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Boiler explosion shuts down Lincoln mill; cause under investigation

LINCOLN — A smelt water explosion in a chemical recovery boiler at Lincoln Paper and Tissue LLC on Saturday shook neighborhood houses and forced the mill to shut down temporarily. No injuries were reported, officials said. The explosion occurred at the Katahdin Avenue mill’s recovery boiler, which is used to burn or recycle leftover chemicals […]

Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills

Money approved for school lighting

OXFORD — The State Department of Education has unanimously approved using part of a $1 million energy efficient contract with Siemens Building Technology to convert some 600 lights at SAD 17 schools to LED fixtures. The project, to switch out the lighting and to convert two oil burners to wood pellet burners, is being financed […]

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