WASHINGTON Construction of new homes increased 3.3 percent in November — with the gain largely coming from single-family houses being built at the strongest pace in more than a decade. The Commerce Department said Tuesday that builders broke ground on homes last month at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.3 million units. The increase […]
2017
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Library prepares for new year of ‘Storytime’
KENNEBUNK — The Kennebunk Free Library is preparing for stories, songs, and rhymes during its next storytime session startiung in January. Start building your child’s early literacy skills and have fun at the same time. Storytimes are designed for different ages, but anyone is welcome. The next session will be held from Jan. 8 to […]
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Nathalie R. Bean
LOWELL, Mass. — Nathalie R. Bean, 85, of Lowell, Massachusetts, and formerly of Saco, passed away Saturday, Dec. 16, 2017, at Life Care Center of Merrimack Valley in Billerica, Massachusetts. She was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania on Nov. 22, 1932, a daughter of Oliver and Dorothy (Lichty) Ramsaur. Nathalie graduated from Whitehall High School in […]
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Maine suspect put on probation for baby eel sales
PORTLAND (AP) — A Maine man will serve two years of probation and pay a $5,000 fine for the role he played in a baby eel trafficking scheme. The Bangor Daily News reports 49-year-old Scott Willey was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Portland after pleading guilty in June. He was charged with illegally harvesting baby eels […]
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Advocates call for increased tobacco prevention funding
PORTLAND (AP) — Teen smoking rates are on the rise in Maine, leading health advocacy groups to call for the state to use more of the money it receives from a federal tobacco settlement to fund tobacco prevention. The most recent data from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows 11.5 percent of […]
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Bangor to vote on proposed location for psychiatric facility
BANGOR (AP) — Bangor officials have voted to restrict where Maine’s Republican governor builds a new psychiatric residence in the city. The Bangor Daily News reports the Bangor City Council voted 8-1 Monday that Gov. Paul LePage can only build the facility on the Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center campus. Mayor Ben Sprague says the city can’t stop […]