Kenneth Hubbert driving an empty flatbed tractor-trailer, veered into the breakdown lane in Saco, killing a Texas man who had stopped along the roadway..
2017
Posted inNation & World
Not real news: A look at what didn’t happen this week
Who is on the royal wedding list and a regurgitated story about a mistaken cremation are among this week’s whoppers.
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Posted inNation & World, Politics
Sen. Collins’ shaky health care deal poses challenge for tax overhaul
Losing Collins would cut Republicans’ one-vote margin on the tax bill to zero, putting the prospects of final passage in a more precarious state.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Anson to decide whether to accept Madison Paper’s landfill
The paper mill’s former owners also would provide $2.4 million to maintain the property.
Posted inBusiness
Franklin Memorial goes from worst to best on hospital list
A ratings group named seven Maine hospitals among the 18 best rural hospitals in the nation.
Posted inBusiness
Fisheries council boosts Gulf of Maine quotas for cod, haddock, pollock
Other species will have reductions in 2018 quotas, but overall, the New England Fisheries Management Council said there are healthy stocks for groundfishing.
Posted inMaine Crime
Rumford man pleads not guilty in Chesterville standoff
Two felony charges against Vance Billings, 41, were reduced to misdemeanor charges by the state.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Sen. Collins may change vote on tax plan if Republicans renege on her amendments
‘I won’t make a final decision until I see what the package is,’ she says, referring to the bill that emerges from the House and Senate versions.
Posted inMaine
Wayne officials to monitor dam after reports of leaks
An engineering firm said water could be seen leaking ‘from several joints’ near the bottom of the dam.
Posted inMaine
New Sharon residents to vote on new fire station, town office
At a special town meeting Monday, scheduled so bids could go out to contractors early, voters will decide whether to approve the lowest cost option.