If Kennebec Gas Co. is asking for TIFs to provide the benefit of natural gas to industrial customers, the towns involved should insist that the benefit of the alternative to heating oil should be provided to all property owners. After all who provides TIFs? All property owners. Al Ottum Richmond
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Theaters can lead downtown revitalization
I recently read a letter from the ever-entertaining and insightful Buddy Doyle. In this piece about further stimulating Gardiner’s downtown revival, he dismissed the affordable renovation of Johnson Hall as a “myth.” I could not disagree more. It is not only affordable, but the ability of a renovated theater to play a pivotal role in […]
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Petitions reject wind power development
AUGUSTA — A majority of residents in Concord and Lexington townships, as well as Highland Plantation, have signed petitions opposing wind power development in their area of Somerset County.
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BIW marks milestone for USS Zumwalt
BATH — Two daughters and son of the late Adm. Elmo “Bud” Zumwalt helped Bath Iron Works mark a milestone Thursday in construction of the largest ship to be built in more than two decades at the shipyard.
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2 honored for work in courts
AUGUSTA — Two local people were honored Thursday for their work in the Maine courts.
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Bomb threat at Mt. Blue forces students elsewhere
FARMINGTON — Students at Mt. Blue High School will be bused to alternate sites today because of a bomb threat made for that day earlier this week.
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NHL: Bruins win in shootout
BOSTON (AP) — Tuukka Rask made 30 saves through overtime and then stopped Columbus’ Antoine Vermette in the shootout as the Boston Bruins beat the Blue Jackets 2-1 on Thursday night for their seventh straight win.
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Man arrested in Farmington homicide
A 27-year-old Massachusetts man has been arrested in connection with the death of Grace Burton, a Farmington woman who was killed in her apartment in June.
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STILL LIFE: Look who’s back
Raymond Moody puts the finishing touches on his Santa Claus decorations in front of his Main Street residence in Anson on Wednesday.