The 15,000 additional H-2B visas being made available by the federal government will be issued on a first-come, first-served basis.
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Posted inMaine, News
Paper-shredding truck crashes into wall in Augusta
Police said the driver got out to start the truck’s shredding machine when it apparently slipped into gear and moved across the street.
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Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Break-in reported at office of Republican senator, a swing vote in health-care bill
A threatening note was left in the office of Dean Heller, R-Nev., according to reports.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Life & Culture, News
Concert review: Festival Orchestra plays vigorous concert to a large crowd
The Atlantic Music Festival runs through July 30 at Colby College in Waterville.
Posted inMaine, News
Sidney woman recovering from injuries after rooftop accident in Boston
Erin Field, 21, a graduate of Messalonskee High School, was in a hammock on the roof of her brother’s Boston apartment when a chimney cracked and fell on top of her.
Posted inBusiness, News
Chicken slaughter will be gentler as Perdue tries to reduce trauma to birds
Perdue Farms will expose chickens to a gas mixture before they are killed.
Posted inMaine Crime, News
Teens arrested after robbery of West End convenience store
A clerk at the Cumberland Farms on Pine Street said two men with handguns and wearing masks entered the store and demanded money about 2:30 a.m. Sunday.
Posted inMaine Crime, News
Bath man charged with indecent exposure
Jeremy Collier, 39, was arrested after two teenage girls said Collier exposed himself to them on Front Street.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Federal officials order 15,000 new H-2B visas for tourism, seafood industries
Maine businesses requested 2,877 H-2B visas this year, but only 700 were approved.
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Tough Monday? It could be worse. Here’s a glimpse of ‘Blade Runner 2049’
Thirty years after the science fiction classic “Blade Runner” hit the screens, fans are getting a taste of the long-awaited sequel, “Blade Runner 2049.” In the new “Blade Runner,” LAPD Officer K (Ryan Gosling) unearths a secret that has the potential to plunge what’s left of society into chaos. The discovery leads him on a […]