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Nedra Rhone: Manufacturers need a lesson in toxic chemicals transparency

Some American chemical companies have an important lesson to learn: It doesn’t pay to keep secrets. Earlier this month, DuPont and four other companies filed a suit to prevent The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and the Rome News-Tribune from obtaining certain documents. Those legal filings reveal how much the chemical companies are paying to settle a lawsuit […]

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Community Compass: Waterville building set for demolition has a story to tell

In late June of 1862 there must have been many Waterville families nervously waiting to receive letters from their boys, husbands, or friends. Maine regiments were fighting the Confederates for control of the South’s capital, Richmond, Virginia. Two of those families lived near each other and were related through a marriage. One of their homes […]