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Mainers join effort to pressure Lowe’s to drop paint strippers with deadly chemical

by Eric Russell May 10, 2018May 11, 2018

Methylene chloride has been linked to 50 deaths, prompting the EPA to announce upcoming action, but environmental advocates don’t want to wait and are appealing directly to retailers that sell the products.

Maine, Maine Crime

Sheriff charges two with theft of bottles and cans from Baldwin charity drive

by Matt Byrne May 10, 2018May 10, 2018

Returnables were swiped from a ‘Cans for a Cure’ donation site over the last two weeks.

Business, Maine

First of 2 apartment buildings in Waterville demolished, making way for new credit union

by Amy Calder May 10, 2018May 10, 2018

The buildings on Oak and Main streets will be replaced by a 3,000-square-foot KV Federal Credit Union, to open in the fall and replace the location on Quarry Road.

Maine, Maine Crime, News

Lawyers for Portland fire victims’ families frustrated by small settlement

by Edward D. Murphy May 10, 2018May 11, 2018

Each family that lost a loved one in the Noyes Street blaze will get $45,000, which one attorney calls ‘wholly inadequate,’ because the landlord had few assets other than $300,000 from fire insurance.