Environmental regulators ordered wastewater treatment plants to test sludge for chemicals known as PFAS, but the plants face a tight timeline and uncertainty over what to do with sludge that’s been used as fertilizer for decades.
April 2019
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Posted inMaine Crime
Lewiston police seize heroin, cocaine, assault rifles from apartment
A Delaware man faces drug and gun charges and is being held on $50,000 bail.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
White House whistle-blower from Maine tells Congress her story
Tricia Newbold, who grew up in Madawaska, testified in March that she has been discriminated against for her involvement in the denial of 25 security clearances for Trump administration officials, and seen most of those denials overturned.
Posted inNation & World, News, Uncategorized
Baltimore mayor goes on leave as book scandal intensifies
She takes the action as a political scandal intensifies about ‘self-dealing’ book sales.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Woman charged in fatal hit-and-run at ball field due in court
Carol Sharrow of Sanford, who pleaded not guilty and not criminally responsible in the death of Douglas Parkhurst, may be seeking to change her plea.
Posted inNation & World, Uncategorized
Democrats to prepare subpoenas for full Mueller report
The Justice Department appears likely to miss a deadline set by Democrats.
Posted inLocal & State
Hubbard Free Library trustees ask for $74,000 in city financial support
Library trustees and the City Council discussed a proposed 174-percent increase from the usual city contribution on Monday.
Posted inNation & World, Uncategorized
U.K. Parliament rejects alternatives to May’s Brexit deal
Lawmakers turn down four alternatives to the government’s unpopular European Union divorce deal that would have softened or even halted Britain’s departure.
Posted inNation & World, Uncategorized
Disaster aid stalls in Senate amid fight over Puerto Rico
Senate Democrats block the Republican bill, saying it doesn’t do enough to help hurricane-torn Puerto Rico.