Proponents of the deal, which will deliver up to $12.4 million more revenue for the county, balked at a state official’s statements that suggest the unorganized territory is no place for such agreements.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine, News, Politics
Maine officials still don’t know how much state underbid on contract to refurbish Boston buses
The Maine Military Authority in Limestone has finished work on 11 MBTA buses, but won’t accept delivery of any others until talks are held next week.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Proximity to Arctic wasn’t on Eimskip’s list of reasons for coming to Portland
The Icelandic company chose Portland as its American port of call because it saw the opportunities to expand trade in the North Atlantic.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
Portland man pleads guilty to running illegal elver trade
Prosecutors say Yarann Im and his Maine Eel Co. illegally trafficked hundreds of pounds of valuable baby eels.
Posted inSports, Varsity Maine
LOCAL ROUNDUP: Gardiner boys soccer gets best of MCI
Casey Bourque scores both goals for Tigers in win.
Posted inSports, Varsity Maine
LOCAL ROUNDUP: Waterville girls soccer gets best of Mount View
Winslow boys soccer blanks Oceanside.
Posted inNation & World
Official: Train that slammed into Hoboken, N.J., terminal was speeding
It was traveling at two to three times the 10 mph speed limit, according to federal investigators’ estimates.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Legislative candidates debate education, water quality, transportation at Augusta forum
The event, sponsored by the Kennebec Valley Organization, featured 10 candidates for House and Senate seats and one for Kennebec County sheriff.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
Charge dropped against Maine state trooper accused of criminal mischief
Trooper Michael D. Lane, 28, of Lyman was issued a summons about 2 a.m. Sept. 2 in Saco, but authorities have not said why he was charged or what led to the dismissal.
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Experts: Police talk of running down suspect may be justified
A dashboard camera caught two office discussing hitting a suspect armed with a knife before fatally shooting him.