Existing leases will be honored but fees for new leases will be evaluated to reflect coal’s impact on the environment.
2016
Posted inNation & World, News
‘Before I go to heaven’: How a dying child’s wish ‘to be famous in China’ came true
The unpredictable alchemy of social media, human sympathy and Dorian Murray’s beseeching blue eyes has made good on his father’s desperate assurance.
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Posted inCommunity
Madison Area Health Center receives $10,000
Donation to help with purchase, installation of generator back-up for patient Electronic Medical Records.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine, News
I’ll see the jackpot in my dreams
JP Devine muses on winning $1.6 billion and how he’d go from being a writing ‘vendor’ to someone who can buy anything and not have to remember what it was.
Posted inBusiness, News
Dow takes a nosedive, tumbling 391 points along with the price of oil
The slump appears to be driven by continued fears about the global economy.
Posted inMaine, News
Benton Planning Board rejects US Cellular tower plan
The board voted unanimously against the application for permission to build an 80-foot-tall cell tower in a residential neighborhood on Benton Avenue.
Posted inBusiness, News
Wal-Mart to close 269 stores, 154 of them in the U.S., but none in Maine
No stores in Maine were identified in a closings list released by the company. Most of the stores slated to be closed in the U.S. are within 10 miles of another Wal-Mart.
Posted inCommunity
‘Cinderella’ to be stage a Oak Hill High School
Productions set for 7 p.m. Jan. 22 and 23, 2 p.m. Jan. 24.
Posted inNation & World, News
Rescuers find debris after 2 Marine helicopters with 12 aboard collide in Hawaii
The accident happened late at night off the island of Oahu, and the debris covers an area of 2 miles.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
Three men charged with kidnapping, robbery at Waterboro home
The men – all from out of state – drove to the home on Northeast Road in an attempt to steal marijuana, the York County sheriff says.