AUGUSTA — Western Maine lawmakers are rallying against a bill that seeks to tax companies that bottle water when they extract more than 1 million gallons a year from a groundwater aquifer. The bill, LD 16, sponsored by state Rep. Victoria Kornfield, D-Bangor, which would apply a penny-per-gallon tax on companies that bottle water in […]
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Warren family reunion held
HEBRON — The 29th annual reunion of the Warren family was held at Hebron Pines on July 20. This was a gathering of the descendants of the late F. Milton and Verlie Warren. There were 188 people in attendance from Auburn, Augusta, Bath, Buckfield, Chesterville, Gardiner, Gorham, Gray, Greene, Hallowell, Hebron, Hollis, Jay, Leeds, Lisbon […]
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Maine police identify 2 killed in Hollis crash
HOLLIS (AP) — Maine state police say the father of a teenage driver who lost control of his van on slushy roads Saturday was one of the two people killed in the crash. Police say 49-year-old Peter Reynolds and another passenger — 43-year-old Sherri Demelle, both of Limington — were killed in the Hollis crash […]
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Passenger jet slips off taxiway in Bangor as freezing rain pelts Maine; hundreds of accidents reported
A passenger jet slid off a taxiway at Bangor International Airport and sections of Interstate 95 were closed by extremely icy conditions Saturday that had emergency responders scrambling statewide. Two people were killed in a two-vehicle crash on Cape Road in Hollis, Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland said. The accident happened shortly […]
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Police kill armed man in Hollis standoff
HOLLIS (AP) — Maine State Police say a Hollis man has been shot and killed in an armed confrontation with police. Authorities say 61-year-old John Knudsen was shot after he fired a handgun toward troopers outside of his home on Friday. Police say he came to the doorway of his home, made comments to police […]
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Saco man facing sexual assault charges
ALFRED (AP) — A Saco man already on Maine’s sex offender registry is facing new charges of raping a girl in her early teens after giving her alcohol. Arthur Grant Jr. has been indicted by a York County grand jury on charges including gross sexual assault; gross sexual assault by employing alcohol; and sexual abuse […]