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  • Ambitious project targets 13 bridges, overpasses in Portland area

    Bangor Daily News
    Brian Swartz
    16 May 2012 | 1:41 pm
    Thirteen bridges and overpasses between Exits 1 and 8 on Interstate 295 are receiving extra special attention from the Maine Department of Transportation this year. Dubbed the I-295 Northbound Project, the $7.9-million endeavor entails a complicated series of lane/ramp closures along the highway’s northbound lanes. Unlike the nearby $63 million ...

  • Gov. LePage signs state budget

    Morning Sentinel News
    Angie Muhs Only
    16 May 2012 | 12:44 pm
    After passing five previous budgets with bipartisan support, the parties split on the final budget of this year.

  • Severe thunderstorm watch issued for Franklin and Oxford counties

    Sun Journal - Connecting you with your Community
    Staff Report
    16 May 2012 | 1:09 pm
    GRAY — A severe thunderstorm watch has been issued for Franklin and Oxford counties until 9 p.m. tonight. The National Weather Service issued a prediction at 1:20 p.m. cautioning residents about the hazardous weather outlook. The hazardous outlook extends through Central and N...

  • Feds aim to stop bus, truck rollovers

    Portland Press Herald News Stories
    Rick Wakely
    16 May 2012 | 1:00 pm
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  • Ambitious project targets 13 bridges, overpasses in Portland area

    Brian Swartz
    16 May 2012 | 1:41 pm
    Thirteen bridges and overpasses between Exits 1 and 8 on Interstate 295 are receiving extra special attention from the Maine Department of Transportation this year. Dubbed the I-295 Northbound Project, the $7.9-million endeavor entails a complicated series of lane/ramp closures along the highway’s northbound lanes. Unlike the nearby $63 million ...

  • Playing in Portland provides potential to pump up interest in UMaine athletics

    Pete Warner
    16 May 2012 | 1:39 pm
    PORTLAND, Maine — While it may only be a two-hour drive from Portland to Orono, there is a much greater gap between the University of Maine athletic department and its fans in the southern part of Maine. That is why events such as Tuesday’s baseball game between the University of ...

  • Insurance agent discusses the coverages needed by truck owners

    Brian Swartz
    16 May 2012 | 1:35 pm
    Insurance lets a commercial truck roll. Before a big rig ever leaves a yard, the truck, its contents, and driver should be insured, according to Pat LaVoie, a licensed insurance agent and the chief operating officer at the Varney Agency. The risks associated with not insuring or underinsuring a commercial ...

  • Maine businesses face a Jan. 1, 2013 narrowbanding deadline

    Brian Swartz
    16 May 2012 | 1:17 pm
    The countdown clock is ticking for two-way-radio users: The Federal Communications Commission has mandated that on Jan. 1, 2013, such radios must operate on narrowband frequencies. Anyone caught using a wideband frequency after that date could face hefty fines. The FCC mandated in December 2004 that two-way-radio frequencies must change ...

  • Scrappers allegedly caught on video stealing from Bangor service station

    Nok-Noi Ricker
    16 May 2012 | 1:17 pm
    BANGOR, Maine — Employees at the Union Street Citgo noticed that their scrap metal pile was getting smaller. After checking the service station’s video surveillance camera system, they saw that a couple had raided the pile the previous four nights, Sgt. Paul Edwards said. The couple, driving an SUV, had ...
 
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  • Severe thunderstorm watch issued for Franklin and Oxford counties

    Staff Report
    16 May 2012 | 1:09 pm
    GRAY — A severe thunderstorm watch has been issued for Franklin and Oxford counties until 9 p.m. tonight. The National Weather Service issued a prediction at 1:20 p.m. cautioning residents about the hazardous weather outlook. The hazardous outlook extends through Central and N...

  • Query: Have you ever done something on social media that lives to haunt you today?

    Kathryn Skelton, Staff Writer
    16 May 2012 | 11:43 am
    The nude baby picture of your now-tween daughter that you put on your Facebook page. The rant about your boss's latest email that you thought you forwarded to a best friend but instead replied "All." The tweet — with twitpic — of you canoodling with your love interest af...

  • Ladies Professional Golf Association bringing its Legends Tour to Maine

    Justin Pelletier, Assistant Sports Editor, Online
    16 May 2012 | 11:22 am
    FALMOUTH — Top-flight professional golf is returning to Maine. A star-studded field of former Ladies Professional Golf Association players who now ply their trade on a relatively new tour known as the Legends Tour will descend on Falmouth Country Club in June for the inaugural Hannaf...

  • 5 groups show interest in Maine charter schools

    The Associated Press
    16 May 2012 | 8:36 am
    AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — There was at least one surprise among the five organizations that have applied to open charter schools in Maine. State education officials had anticipated letters from four groups, but they weren't expecting one that came in for a school in the Piscataquis Count...

  • Maine electrical union sues over embezzled money

    The Associated Press
    16 May 2012 | 8:33 am
    AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Trustees of a Maine electrical workers union's trust fund have filed a lawsuit to recover $260,000 they say the fund's now-dead administrator embezzled. The lawsuit filed Monday in Kennebec County Superior Court alleges that Donald Sarette stole the money to cov...
 
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