NEW GLOUCESTER — Selectmen learned Monday night a 9-year-old dump truck with a life expectancy of 15 years has a cracked engine block requiring $36,300 in repairs. “I don’t know how this happened,” Public Works Director Ted Shane said. The cost to replace the truck is about $185,000, compared to $100,000 when the truck was […]
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Ambulance involved in accident on Center Street
AUBURN — An ambulance responding to a rescue call was involved in an accident Monday night on Center Street. The ambulance and a Dodge Durango SUV collided in front of NAPA Auto Parts at 325 Center St. at about 8 p.m., according to police. Traffic was down to one lane as fire engines and police […]
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Turner still searching for plow truck drivers
TURNER — Rescue Chief Lisa Bennett said the Rescue Department and Fire Department each raised more than $2,100 from the annual turkey dinner fundraiser Nov. 10. Bennett also said the Rescue Department recently purchased two Apple iPads, one for each rescue truck, for a more efficient data-entry system. She said there has been a noticeable […]
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America’s high-tech pastime
Kenny Everette, left, of Farmington plays a Wii Sports baseball video game Monday while Uniqua Martin, also of Farmington, looks on at the Farmington Community Center. (Donna M. Perry/Sun Journal)
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Health care fraud trial to start next month
PORTLAND — Two Twin Cities men and a Winthrop woman accused in federal court of health care welfare fraud are scheduled for a January trial. A federal grand jury last month handed up a 27-count indictment charging Garat Osman, 32, and Abdirashid Ahmed, 38, both of Lewiston, and Nancy Ludwig, 65, of Winthrop with felonies […]
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Turner still searching for plow truck drivers
TURNER — Rescue Chief Lisa Bennett said the Rescue Department and Fire Department each raised more than $2,100 from the annual turkey dinner fundraiser Nov. 10. Bennett also said the Rescue Department recently purchased two Apple iPads, one for each rescue truck, for a more efficient data-entry system. She said there has been a noticeable […]
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Regulators consider controversial CMP billing practice in next year’s rates
Maine’s utility regulators won’t allow Central Maine Power Co. to shift the cost for unbilled electricity to ratepayers if the company didn’t act prudently, a top Public Utilities Commission official said Monday. The Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram reported that about 3,400 new CMP customers did not get bills for months because the company was […]
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As Mills mulls Cabinet appointments, speculation swirls
AUGUSTA — Gov.-elect Janet Mills is considering elevating the governor’s energy office to a Cabinet-level position, re-establishing the State Planning Office and appointing an opioid epidemic “point person” as she moves to fill her Cabinet and key positions on her executive team. She also has promised to take a new approach to problems the state […]
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Versatile James Develin enjoying bigger role with Patriots
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — James Develin has spent most of his seven seasons with the Patriots doing the kind of dirty work that rarely gets noticed on the field. A special teams player and fullback used mostly as a blocker, he entered 2018 having not registered a carry in either of his previous two seasons. Now, […]
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Health care fraud trial to start next month
PORTLAND — Two Twin Cities men and a Winthrop woman accused in federal court of health care welfare fraud are scheduled for a January trial. A federal grand jury last month handed up a 27-count indictment charging Garat Osman, 32, and Abdirashid Ahmed, 38, both of Lewiston, and Nancy Ludwig, 65, of Winthrop with felonies […]