Gov. Janet Mills joined executives from Belfast-based GO Lab Inc. and town officials for an event celebrating the imminent launch of wood products manufacturing at the former Madison Paper Industries mill.
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German actor Hardy Kruger, star of adventure movies, dies at 93
Kruger appeared in a string of English-language adventure and war movies, including ‘Barry Lyndon’ (1975), ‘A Bridge too Far’ (1977) and ‘The Wild Geese’ (1978).
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Campaign for consumer-owned power utility lacks signatures for 2022 ballot but aims for 2023
Our Power said it will continue its drive to have Mainers vote on consumer-owned power in 2023.
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AT&T, Verizon pause some new 5G after airlines raise alarm
AT&T and Verizon agree to a second delay of some new 5G wireless service after the airline industry warns of potential interference with important systems on planes.
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Small town is against big quarry near Penobscot River
Many in Prospect are bitterly opposed to a Virginia-based mining company’s plans to quarry granite on Heagan Mountain.
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Portland council to consider banning sales of flavored tobacco products
The city would join Bangor and more than 330 municipalities around the U.S. that have passed restrictions on flavored tobacco.
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U.S. plans $50 billion wildfire fight where trees meet towns
The Biden administration says it will more aggressively thin forests around ‘hot spots’ where nature and neighborhoods collide.
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Felony charges are first in a fatal crash involving Autopilot
California prosecutors have filed two counts of vehicular manslaughter against the driver of a Tesla on Autopilot who ran a red light, slammed into another car and killed two people in 2019.
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Chan, Zuckerberg fighting Native American vaccine hesitancy
Dakota and Navajo actor Dallas Goldtooth joins other influencers – people who have earned the community’s trust – in a two-phase public outreach effort by nonprofit organizations including IllumiNative and the Urban Indian Health Institute.
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China’s Xi rejects ‘Cold War mentality,’ pushes cooperation
In his opening speech at the virtual Davos forum, President Xi Jinping says his country will send an additional 1 billion doses of vaccine to other countries.