Local & State
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PublishedSeptember 17, 2024
How 2 Windham police officers became southern Maine’s top crash reconstructionists
Capt. Jason Burke and Detective Gene Gallant encouraged their department to get the best technology for crash reconstruction. Now, their work is a hot commodity.
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PublishedSeptember 16, 2024
Department of Interior announces 1st wind energy lease auction for Gulf of Maine
Officials said that the 8 areas could produce as much as 13 gigawatts of clean wind energy – enough to power 4.5 million homes.
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PublishedSeptember 16, 2024
Windham man killed after crashing motorcycle in Dexter
Police did not immediately identify the man, who crashed on Route 7 near the Dover-Foxcroft town line.
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PublishedSeptember 16, 2024
Postal Service scraps plan to reduce role of Hampden facility
The change would have moved outgoing mail processing from Hampden to a facility in Scarborough, roughly 130 miles away.
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PublishedSeptember 16, 2024
UMaine board advances plan to combine 2 Old Port buildings, expand Maine Center
The system's board of trustees approved $650,000 in capital improvement funds for planning and some renovations to 7 Custom House St. as part of a $100 million project.
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PublishedSeptember 16, 2024
Portland City Council OKs $1 million loan for child care expansion, affordable housing project
Youth and Family Outreach plans to double the number of its child care slots to 110 and build 48 affordable and 12 market-rate apartments. The proposal, which received the council's unanimous support, also calls for tearing down a 175-year-old chapel.
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PublishedSeptember 16, 2024
Maine congressional delegation presses Navy for help with Brunswick chemical spill
The Navy still owns the airport hangar where 51,000 gallons of toxic firefighting foam was discharged after an overhead fire suppression system with a deficient service record malfunctioned.
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PublishedSeptember 16, 2024
Portland’s public health director resigns for job at UNE
Alfredo Vergara's last day as the city's director of public health was Aug. 30, almost 2 years exactly from when he first started the job.
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PublishedSeptember 16, 2024
Skydiver seriously hurt in Lebanon
Manny Silva, 57, of Dartmouth, Massachusetts, was brought to the hospital after a hard landing in which he didn't slow his parachute.
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PublishedSeptember 16, 2024
Inmate dies at Mountain View Correctional Facility
Craig Pelkey, 56, of Holden, died around 11:20 a.m. at the Charleston prison. The Maine Department of Corrections did not specify his cause death.
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