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    October 8, 2011

    Chemical spill creates mess on I-95

    AUGUSTA — Utility crews and state engineers are monitoring city water supplies and Bond Brook after a loaded tanker spilled hundreds of gallons of a paper-making chemical Friday morning in an Interstate 95 crash that snarled traffic for miles.

  • Published
    October 8, 2011

    Tanker crash snarls I-95

    AUGUSTA — Utility crews and state engineers are monitoring city water supplies and Bond Brook after a loaded tanker spilled hundreds of gallons of a paper-making chemical Friday morning in an Interstate 95 crash that snarled traffic for miles.

  • Published
    October 7, 2011

    I-95 delays persist in Augusta tanker crash

    AUGUSTA — Traffic delays continue along Interstate 95 between Augusta and Waterville after Maine State Police say a tractor trailer carrying chemicals crashed early this morning. One lane is getting through.

  • Published
    October 4, 2011

    Gardiner traffic stop helps solve Cape Elizabeth burglaries

    GARDINER — A traffic stop for wayward driving over the weekend apparently has helped police solve a string of burglaries in Cape Elizabeth.

  • Published
    August 11, 2011

    No commercial license needed to drive tractors

    The federal government on Wednesday announced it is scrapping plans to require farmers to get commercial drivers licenses to operate their tractors.

  • Published
    August 11, 2011

    Tractors: No license necessary

    The federal government announced Wednesday it is scrapping plans to require farmers to get commercial drivers licenses to operate their tractors. The decision came after thousands of angry farmers and farm organizations blasted the measure as unnecessary meddling.

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    August 8, 2011

    After fire destroys home, family finds overwhelming response

    READFIELD — Marlene Webber began keeping a list as soon as the help started rolling in within hours of the fire that destroyed her family’s Mount Vernon home. Webber was determined to send a personal note of thanks to everyone who gave.

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    August 7, 2011

    ‘Water is a plant’s Viagra,’ says enterprising pot professor

    AUGUSTA — Marijuana is known for making some people feel good and making others angry, particularly when it comes to debates about whether or not to make the plant available to the ill and the injured.

  • Published
    August 7, 2011

    Sun shines over bicentennial bash

    WASHINGTON — If given a chance to write a script for how the day would go, master of ceremonies John Christie could hardly have written anything better than the opening of this town’s bicentennial celebration Saturday.

  • Published
    August 7, 2011

    To grow in the know

    AUGUSTA — Marijuana is known for making some people feel good and making others angry, particularly when it comes to debates about whether or not to make the plant available to the ill and the injured.