Jan Goranson, left, hugs Bob Gleason while he visits Goranson and her husband, Rob Johanson, in the sugar shack at Goranson Farm in Dresden. The husband and wife team boiled more than 300 gallons of sap this maple syrup season, according to Johanson. Gleason operated an adjoining spread, Green Point Farm, until he retired and […]
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Catholic church holds day of atonement
The Rev. George Hickey conducts the daily mass Tuesday at Sacred Heart Church in Hallowell during a “special day of atonement” designated by the leader of Maine’s Catholics, Bishop Richard Malone. The Bishop requested that Catholic churches across Maine remain open for a few hours for prayer and penance to heal the wounds of clergy […]
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Vaccine bills challenge medical establishment
AUGUSTA — Parents who question the safety of vaccines are battling with Maine’s medical establishment about two bills that could have the effect of lowering vaccination rates.
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Taxpayers may face property tax hike
WINTHROP — Property taxes could rise sharply under the initial 2011-2012 municipal budget proposal as presented to the Town Council on Monday.
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School could be closed to solve budget problem
WINTHROP — Buildings, building wings, and just about everything else is on the table as the Winthrop Board of Education continues to work to trim some $1 million from the budget proposed for the upcoming year.
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Radiated water dump scares fishermen
TOKYO — Fishermen who lost their homes and boats in Japan’s tsunami now fear radioactive water that had been gushing into the Pacific Ocean from a crippled nuclear plant could cost them their livelihoods.
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Expert: Maine Yankee’s spent fuel still poses risk
WISCASSET — It’s been 15 years since Maine Yankee produced nuclear power on Bailey Point, but the spent nuclear fuel stored in 64 dry cask storage containers still has the potential to release “19 times more radioactivity than Chernobyl” in the event of a natural or manmade disaster, according a senior scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, D.C.
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Portland man faces charges in jailtime unemployment
AUGUSTA — Allegedly collecting $3,000 in unemployment checks while serving a jail sentence has landed a Portland man in more legal trouble.
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Panel wants to keep money for shellfish bed inspectors
AUGUSTA — State lawmakers must find $120,000 to maintain funding for three scientists who inspect shellfish beds, which are critical to Maine’s $20 million-a-year shellfish industry, Sen. Lois Snowe-Mello, R-Poland, said Tuesday.
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Price at the pump may prove decisive
WASHINGTON — Quick: What do these things have in common? Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. The Japanese earthquake and tsunami. Wall Street volatility. A cranky, even angry American populace.