Meanwhile, more volunteers and utility workers from the state also are headed south just two weeks after dozens of Mainers went to the Gulf states to help mop up after Hurricane Harvey.
September 2017
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Labor issues lead Canada’s push for NAFTA changes spurred by Trump
Worker rights and higher wages are key for Prime Minister Trudeau in negotiations with the U.S. and Mexico and will make it harder to reach agreement.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Former Biddeford textile mill to be converted into housing units
The vacant Lincoln Mill will be transformed into The Lincoln, with 181 residential units, a meeting space, restaurant, New York City-style lobby and rooftop amenities, the developer says.
Posted inMaine, News
Windsor man killed in motorcycle crash during charity event had ‘a really big heart’
The parents of Aaron White-Sevigny, 25, one of two men who died Sunday during the annual United Bikers of Maine Toy Run, described him as outgoing and giving.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Alan Caron may be next to enter 2018 governor’s race
He uses a Facebook post to alert friends of a pending announcement that he’s running for a ‘major office,’ but he won’t confirm which one.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Speaker of Maine House asks LePage to reconsider and accept federal workforce funds
The governor’s request to change the way the $8 million is allocated was denied, and leaders of the state’s workforce boards have been told the state would no longer accept the federal funding.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Don’t tell Waterville Senior High School alumna Mollie Pleau she ‘can’t’
Pleau, a Smith College grad, is heading into the U.S. Air Force’s officer training school with high hopes of becoming an astronaut.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Morning Sentinel Sept. 11 police log
Waterville area police reports for Sept. 11, 2017.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Death of homeless man in downtown Portland ruled a homicide
Police are looking for a person of interest seen with Sunao Thomas Yamada, 54, shortly before his body was found Sunday on Temple Street.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Kennebec Journal Sept. 11 police log
Augusta area police reports for Sept. 11, 2017.