Capt. Jason Burke and Detective Gene Gallant encouraged their department to get the best technology for crash reconstruction. Now, their work is a hot commodity.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Department of Interior announces 1st wind energy lease auction for Gulf of Maine
Officials said that the 8 areas could produce as much as 13 gigawatts of clean wind energy – enough to power 4.5 million homes.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Postal Service scraps plan to reduce role of Hampden facility
The change would have moved outgoing mail processing from Hampden to a facility in Scarborough, roughly 130 miles away.
Posted inFranklin, Maine Crime, News, The Franklin Journal
Livermore man accused of shooting at vehicles near home in Carthage
Livermore man accused of damaging vehicle, shooting at vehicles and shooting near a dwelling in Carthage.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime, News
Auburn man found not guilty of gun crimes
A federal judge acquitted Anthony Jones after a two-day trial.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Schools & Education
Final school budget vote Tuesday in Poland, Mechanic Falls and Minot
This will be the third time voters have cast ballots on a spending plan for 2024-25.
Posted inNews, River Valley
Rumford woman doing virtual Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk again
Connie Venskus has been part of the Jimmy Fund Walk fundraiser since 2011 and is hoping to reach a personal total of $25,000 to support of research and patient care at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Lewiston-Auburn, News
Androscoggin County to hold public hearing on 2025 budget
The proposed county budget, if passed with no cuts, will increase the amount needed to be raised by taxation by 15%.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
National Book Award possible for novel by Bates College lecturer
Writer Jessica Anthony said she’s ‘startled and shocked, but thrilled.’
Posted inFranklin, News, The Franklin Journal
Farmington Fair continues under a sun-blazed sky
Children, adults participate in Agricultural Education Day on Monday at the Farmington Fair.