A wood products company in Baldwin plans to build an $80 million pellet manufacturing plant that would send most of its output 28 miles by rail to Portland for export to Europe.
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HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP: Hall’s header lifts Messalonskee boys
TOPSHAM — Chris Hall headed in Ryan Erskine’s corner kick in the first half to lift No. 6 Messalonskee to a 1-0 win over No. 3 Mt. Ararat in an Eastern Maine Class A boys soccer quaterfinal game Wednesday.
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BRIEFS: CMP soon to begin trimming trees
AUGUSTA — Monmouth and Wayne are among several communities where Central Maine Power Company will be trimming limbs during its $25 million annual vegetation management program aimed at improving the reliability of its transmission and distribution lines.
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HIGH SCHOOL BOYS SOCCER ROUNDUP: Hall’s header lifts Eagles
TOPSHAM — Chris Hall headed in Ryan Erskine’s corner kick in the first half to lift No. 6 Messalonskee to a 1-0 win over No. 3 Mt. Ararat in an Eastern Maine Class A boys soccer quaterfinal game Wednesday.
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Five sentenced in Kennebec court
AUGUSTA — Five people were sentenced Tuesday in separate hearings in Kennebec County Superior Court:
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HIGH SCHOOL BOYS SOCCER: Hard work pays off for Bears
READFIELD — Maranacook was quicker to the ball, controlled the middle of the field and buried its best chances.
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More than coffee, donuts: Meet Dunkin test chefs
PORTLAND — Jeff Miller and Heidi Curry would love to tell you what they’re working on right now, but then they would have to kill you.
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Caterer promises end to sex parties at hall
SANFORD — A caterer at a local banquet hall has promised to stop hosting monthly sex parties that have shocked townspeople and jeopardized the company’s operating licenses.
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Fireboats used for non-emergengy runs
PORTLAND — More than two-thirds of the trips made last year by the Portland Fire Department’s fireboats were for non-emergency purposes, according to city records.
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Iraq war vet hurt in protest
OAKLAND, Calif. — A clash between Oakland police and Occupy Wall Street protesters left an Iraq War veteran in critical condition Wednesday after a projectile struck him in a conflict that came as tensions intensified over demonstrators’ encampments across the San Francisco Bay Area.