Drivers heading from South Portland to Portland early on Jan. 4 will have to use another route.
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Posted inBusiness, News
Gulf of Maine shrimp season to be a short one
Due to new restrictions, shrimp fishermen can only catch about 4½ million pounds, down sharply from the 13 million pounds they caught last year. The season begins Monday.
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Bellavance found guilty of topless coffee shop arson
AUGUSTA – A jury found Raymond Bellavance Jr. guilty Friday of two charges of arson related to a June 3, 2009, fire that destroyed the Grand View Topless Coffee Shop in Vassalboro.
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Family dog killed by hunter in York
Officials say charges are likely to be filed after a hunter fatally shot a family dog in southern Maine.
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Farmington blaze, which killed animals, under investigation
The state fire marshal’s office is investigating the incident, after it took 70 firefighters and eight fire departments to extinguish the flames.
Posted inNation & World, News
Once an afterthought, Romney eyes Iowa with hope
Mitt Romney, watching as Republican efforts to find a not-Romney alternative have failed, is suddenly making a play to win Iowa.
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NH carnival wants to set snowman record
Newport’s 96th annual winter carnival in February hopes to make 1,280 snowmen in one hour, which would set the Guinness world record.
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Maine ocean lab to get $600K grant
The National Science Foundation has awarded Bigelow Laboratory in Boothbay Harbor a $603,631 grant to study iron oxidizing bacteria.
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Maine firefighter pleads guilty to arson
Joshua Michaud, of the Minot department, pleaded guilty to setting a fire at a Mechanic Falls restaurant that caused $30,000 in damage.
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
Temporary fireworks ban enacted in Windham
WINDHAM – The Windham Town Council Tuesday night enacted a 90-day moratorium on the sale and use of fireworks to allow itself more time to consider implications of a new state law. The law allowing the possession, sale and use of fireworks kicks in Jan. 1. Windham’s moratorium began Tuesday, Dec. 27. According to state […]