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2016
Posted inNation & World, News
Dartmouth College gets $80 million to start energy institute
Additional gifts of $33 million have been committed, and the college plans to raise more.
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Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
New England fishermen consider whether to fight Atlantic monument designation
Opponents say President Barack Obama circumvented the existing process for protecting fisheries by making the designation.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
FAA contemplates future with millions of drones in the skies
An agency official says new registrations are coming in at a rate of 2,000 a day.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Heating prices hold steady in Maine
The average price of heating oil rises a penny per gallon over the last few weeks.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Federal government to fund safety improvement on short-line railroads
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins says nearly $2 million will be allocated to improve safety practices.
Posted inNation & World, News
Guggenheim Museum displays solid gold toilet, invites patrons to use it
The museum says on its website that the artwork ‘evokes the American dream of opportunity for all.’
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News, Politics
The bottom line steered coveted $10.5 billion Coast Guard contract to shipbuilder in Florida
Maine’s congressional delegates promise scrutiny of the contract to build cutters, but politics don’t appear to factor in the decision not to award it to BIW.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine, Maine, News
The wall comes, and here’s what it looks like
Donald Trump’s plan to build a wall along the Mexican border prompts J.P. Devine to act on “see something, say something.”
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Biggest beneficiaries of Trump plan to erase ‘death taxes’ may be families like his
The candidate’s claim that the estate tax hurts small businesses and farms is untrue, tax experts say.