BATH Habitat for Humanity/7 Rivers Maine recently gathered at an event hosted by Thornton Oaks Retirement Community to recognize volunteers who built, weatherized, repaired or rehabilitated homes over the past year. For the “Hats Off to Volunteers” event, Habitat volunteers engaged in a variety of games including “Pin the Hat on the Regular Volunteer,” “Dress […]
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SCHEDULED PUBLIC MEETINGS
Arrowsic PLANNING BOARD, Monday, 6 p.m., town hall. ROAD COMMISSION, Tuesday, 7 p.m., town hall. Bath PLANNING BOARD, Tuesday, 6 p.m., City Hall. CITY COUNCIL, Wednesday, 6 p.m., City Hall. Bowdoin BOARD OF SELECTMEN, Monday, 6:30 p.m., town office. Bowdoinham 250TH ANNIVERSARY COMMITTEE, Wednesday, 7 p.m., Coombs Municipal Building. Brunswick STAFF REVIEW, Monday, 10 a.m., […]
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Bowdoinham ice keys smelt event
BOWDOINHAM Weather permitting, Saturday’s Ice and Smelt Festival will feature a smelt fishing contest with three different categories. The festival is 1 to 7 p.m. Saturday. Interested fishermen can register for the contest at the Town Landing Restaurant by noon Saturday to be included and to use the late-morning tide. There is a $5 entry […]
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Wild weather, wind whipsaws Mid-coast
A storm that caused havoc in the South brought wacky weather to northern New England on Thursday with thick fog, heavy rain, record warmth, ice jams and wind gusts topping 70 mph that caused numerous power outages. It was capped off with a pendulum swing back to colder temperatures today. Across northern New England, powerful […]
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Maine settles for $500K in ‘robo’ case
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine will receive $500,000 as part of the $121 million multi-state settlement in a mortgage robo-signing case. Attorney General Janet Mills said Thursday that her office reached a settlement against Lender Processing Services Inc. and its subsidiaries, LPS Default Solutions and DocX. The proposed judgment, which involves 45 states and the District […]
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Marijuana program gets new manager
PORTLAND (AP) — Maine’s medical marijuana program has a new manager. The Portland Press Herald reports that Marietta D’Agostino was hired to fill the position left vacant in November when John Thiele was dismissed. She began work last week. D’Agostino has spent her career mostly in social services, working as a child protective caseworker, a […]
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Electrical workers reject contract offer
SKOWHEGAN (AP) — Electrical workers at a Skowhegan paper mill have rejected a new contract offer, setting the stage for a possible strike. The 59 members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers at Sappi Fine Paper voted against the contract offer on Thursday. Union local president David Boudreau tells the Morning Sentinel the next […]
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Fuel thefts probed in Livermore Falls
LIVERMORE FALLS (AP) — Police in Livermore Falls are investigating three heating fuel thefts in the past few days. Chief Ernest Steward Jr. says two homes and a church have been hit. While just five and 10 gallons of oil were stolen from the homes, about 100 gallons of kerosene were siphoned from an outside […]
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Iran prepared to up nuclear program
VIENNA (AP) — In a defiant move ahead of nuclear talks, Iran has announced plans to vastly increase its pace of uranium enrichment, which can make both reactor fuel and the fissile core of warheads. Eager to avoid scuttling those negotiations, world powers are keeping their response low-key. Iran told the International Atomic Energy Agency […]
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Japan to send people to U.S. for 787 probe
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Civil Aviation Bureau is sending investigators looking into problems with Boeing 787 batteries to Seattle, where the aircraft are assembled. The Transport Ministry said members of the team working on the investigation would leave Tokyo on Sunday for Seattle. It provided no further details. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and Boeing […]