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Harrison town manager embattled in cat feud defends comments

HARRISON — Embattled Town Manager George “Bud” Finch defended comments he made earlier this week suggesting he was indifferent to animal welfare as taken out out of context by the media.  A story from WGME 13, which ran in the Bangor Daily News on Friday, quoted an animal welfare advocate who said Finch told her that […]

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Portland City Council to consider shopping bag fee

PORTLAND (AP) — The Portland City Council is scheduled to take up two proposals that proponents say would cut back on litter and help the environment. The Portland Press Herald (http://bit.ly/1lGR7Hx ) reported that the full council will meet Monday to hear public comments on a proposed nickel fee on disposable shopping bags and a […]

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Portland’s proposed shopping bag fee cut in half

PORTLAND (AP) — A proposal by the city of Portland to charge shoppers for disposable plastic or paper shopping bags has moved forward after a city council committee voted to lower the proposed fee and send it to the full council. The Transportation, Sustainability and Energy Committee voted 3-1 Wednesday to slice the per-bag fee […]

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Maine customers that produce their own energy balk at new CMP fee

BRUNSWICK — Opponents of a new fee proposed by Central Maine Power to charge customers who generate their own alternative energy say the fee would make those efforts unsustainable. But CMP says the fee is necessary to ensure all customers — residential, business and other entities — pay their fair share of what it costs […]

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Portland considering shopping bag fee

PORTLAND (AP) — Advocates in Portland who want to see a reduction in single-use plastic and paper grocery bags are favoring a per-bag fee to help shoppers switch to reusable totes, instead. A group is meeting Monday to review other U.S. communities’ efforts to discourage single-use bags and consider an ordinance in Portland that would […]