Inspection reports from 14 months ago show unaddressed deficiencies in 2 sprinkler systems that still use aqueous film-forming foam that contains forever chemicals.
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Reported threat of school violence has Oxford Hills police on high alert
A TikTok video clip threatening violence against an ‘Oxford’ school caught one student’s attention Friday afternoon.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Maine investigating moldy cannabis that led to state’s first recall
Cannabis Cured, the cultivator and retailer that sold the contaminated products, maintains that its samples passed an initial round of state-mandated testing.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Schools & Education
Poland-area school district voters pass budget on third try
Voters in the three-town Regional School Unit 16 approved the $28.4 million budget 741-588 Tuesday night.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News
Lewiston council debates amendments to shelter rules
Proposed amendments to the city’s shelter ordinance include ‘low-barrier’ language that would not deny shelter access to someone without an ID.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime, News
Auburn man guilty of two murders in Poland shooting
Aaron Aldrich is expected to be sentenced in November.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, Schools & Education
Naloxone training coming to Lewiston schools next week, Auburn soon
Mandated by a new state law, public schools now offer training for students in secondary education to teach them how to administer the overdose antidote, even if the students choose not to take part.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Gendron family reflects on their late father Dolard ‘Del’ Gendron
Dolard ‘Del’ Gendron was widely loved in the Lewiston community and none knew it greater than those who loved him most, his children.
Posted inNews, River Valley, Rumford Falls Times, Schools & Education
Andover Elementary School students learn gardening, homesteading skills
With $3,000 grant money from a Whole Kids Garden Grant, four Andover Elementary School staff members and community volunteers are creating a garden project and mini homestead at the school to teach their 22 prekindergarten through fifth grade students gardening and homesteading skills.
Posted inMaine, Schools & Education
UMaine System staff speak out against low wages at legislative hearing
University of Maine System employees interrupted a legislative hearing on Tuesday to express their financial discomfort from what they consider low wages.