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Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Gas pipeline operators’ push for higher rates could spark increase in electricity costs
Besides delivering gas to homes, the pipelines also supply power plants that generate electricity, meaning the requests before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission will have a ripple effect on the cost of electricity.
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Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Toxic cannabis is being shopped to Maine dispensaries, with little to stop it from reaching consumers
Toxic pesticides were found in cannabis grown at licensed grow houses and offered to medical dispensaries. Under current regulations, no one can stop it from hitting the shelves but the budtender behind the counter.
Posted inFranklin, News, The Franklin Journal
Franklin County deputy shoots man after repeatedly asking him to drop gun, get help
First aid was rendered to Lawrence Scott, 61, but died at the scene, Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. wrote in a news statement.
Posted inMaine, Nation / World, News
$635 million in federal grants to fund bridge work from Maine to Alaska
Maine will receive the most money – nearly $133 million for a dozen bridges along Interstate 95 and Interstate 295 – in the latest infusion from the $1.2 trillion infrastructure law President Biden signed in 2021.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Maine Climate Council skips green hydrogen, for now, and leans into EVs
Maine Won’t Wait 2.0, which is due out next month, is relying on getting 150,000 electric passenger vehicles on the road by 2030 to meet the state’s emissions target of lowering 1990 greenhouse gas levels by 45%.
Posted inElection 2024, Maine, Nation / World, News, Politics
In final days, Democrats step up pitch to Native American voters
Much of the outreach has been focused on Arizona, which has the largest Native population of any battleground state. President Biden’s razor-thin margin of victory there in 2020 – 10,457 votes – highlighted how decisive this vote can be.
Posted inElection 2024, Maine, Nation / World, News, Politics
Pennsylvania challenge of Elon Musk’s $1 million-a-day voter sweepstakes moves to federal court
A judge in Philadelphia has put a state challenge of Elon Musk’s $1 million-a-day voter sweepstakes on hold while lawyers for the billionaire and his political action committee try to move the lawsuit to federal court
Posted inElection 2024, Franklin, Livermore Falls Advertiser, News
Jay residents to consider amending marijuana ordinance
The amendment would change the 200-foot setback requirement from property lines and the minimum 5-acre parcel to cultivate or manufacture marijuana.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News
270 carved pumpkins light up Lewiston man’s garage on Halloween
Andrew Faucher’s collection of 270 carved foam pumpkins has been 20 years in the making.