AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine is encouraging workers to use a new cellphone app designed to prevent ladder falls. Maine’s Department of Labor said on Monday that the new app promotes the safe use of ladders by teaching proper use, ladder selection, inspection and positioning. The Ladder Safety Tool was created by the National Institute for […]
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Boothbay plan seeking to trim energy use, cost
As we flip on the air conditioners or leave on that summer road trip, consider our power predicament. Coal once produced a larger part of Maine’s power, but the big plants were gradually phased out as dirty and inefficient. Nuclear power met about 20 percent of Maine’s electric demand between 1972 and 1996. That’s when […]
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King calls volunteers from western Maine, ‘the best of America’
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a brief speech late Monday afternoon, U.S. Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, praised the volunteer firefighters from western Maine that travelled to Lac-Megantic, Quebec, to help contain tragic fire there last week. King, speaking from the floor of the U.S. Senate, hailed the 30 firefighters from Eustis, Rangeley, Farmington, Phillips, Strong, New […]
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Missing Waterville toddler’s dad faces assault charge
PORTLAND (AP) — The father of a missing Maine toddler whose disappearance drew national attention is facing a charge of domestic violence assault. WCSH-TV (http://on.wcsh6.com/18gjmEs ) reports that Justin DiPietro was arrested shortly after midnight July 7 after police were called to a home on Spring Street in Portland. Police did not release information about […]
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Maine gas prices surge 16 cents per gallon
AUGUSTA (AP) — A nationwide surge in gas prices is hitting Maine residents particularly hard. Price-monitoring website MaineGasPrices.com reports Monday that the average retail cost of a gallon of gas in Maine has soared nearly 16 cents in the past week. That compares to a nationwide jump of almost 12 cents per gallon. Maine residents […]
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UMaine trustees wants to help students who never graduated
BANGOR (AP) — University of Maine System trustees are meeting to consider ways to help adults who attended college but never received a degree. Trustees are considering scholarships, professional development and other enhancements as part of a comprehensive plan to serve adults who left college without getting a degree. A report presented to trustees, who […]
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Century-old Orono business closing
ORONO (AP) — An Orono hardware store is shutting down after more than 120 years in business. Owner Lin White Jr. said he’s closing down Park’s Hardware because there’s just not much call for small neighborhood hardware stores anymore. He’s marking everything down 20 percent before shutting his doors at the end of August. The […]
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Maine DEP investigating why Pan Am stopped paying monthly oil shipping fees
AUGUSTA — As revenue to a state oil spill clean-up fund shrivels, officials are investigating why Pan Am Railways has not paid the legally required monthly fees into that fund for crude oil the company has shipped over Maine rails. Every company that ships crude oil or refined petroleum products through Maine is required to […]
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Maine International Film Festival kicks off
WATERVILLE (AP) — The 16th annual Maine International Film Festival begins this week in Waterville. The event kicks off Friday and extends through July 21. It will feature nearly 100 independent, international and Maine-made films while also providing audiences opportunities to meet and talk with directors, writers, producers and others working behind the scenes. At […]
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Local environmental activist and pilot recovering after chopper crash
A longtime advocate for the Androscoggin River is recovering in a Portland hospital after the helicopter he was piloting crashed last week in the Waldo County town of Burnham. Ed Friedman, chairman of Friends of Merrymeeting Bay, has initiated federal lawsuits against power companies and others on a range of issues, including river water quality, fish […]