INDIAN ISLAND — Bill Towsend is an old man now, at 84, but steady enough on his feet to walk down the muddy bank of the Penobscot River and watch as excavators smashed the defunct concrete fishway of the Great Works Dam.
June 2012
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Health exchange decision could hurt state
Even with the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act in doubt, many states are positioning themselves to be ready with at least one provision of the federal law: setting up insurance exchanges.
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Residents vote to fund public safety
VASSALBORO — Residents at the annual Town Meeting approved several budget items Monday night, including the expenditure of $36,800 for police and animal control, and more than $115,000 for the Fire Department.
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Lobster panel considering new advertising campaign
Buoyed by the success of food and drink advertising campaigns such as “Got Milk?,” the state Lobster Advisory Council wants Maine’s lobster industry to spend $3 million boost sales and market prices.
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Big-ticket items top warrant
LITCHFIELD — Two big-ticket items — both for vehicles — are on the warrant for the annual Town Meeting, which begins 10 a.m. Saturday at the Litchfield Sportsmen’s Club.
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WEDNESDAY’S EVENTS
Barbershop chorus: Maine-ly Harmony Women’s Barbershop Chorus rehearsal, 6:30 p.m., Veterans Affairs hospital at Togus, Building 205, Room 112; all women are welcome; call 582-5523.
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Route 197 bridge will close June 18
LITCHFIELD — The Route 197 bridge over the Maine Turnpike will be closed for repairs and motorists detoured around it for about three weeks beginning Monday, June 18.
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Farmland Trust lets family farm remain intact
BELGRADE — Roger and Dawn Bickford had always hoped that their 120-acre farm, which had been with the family for more than a century, would remain intact.
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CORRECTIONS
In the voters’ guide that appeared in Sunday’s paper, the questionnaire for House District 82 candidate Kevin Cookson, of Winthrop, should have included a Facebook address, www.facebook.com/HD82Cookson.