Northeast Agricultural Sales’ general manager said workers are instructed to wash silos and not ‘scrape it with a shovel,’ which he said ignited Wednesday’s sulfur explosion that injured three.
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Posted inLife & Culture, Maine, News
Renovation of Skowhegan Opera House takes first step
A committee seeking to upgrade the venue hopes to meet reasonable standards for audience and performers, and they hope to bring shows to its stage next spring.
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Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Waterville baseball bat attack brings four-year sentence
Tyheen Shakee Walker, 33, formerly of New York, was ordered to serve an initial five months of that sentence, with the remainder suspended while he spends three years on probation.
Posted inNation & World
Iran blasts Trump’s moves against it, calls U.S. ‘isolated internationally’
President Trump says Iran’s elite Revolutional Guard Corps is a supporter of terrorism and will be sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime
Auburn man arrested in connection with Lewiston shooting
Zachery Paradis is accused of shooting a man in the stomach in September.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Maine high court weighs fate of two ‘dangerous’ dogs
The owners of Bentley and Kole are seeking to have a euthanasia order overturned in a case heard Friday by the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.
Posted inMaine, News
Trump’s move to stop payments to ACA insurance providers will push premiums higher in Maine
The average premium increase for Affordable Care Act ‘silver’ plans in 2018 will be nearly 50 percent, the state Bureau of Insurance says.
Posted inBusiness, New England
Financing delays redevelopment of Balsams resort
The historic hotel in New Hampshire was purchased by Maine ski developer Les Otten after it closed in 2010.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Madison truck driver charged with OUI, possession of narcotics
A report of erratic driving led police to discover Norman Seeley, 55, seated in his flatbed truck after it crashed, snapping a utility pole, Thursday night.