DETROIT — Volkswagen pleaded guilty Friday to conspiracy and obstruction of justice in a brazen scheme to get around U.S. pollution rules on nearly 600,000 diesel vehicles by using software to suppress emissions of nitrogen oxide during tests. The German automaker has agreed to pay $4.3 billion in civil and criminal penalties — the largest […]
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U.S. adds 235,000 jobs; unemployment dips to 4.7%
WASHINGTON — U.S. employers added a robust 235,000 jobs in February and raised pay at a healthy pace, evidence that the economy remains on solid footing nearly eight years after the Great Recession ended. The unemployment rate dipped to a low 4.7 percent from 4.8 percent, the Labor Department reported Friday. More people began looking […]
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Chellie Pingree calls Donald Trump's Coast Guard, FEMA cuts 'reckless'
PORTLAND (AP) — Democratic Rep. Chellie Pingree of Maine says a Trump administration plan to trim the Coast Guard and Federal Emergency Management Agency budgets are “illogical” and “reckless.” Pingree made the statements on Thursday in response to reports that Trump’s budget proposal calls for a 14 percent cut to the Coast Guard and an […]
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Head of Maine ethics commission says Ryan Tipping likely violated law
AUGUSTA (AP) — The director of the Maine Ethics Commission says a state lawmaker likely violated the state’s ethics law when he failed to swiftly disclose income earned from work he did on behalf of a political action committee. Ethics commission Director Jonathan Wayne issued a clarification about Rep. Ryan Tipping, an Orono Democrat, on […]
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Looking Back on March 10
100 years ago, 1917Charles D. Hasty of Auburn shipped this week to Aroostook county, three express loads of magnificent draft horses. One of these loads went on Wednesday to Presque Isle; another on Thursday to Fort Fairfield. While all were splendid animals, this latter load was declared by good judges to be the best over […]
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Industry voters approve loader purchase, $407.6K budget
INDUSTRY — First Selectman Lee Ireland was re-elected Saturday with 22 votes, and voters approved all 34 articles in just over 40 minutes, most with no discussion. The 2017 budget of $407,638 was approved. It is $4,061 less than the 2016 budget. The article drawing the most discussion was raising and appropriating $30,000 for paving. One […]