The president-elect has pledged to overhaul the nation’s energy policy in a way that favors energy companies, and a reversal of the pipeline decision would fulfill that pledge.
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Skowhegan police investigate hacking of its Facebook page, fake news story
The Skowhegan Police Department is dealing with a fake posting on its Facebook page that falsely claimed there had been a triple murder in town.
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Who is the man behind the ‘Ghost Ship’?
Derick Ion Almena, 46, is known as a passionate artist devoted to an alternative way of life who led the Oakland arts collective and commune with a distorted sense of reality.
Posted inMaine, News
Skowhegan woman injured in fire caused by smoking with oxygen tank
Michelle Sweet was smoking a cigarette while using oxygen, causing a fire that severely injured her Sunday afternoon and destroyed a mobile home, fire officials said.
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Prosecutors consider charges as death toll climbs in Oakland warehouse fire
Authorities believe they’ve located the section of the building where the fire started, but the cause remains unknown.
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Man ‘investigating’ conspiracy theory brandishes guns, surrenders to police at popular DC pizzeria
Edgar Maddison Welch, of Salisbury, North Carolina, told police that he had come to ‘self-investigate’ an anti-Hillary Clinton conspiracy theory spread by fake news websites.
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Gardiner Regional Middle School honor roll
Area students earn academic recognition.
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Waterville Senior High School honor roll
Area students earn academic recognition.
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Save Your Breath 5K held Nov. 6
Proceeds to fund research, low dose CT scans for high risk lung cancer patients.
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Southern Maine’s first snowfall provides a taste of what’s to come
Monday’s light snow – ranging from 3.8 inches in Standish to 1.1 inches at the Portland airport – leads to numerous slide-offs and fender-benders throughout the region, as well as a run on snow tires, sand and ice melt.