LIVERMORE FALLS — Police are investigating a burglary at a house on Leeds Road, where all of the copper pipes, joints and electrical wiring were stolen. The burglary, reported Monday, occurred within the past five weeks, based on when the owner was last there, Police Chief Ernest Steward Jr. said Tuesday. Two other vacant buildings have also had copper […]
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Copper salvaged from Maine’s Capitol dome to become public art
Judith Allen of Portland and James Creighton of Brunswick will reuse copper from the Capitol dome for new pieces of public art that will be installed at the Maine State Capitol Complex in summer 2018. The Maine Arts Commission announced its selection Tuesday as part of the State Capitol Copper Dome Reuse Project. The artists […]
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Jay police investigate theft of copper from Crash Road house
JAY — Police are investigating the theft of copper from a house at 198 Crash Road. The residence, which is up for sale, was stripped of all copper from the furnace, plumbing system and the outdoor spigots, detective Michael Mejia said. “There was substantial damage done,” he said. Someone driving by the house who knows […]
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Wiring stolen from the Buckfield Fire-Rescue Station
BUCKFIELD — The Oxford County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the theft of electrical wiring stripped from the walls of the $1 million fire and rescue station under construction. More than 100 feet of wiring was reported missing last Thursday after a worker entered the station, which is in front the Town Office on Turner Street. Police […]
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Artists could get State House copper to use
AUGUSTA (AP) — To some, the weathered green copper sheets that have been removed from the Maine State House dome may just look like scrap. But to the artists in Maine who are clamoring to get a piece, it looks like opportunity.The state had planned to recycle most of the 100-year-old metal that’s being replaced […]
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Police investigate another copper theft in Livermore Falls
LIVERMORE FALLS — Police began a seventh investigation into a theft of copper from a house within 20 days on Thursday. An owner of a house on the lower end of Park Street was mowing the lawn and noticed the back door had been damaged, police Chief Ernest Steward Jr. said Thursday. The forced entry […]
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Copper thieves strike sixth home in Livermore Falls
LIVERMORE FALLS — Police on Tuesday received the sixth report of copper being stolen from a house since July 5, police Chief Ernest Steward Jr. said. All of the houses were entered by force. This time, it was on Moose Hill Road. It was an unoccupied house that is locally owned, he said. The home […]
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Plan for copper on Maine’s State House dome still up in the air
AUGUSTA — Like the material itself, a plan for what the Legislature eventually will do with the more than 7,000 square feet of copper being replaced on the State House dome is still up in the air. Lawmakers on the Legislative Council on Tuesday set in motion a plan to get more details on what […]
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State House copper may become art, souvenirs
AUGUSTA — The century-old green copper sheathing being removed from the State House dome as part of a $1.3 million restoration project may be sold for something other than scrap. David Boulter, executive director of the Legislative Council, said a number of people have asked about how to get the copper, ranging from artists and […]