AUGUSTA — There is no chemical substitute for the bisphenol-A that is used in infant formula cans and baby food lids.
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KVCC, paper mills team up to train younger workers
FAIRFIELD — With an increasing number of paper mill employees retiring out of the workforce, Kennebec Valley Community College hopes to school another generation in the traditional backbone of Maine’s production economy.
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Store employees save Anson family from burning home
ANSON — Store workers saw fire coming from the back of a mobile home near the store early Thursday morning and woke up the family inside, likely saving their lives.
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Outsider money hit $3.6M in 2012 Maine elections
Maine’s 2012 legislative elections have broken another record.
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Madison, county agree to share tech services
MADISON — The town will partner with the county to bring information technology services to the town office.
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DA consolidates charges in Mount Vernon illegal hunting case
AUGUSTA — Fifteen of the 57 hunting violations against a Mount Vernon man have been condensed by the district attorney’s office into a single felony charge.
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Homeless man charged in 1976 killing suffers ‘medical issue’; extradition delayed
AUGUSTA — A return to Maine has been put on hold for a homeless Seattle man accused of killing a city woman 36 years ago. Authorities said Gary Raub had an unspecified medical issue.
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Wind industry fears loss of critical tax credit
WASHINGTON – Geronimo Wind Energy recently won regulators’ permission to build two wind farms in Minnesota. What happens next for the ventures depends partly on the political winds in the nation’s capital. Right now, those winds seem to be blowing in the wrong direction for the projects. With the U.S. Senate and House struggling to […]
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Head of Maine gun group calls for guns in schools
But the president of the Maine teachers union says ‘there is no place for guns in schools.’
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220-year-old New York Stock Exchange sold to upstart rival
In a deal that highlights the dwindling stature of what was once a centerpiece of capitalism, the NYSE is being sold to a little-known rival for $8 billion.