Fire officials found that there was a “significant failure in the roof truss system.”
2020
Voter-approved money that LePage blocked is finally going to new housing for seniors
The $14.5 million approved by Maine voters in 2015 is combined with other funding and awarded to seven projects that will provide 212 units of affordable housing for Mainers 55 and older.
Doyle McManus: Trump’s Orwellian doublespeak on Iran
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Jay man injured in Farmington explosion upgraded to fair condition
Larry Lord, 61, remains at a Boston hospital nearly four months after deadly explosion.
Bolton ‘prepared to testify’ if subpoenaed in Senate trial
Former Trump national security adviser John Bolton’s statement comes as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is stalling House-passed articles of impeachment against Trump in a bid to get new witnesses to testify.
Divisions at Seeds of Peace bring conflict to famed nonprofit
The recently ousted camp director in Maine declares its board is unrepresentative of the organization’s mission and caters to wealthy donors.
Biddeford, Mechanics savings banks merge
Maine Community Bank plans to keep all 10 branches open, and has no plans to lay off employees, its CEO says.
Cowboys to hire Mike McCarthy as coach, succeeding Jason Garrett
McCarthy, who won a Super Bowl with the Packers, takes over in Dallas.
Australia to pay ‘whatever it takes’ to fight wildfires
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the government was committing an extra 2 billion Australian dollars toward the recovery effort.
Weinstein indicted on new sex crimes charges in L.A. as New York trial begins
The Hollywood mogul has been charged with raping one woman and sexually assaulting another in separate incidents over a two-day period in 2013.