By midday, there were already a higher number of votes cast than during the first school budget referendum.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Invasive fruit flies that wreak havoc on small, soft fruits found in Androscoggin County
A Livermore Falls farm had to cut strawberry season short mostly due to spoilage caused by the pests.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Unitil to pay $71 million for Bangor-area natural gas company
The deal, which requires approval from state regulators, would give Maine’s biggest natural gas provider 8,500 more customers and 351 more miles of pipeline.
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn
Photos: Mill and water main construction ongoing in Lewiston
Bates Mill and Oxford Street piping underway downtown.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Nation / World
Man accused of killing drug kingpin Alpo Martinez acquitted in New York
Martinez lived in Lewiston for five years in the witness protection program before returning to New York, where he was murdered in 2021.
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn, News
NECEC converter station nears halfway to finish line in Lewiston
City Assessor William Healey said the city will receive an estimated $8.5 million in taxes annually when the project is complete. The city received $5 million in taxes in fiscal 2024.
Posted inRiver Valley, Rumford Falls Times
Canton residents adopt solar ordinance, approve $1.2 million budget
Loretta Blancato received the Steve and Lisa Wills Memorial Citizenship Award.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News, River Valley
Auburn man charged with domestic violence at Hanover campground
Yvon Soucy is accused of holding a woman and two children overnight with a knife.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime
Maine’s supreme court orders judge to reconsider man’s petition for new trial in 2010 killing
A judge ruled against Ernest Weidul’s petition for post-conviction review in 2022, but the Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled Tuesday that the judge didn’t see all of Weidul’s evidence in person and therefore he didn’t have a fair hearing.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Maine joins 9 other states to promote regional planning to boost clean energy
Cooperation between the Northeast states could help improve the region’s transmission system as more electric vehicles, building heat pumps, data centers and artificial intelligence gain ground.