The president’s campaign pledged that millions of jobs would flow from repairing roads, building electric vehicle charging stations, weatherizing buildings, improving access to public transit and updating the U.S. power grid to be carbon-pollution free by 2035.
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Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel
‘Thank God for those fire departments’: Some, but not all, costly wood kilns destroyed in Harmony fire
The kilns were part of Thomas Firewood, a Ripley-based business owned by Derek Thomas. Thomas’ father, Doug Thomas, a former state senator and representative, owned the company until selling it to his son a year ago.
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Posted inNation & World
Judge says newspaper invaded Meghan Markle’s privacy with letter
The dispute involved the publication of large portions of a letter she wrote to her father after her 2018 wedding to Prince Harry.
Posted inThings to Do
Freeport Players to present Valentine show online
An online performance of “Three Moments in Time: A Valentine for Older Married Couples,” by Jerry Walker, will be presented by Freeport Players. The show will be available to stream through Sunday, Feb. 28, on the theater website at fcponline.org. “Three Moments in Time” is a loving, poignant, and funny look at memory and aging. […]
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Some Republicans unhappy with Trump want to chart a new course – maybe a new party
Evan McMullin, a former chief policy director to the Republican Conference who challenged Trump as an independent in 2016, helped organize the virtual meeting.
Posted inSports
MLB task force recommends seven Negro Leagues for major league status
The task force is examining leagues excluded in 1969 when a special committee on baseball records identified just six official major leagues dating to 1876.
Posted inMaine, News
COVID-19 hospitalizations in Maine hit lowest levels since November
Patient counts continued to fall or remain flat at most of Maine’s hospitals as the U.S. experiences a modest reprieve from the virus’s onslaught.
Posted inSports
MLB notebook: Dodgers, Buehler avoid arbitration with two-year, $8 million deal
Walker Buehler agrees to a deal that, with incentives, could rise to more than $12.12 million.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Portland startup to lease part of former East Millinocket mill
The company will convert low-grade wood into a product used by farmers.
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Auto racing: Bowman, Byron give Hendrick sweep of Daytona 500 front row
Alex Bowman and William Byron sweep the front row in qualifying for the Daytona 500, giving Hendrick its 14th pole and Bowman his fourth straight start in the front row.