PORTLAND (AP) — Tuition is being frozen at Maine’s seven community colleges for the coming academic year. Officials say the tuition freeze was made possible by an increase in state appropriations requested by trustees of the Maine Community College System. System President Derek Langhauser says Maine’s community colleges already have the lowest tuition in New […]
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75-year-old motorcyclist injured in crash with SUV
WARREN (AP) — Police in Maine say a 75-year-old motorcyclist has been injured after colliding with an SUV. The Portland Press Herald reported (http://bit.ly/2wUwi7L ) the crash occurred Sunday morning in Warren. According to Knox County Chief Deputy Timothy Carroll, 75-year-old John Shane, of Rockland, collided with an SUV driven by 57-year-old David Kristiansen, of […]
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Dangers of wind towers overlooked
Wind turbines represent the greatest potential danger to Maine’s forest/tourist economy, yet almost no one has been paying attention to that danger. The danger is from turbine fires caused by friction build-up in the gear boxes and from lightning strikes. No one knows precisely how many turbine fires there have been because neither the federal […]
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Minot man arrested following 100 mph-plus chase on I-95
SHERMAN (AP) — A Maine state trooper has arrested a driver and passenger following a pursuit on Interstate 95 at speeds well over 100 miles an hour. Police say the trooper was in Sherman monitoring northbound traffic Thursday night when he clocked a vehicle traveling at 115 miles an hour. He pursued the vehicle, which […]
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Diners scatter as pontoon boat lands on Belgrade restaurant's lawn
BELGRADE (AP) — Police say a pontoon boat landed halfway on the lawn of a Maine restaurant, sending diners scattering and injuring several people. The Kennebec Journal reports the accident happened just after 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at Village Inn and Tavern in Belgrade, about 10 miles (16 kilometers) north of Augusta. Maine Warden Service spokesman […]
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Minor earthquake felt in southern Maine
CAPE ELIZABETH (AP) — A minor earthquake is being blamed for a small boom and tremor in a southern Maine community. The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude 2.0 earthquake at midday Thursday was centered 3.7 miles, or 6 kilometers, southeast of Portland. Geophysicist Don Blakeman told the Portland Press Herald that people who reported […]
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Mississippi shipyard, not BIW, to fix destroyer hit in June collision
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A U.S. Navy destroyer damaged in a June collision that killed seven sailors will be repaired at a Mississippi shipyard, the Navy announced Wednesday. The USS Fitzgerald will be transported to Pascagoula for work at Ingalls Shipbuilding, part of Huntington Ingalls Industries of Newport News, Virginia. Naval Sea Systems Command said […]
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Maine delegation calls for dairy farmer relief from USDA
PORTLAND (AP) — Maine’s congressional delegation is calling for the U.S. Department of Agriculture to make emergency changes to help dairy farmers who are struggling with low prices. Democratic Congresswoman Chellie Pingree says farm milk prices have dropped nearly 40 percent in recent years, leaving New England dairy farmers in trouble. She and the rest […]
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York County casino campaign hires firm behind European Union exit effort
PORTLAND (AP) — A campaign to persuade voters to approve a southern Maine casino has reported getting assistance from a firm that helped persuade British voters to withdraw from the European Union. Progress for Maine PAC has reported paying more than $80,000 to Washington, D.C.-based firm Goddard Gunster. The leading organization that campaigned for the […]
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Maine court clarifies requirements for distracted driving finding
PORTLAND (AP) — Law enforcement officials don’t have to show what specifically distracted a driver before a fatal chain-reaction crash, the state supreme court ruled, providing important guidance to law enforcement at a time when distracted drivers are a major concern. The Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled that lawmakers contemplated a wide variety of activities […]