The City Council is expected to decide next week whether to tighten quarry blasting standards, but company representatives say they might have to close their operation completely under the proposed rules.
2016
Posted inNation & World, News
Adult smokers at record low in U.S.
That’s great, says the CDC, but the agency warns that the incidence of tobacco-related cancer is still high.
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Posted inPolitics
Trump bucks protocol, restricts press access
The president-elect refuses to let journalists travel with him for his first meeting with President Obama.
Posted inNation & World
Forecast: La Nina may linger through winter
The arrival of La Nina usually brings wetter winters to the northern Rockies, Pacific Northwest and Ohio Valley and warmer, drier conditions to southern parts.
Posted inNation & World
Supermoon extra super on Monday
Monday will have the closest full moon of the year, and it will be the closest the moon comes to us in almost 69 years.
Posted inFootball, Sports, Varsity Maine
CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS: Winslow, MCI football teams chasing regional titles
Black Raiders, Huskies 1 step closer to reaching state games.
Posted inMaine colleges, Sports
FOOTBALL NOTES: Husson preps for NCAA tourney
ECFC champion plays Mt. Ida in regular season finale Saturday.
Posted inLifestyle
‘60 Minutes’ lands interview with president-elect for Sunday
Lesley Stahl will interview Donald Trump on Friday at his home in New York City.
Posted inLifestyle
Man sentenced for trespass at home of Kendall Jenner
Shavaughn McKenzie is sentenced to time served in a Los Angeles jail.
Posted inBusiness
Companies hope Trump softens on mass expulsion of undocumented immigrants
They say deportations will worsen labor shortages, force up wages and hurt good workers, especially in certain industries.