name of the pedestrian who was struck and killed in Old Town earlier this week. Authorities on Thursday said 54-year-old Tamela Glenn was walking along Poplar Street when she was hit from behind by an SUV on Wednesday night. Police told WABI-TV (http://bit.ly/1p03gb2 ) she had parked […]
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Maine DoC wants ‘shoot-to-kill’ rule for Windham prison
AUGUSTA — Officials at the Maine Department of Corrections say they want to change the rules for attempted prison breaks at the Maine Correctional Center in Windham. Unlike guards at the Maine State Prison in Warren, guards at the Windham facility are not allowed to shoot to kill if a prisoner makes a break for […]
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Bill to arm Maine forest rangers moves towards House vote
AUGUSTA — An issue that’s ricocheted around the State House for nearly two years appears to be on its way to a vote before the Legislature soon. On Thursday, members on the Legislature’s Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Committee agreed Maine Forest Service rangers should be allowed to carry firearms — much like other law enforcement […]