This spring, lawmakers introduced a bill that would create a pilot program allowing the Maine Turnpike Authority to use cameras to enforce speed limits in highway work zones.
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Posted inMaine, News
Man killed in Avon house fire
The fire at a Franklin County home on Avon Valley Road was reported early Sunday afternoon, officials said.
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Posted inMaine, News, The Bethel Citizen, The Rangeley Highlander
Western Maine moose hunt may add second week (but no more permits)
The change would affect several Wildlife Management Districts, mostly in Franklin, Oxford and Somerset counties.
Posted inMaine, News, The Franklin Journal
Maine lakes, ponds at risk as invasive bladderwort plant moves in
Swollen bladderwort, an invasive aquatic plant, has been confirmed in eight southern and western Maine water bodies. Officials are worried it will continue to spread.
Posted inBethel, Maine, Oxford Hills, The Bethel Citizen
Hanover Town Office gets energy-efficient upgrade
A Community Resilience Partnership Grant from the state provided the money to make the upgrade.
Posted inCommunity, Maine
Maine farms open barn doors to visitors to show off ‘labor of love and passion’
As part of the statewide Open Farm Day on Sunday, Pineland Farms in New Gloucester welcomed more than 600 visitors to meet its variety of livestock and learn more about local agriculture.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, Mark LaFlamme
Look out for those beleaguered beavers in Poland | Column
Mark LaFlamme gloats about seeing sharks in Maine waters and street bowling in Lewiston.
Posted inbPlus, Franklin, News
Farmington woman believes in power of volunteerism, civic engagement | Face Time
Rachel McClellan has involved herself and sometimes her husband in several community organizations since they moved to Farmington in 2021.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, Maine Crime, News
What the Lewiston City Council has to say about ongoing gun violence
With residents angry and scared, we asked the city’s elected officials what should be done.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
How a paddleboarder’s killing in a small Maine town instantly fueled online conspiracies
Almost as soon as officials announced that Sunshine ‘Sunny’ Stewart was the victim of a homicide, social media users began to hypothesize that her death was the work of a New England serial killer. Police and experts say such speculation is often harmful to official investigations.