Democoratic state Sen. Ned Claxton and Republican state Rep. Amy Arata teamed up Tuesday to make the case for the state to lessen COVID-19 restrictions in more places.
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Loggers, truckers uncertain about future after Jay mill explosion
The loss of the pulp operation directly impacts between 254 to 382 logging/trucking jobs, the head of the Professional Logging Contractors of Maine said.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News
Poland farmer and surgeon called to duty during pandemic
Plastic surgeon Dr. Charles Foley expects to be caring for COVID-19 patients as part of his U.S. Army Reserve unit.
Posted inCops & Courts, Lewiston-Auburn, News
Judge puts Poland man on probation in ‘rare’ drug case
PORTLAND — A Poland man thanked the state trooper Tuesday who arrested him on the Maine Turnpike in January for having 28 grams of fentanyl. Travis Rainer, 48, told a U.S. District Court judge the trooper who pulled him over in Wells for following a truck too closely “saved my life.” Since his arrest on […]
Posted inBusiness, Maine, Maine Cannabis Report
The race is on for recreational marijuana licenses in Maine
The state will publish application forms this week; on the municipal level, the process is already well underway.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, Schools and Education
RSU 16, Poland day care, state to share cost of $13,000 bus stop sign
Jan Jordan will get a flashing sign. RSU 16 will get help paying for it.
Posted inMaine
Pennsylvania police got 671 tips in Mainer’s highway killing, trooper testifies
The officer details the leads that were ruled out before police received a tip 16 months after Timothy ‘Asti’ Davison Jr.’s slaying that led them to charge John Strawser Jr. with murder.
Posted inMaine, News
Maine woman, 32, dies in crash on Massachusetts highway
The Poland resident was a passenger in a car that struck a pickup truck on Interstate 395 in Chicopee.
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Poland man hospitalized after standoff with police
The man was reportedly intoxicated, had a rifle and threatened to harm himself.
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Hundreds gather in Lewiston to honor boy who drowned on middle school field trip
Rayan A. Issa, a seventh-grader at Lewiston Middle School, died while playing with friends in a designated swimming area at Range Pond.