LEWISTON — After 18 years with the city, Deputy City Administrator Phil Nadeau said he’s often in awe of the experiences he’s had. “I pinch myself,” he said in his office Wednesday reflecting on his time. Nadeau announced his retirement earlier Wednesday, citing a need to focus on family. His resignation, effective June 30, was […]
2017
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine
Bates graduate masterminded plan to gut House ethics panel
LEWISTON — The congressman who sought unsuccessfully to upend the Office of Congressional Ethics this week is a Bates College graduate who cut his teeth in politics as president of the Bates Republicans. U.S. Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Virginia, graduated from Bates in 1974 with a degree in government. Now he’s smack-dab in the middle of […]
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Laugh Lab Returns to Denmark Arts Center
DENMARK — The Denmark Arts Center will host Maine comics at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 7, as part of the Lakeside Laugh Lab series. Featured comics include Jordan Handren-Seavey, Paul Hunt, Jake Jacobson and Mark Turcotte. Audience members 21 years of age and older are invited. Tickets can reserved by emailing [email protected] or purchased at […]
Posted inBusiness, sj-web
Idexx joins S&P 500 index
WESTBROOK — Maine-based Idexx Laboratories Inc. is being added to the Standard and Poor’s 500 stock index. Idexx CEO Jonathan Ayers said Wednesday it’s an honor to be included on the market index that’s based on 500 large companies traded on the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ. He said it’s a testament to the […]
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Maine Health Access Foundation awards $800,000 for addiction care
AUGUSTA — The Maine Health Access Foundation is awarding up to $800,000 in grants in an attempt to increase access to addiction care for underserved people. The foundation says the main focus of the grants will be to increase medication-assisted therapies. It says it wants to link more people to treatment with Suboxone in conjunction […]
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Wilton man pleads not guilty to escape, robbery
FARMINGTON — A Wilton man denied Tuesday that he assaulted a deputy, escaped from a jail van, forced his way into a Wilton home and assaulted a resident before stealing her Jeep on March 1, 2016. Derek Cook, 31, pleaded not guilty in Franklin County Superior Court to 11 charges on which he was indicted […]
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U.S. auto sales near record highs in 2016
DETROIT — Demand may be slowing, but U.S. consumers still bought a whole lot of cars and trucks in 2016. U.S. sales of new vehicles — which set a record of 17.47 million in 2015 — could hit a new high in 2016. Consulting firm LMC Automotive and car-buying site Edmunds.com each predict sales will […]
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USDA offering farm loans for beginning farmers, underserved groups
BANGOR — USDA Maine Farm Service Agency Executive Director Donovan E. Todd III reminds producers that FSA offers targeted farm ownership and farm operating loans to assist underserved applicants, as well as beginning farmers and ranchers. For farm loan program purposes, targeted underserved groups are women, African Americans, American Indians and Alaskan natives, Hispanics, Asians […]
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Maine legislators arrive in Augusta, face key issues
AUGUSTA — Legislators have arrived in Augusta for a new session where they’ll tackle issues from the state’s opioid crisis to the rollout of marijuana legalization. Legislators on Wednesday begin the task of delving through reams of proposed bills, as well as debating the fate of a privately-run psychiatric facility proposed by Republican Gov. Paul […]
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Portland business group wants to crack down on panhandling
PORTLAND — A trade group of local merchants in Maine’s largest city is starting a drive to crack down on panhandling, which it says hinders the ability to draw tourists. Portland Downtown is putting together a committee of merchants that will hold its first meeting this month. The Portland Press Herald reports the group is […]