A rainier than average early summer continues to take its toll on central Maine as the Fourth of July approaches, canceling or postponing pre-holiday festivities, rotting garden flowers and causing a minor collapse near a roadway that is threatened by erosion.
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Timeline: Smoking regulations in central Maine
Here is a timeline of smoking regulations affecting central Maine since 1999.
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Oakland considering smoking ban at parks, town beach
The Oakland Town Council will consider upgrading a public smoking policy that people not smoke in public areas to a ban that police can enforce.
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Better excise tax collections to cover Oakland’s revenue sharing losses
Oakland Town Councilors expect increased excise tax collections to make up for a loss of state revenue sharing, avoiding the scenarios of service cuts or tax hikes that are playing out in other towns throughout the state.
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New Fairfield police chief served decades in Livermore Falls
Thomas Gould, 47, a 25-year veteran of the Livermore Falls police department, will become Fairfield’s new police chief on July 15.
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Hermit film to preview in Maine
A shortened version of a documentary about Christopher Knight, better known as the North Pond Hermit, will be aired during the Maine International Film Festival, which begins July 12 in Waterville.
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Police name 6 arrested in Fairfield track protest
The protesters tried to block a Pan Am train expected to pass through town Thursday evening by erecting a makeshift wooden scaffold on the tracks.
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MaineGeneral’s Seton campus sold to Waterville developer for $500K
The Seton campus of MaineGeneral Health has been sold for $500,000 to a company affiliated with developer Kevin Mattson, who previously purchased the Augusta hospital, according to Chuck Hays, MaineGeneral’s chief executive officer.
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Oakland reminds residents of fireworks ordinance pre-Fourth of July
Oakland town officials are spreading the word about the fireworks ordinance before the Independence Day holiday.
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MaineGeneral to relocate 180 employees to Waterville’s Hathaway center
It won’t add jobs, but the Hathaway developer expects it to spur further development.