PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A Maine heating fuel company and the United Way of Greater Portland are joining forces to help people in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont stay warm through the region’s long, cold winter. The Dead River Company and the United Way officials are planning an event Tuesday in Scarborough to announce the […]
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Maine should retain its rules on snow dumps
Make a video visit to Lewiston’s snow dump at www.sunjournal.com. Allowing municipalities to dump snow directly into rivers and streams, or to store it near them, is a very bad idea that was abandoned years ago for good reason. But a bill, submitted by Rep. Sheryl Briggs, D-Mexico, now seeks to exempt municipalities from waste […]
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Testament to caution
When sportsmen step up to the counter to purchase an outdoor product, especially apparel or rods and guns, they want to feel confident that their money will be well spent, and that everything will work in the field as advertised. Like any other consumer, they want to get their money’s worth. Equally important, however, the […]
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Ice or snow, to market we will go
Sarcophagus, anyone? Itchy for antiquity? Though it’s no longer there, for many months you and your forklift could have scooped one up at Brunswick’s Waterfront Flea Market, despite the cold outside. How about a pair of mint-condition grey suede chaps – with fringe (hi-ho, Silver!), a postcard of Ebbets Field, a 1961 Playboy magazine featuring […]
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Sardine cannery gets new chance
PORTLAND — Shuttered since April, the nation’s last full-time sardine cannery is getting a new lease on life with its purchase by a Massachusetts company that intends to process lobster at the factory, officials said Friday. Live Lobster Co. on Friday completed the deal to buy the Stinson Seafood plant in Gouldsboro, which was closed […]
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Less drama here than in many places
Peaceful protesters fill Capitol Square. They shout and chant before taking over the atrium of the Capitol building where they remain through the night. Bahrain? Libya? Syria? Yemen? No; Madison, Wis. Governors across the country have been unveiling budget proposals designed to erase massive deficits. The reaction in many states has been shock, dismay, anger […]
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N.H. pressed for suicide barriers in Kittery-Portsmouth bridge design
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — Suicide prevention advocates are pressing New Hampshire transportation officials to include suicide barriers in the design for a new bridge linking Portsmouth with Kittery, Maine. Susan Turner, director of the Rockingham County Community Resource Network, Alliance for Community Health, says her group wants the state to include the feature in design […]
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Maine should join compact to protect wildlife
People who have their driver’s licenses suspended in another state aren’t allowed to drive in Maine. That’s thanks to something called the Driver’s License Compact recognized by all but four states. It has a simple motto, “One Driver, One License, One Record.” The same principle has been applied by 35 states to hunting, fishing, trapping […]
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Hunting safety emphasis pays off
AUGUSTA — Maine continues to get a great return on its hunter safety education, which is taught to more than 9,000 people annually. For the second consecutive year, there were no hunting-related fatalities in 2010. Additionally, despite having more than 200,000 licensed hunters in Maine, there were only seven incidents. “The fact that we haven’t […]
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Fireworks for our peace, health, safety
Among the more seriously misguided bills coming before the Maine Legislature this session is another attempt to legalize the sale, possession and use of fireworks. At least no one can say the bill’s author doesn’t have a sense of humor. The first sentence advises that it must be passed as an “emergency” so sellers can […]