A new report suggests that the black market is being significantly reduced by legalization, and that those reductions will continue.
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Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Documents: Man charged in fatal Strong crash wanted to show off truck’s speed
According to a police affidavit filed with the Franklin County District Court, the Rangeley man admitted that “he drank too much to be driving.”
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Posted inMaine, News
Have you seen these runaways? Maine search underway
Missing are Collette Boure of Standish and Alexander Meyers. They are believed to be traveling together in a gray Toyota Corolla.
Posted inBusiness
Strong earnings for WEX push stock to 2016 high
The South Portland company reported third-quarter revenue of $287.8 million, up 27 percent from a year earlier.
Posted inField Hockey, Sports, Varsity Maine
Field hockey state title game times announced
Oak Hill and MCI will meet at 11 a.m. Saturday in Bath.
Posted inNation & World, News
She didn’t think a flu shot was necessary – until her daughter died
A Washington state mother says she didn’t get a flu shot for her daughter because she was unaware of its importance. Now she’s urging other parents not to make the same mistake.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
FCC passes sweeping new rules to protect your online privacy
The rules now require service providers to ask your explicit permission before using or sharing much of your data.
Posted inBusiness
Qualcomm to buy NXP Semiconductors for $47 billion
The purchase, the largest in the chip industry’s history, is Qualcomm’s response to slowing growth in demand for smartphones.
Posted inBusiness
SBA grants $145,000 to help small business with exports
The award has been used for the past four years to help Maine companies deliver $7 million in new exports.
Posted inMaine, News
Two people killed in separate crashes in Alfred and Greene
A man in Greene and a woman in Alfred are killed when their vehicles crash into trees, say police in two counties.