Five cases of salmonella poisoning are linked directly to the product, which also went to a “handful” of other unnamed distributors.
Leslie Bridgers
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Leslie Bridgers is a columnist for the Portland Press Herald, writing about Maine culture, customs and the things we notice and wonder about in our everyday lives. Originally from Connecticut, Leslie came to Maine by way of Bowdoin College and never left. She joined the Portland Press Herald in 2011 as a reporter and spent seven years as the paper’s features editor, overseeing coverage of arts, entertainment and food.
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Groups lining up to own, preserve Maine lighthouses that feds wish to discard
Seven groups are at least interested in owning one or both of the offshore Maine lighthouses that the federal government wants to give away.
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Seven groups interested in owning Maine lighthouses
The two Maine lighthouses will be given away by the government after a detailed application process.
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DHHS says confidential information sent out because of computer error
Maine’s Department of Health and Human Services accidentally mailed confidential information from 31 applications for public assistance to random addresses in its database because of an error in its computer system.
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DHHS filing error led to mailing of personal info
Some of the mailings included applicants’ Social Security numbers and bank information.
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Hannaford, Cumberland Farms, Sam’s Club withdraw suspect meatballs
Hannaford supermarkets, Cumberland Farms and Sam’s Club stores in Maine removed products made with Buona Vita meatballs from their shelves last week following a recall because of listeria contamination.
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Maine stores pull contaminated meatballs from shelves
Hannaford supermarkets, Cumberland Farms and Sam’s Club stores in Maine removed products made with Buona Vita meatballs from their shelves last week following a recall because of listeria contamination.
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Multiple Maine stores recall tainted meatballs
The meatballs are found in sandwiches and other prepared foods at Hannaford Supermarkets, Cumberland Farms and Sam’s Club.
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Portland man, 24, killed in shooting
PORTLAND — A 24-year-old Portland man died and two other men were injured Wednesday in an apparently random predawn shooting on India Street, the city’s first homicide of 2012.
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Suspects still at large in Portland’s first homicide of 2012
A 24-year-old Portland man died and two others were injured Wednesday in a predawn shooting on India Street, which was an apparently random act of violence.