The two schools, Helen A. Thompson School in West Gardiner and Whitefield Elementary School, plan to install filtration systems in the next month.
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Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
EU nations struggle to find joint approach on energy prices
Energy ministers of the EU’s 27 nations could not agree on whether and how to impose a price cap on Russian natural gas.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Kittery shipyard’s impact last year soared to $1.3 billion
Southern Maine towns and cities benefited from large number of workers and their salaries.
Posted inBusiness, News
Royce Cross stepping down as CEO of Cross Insurance, being succeeded by son
Jonathan Cross is the third generation of the Cross family to lead the 68-year-old, Bangor-based insurance provider.
Posted inPortland Sea Dogs, Sports
Sea Dogs players react to efforts to unionize minor leaguers
Major League Baseball announces it is prepared to accept a union for minor league baseball players, who make as little as $600 a week at the Double-A level in Portland.
Posted inSports
Cancer claims 4-time Iditarod champion Lance Mackey
Mackey overcame throat cancer in 2001 to win an unprecedented four straight championships, from 2007 through 2010.
Posted inNew England
Spotty fall colors likely in New England amid drought
Leaf peeping is big business in places like New England, where millions of visitors from around the country and world bring in billions of dollars.
Posted inNation & World, News
Storm’s fierce winds complicate California wildfire fight
Two people died while fleeing the wildfire on Monday and at least 12 structures have been destroyed.
Posted inNew England
New Hampshire agrees to upgrade fish hatchery over pollution fears
The state will take action to reduce phosphorus in its discharges from the Powder Mill State Fish Hatchery to the Merrymeeting River.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine
EqualityMaine donates 100 Pride flags to Hallowell in effort to rally support for LGBTQ community after recent thefts
The donation comes in response to the arrest of an Augusta man for allegedly stealing Pride flags and having anti-LGBTQ stickers in his vehicle.