JAY — The Jay Village Water District lifted its last boil-water order Monday to Verso’s Androscoggin Mill and the residents in Riley Village, according to Town Manager Shiloh LaFreniere. The district had a water-line break and searched for days until it was determined the leak was in the Androscoggin River off Route 140. The line […]
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Bates football preview: Bobcats riding crest of historical winning wave
LEWISTON — Bates College receiver Mark Riley knows that he and 11 fellow seniors are blessed among football players in school history. All they’ve known are home games on beautiful, new artificial turf in front of glistening bleachers, and seasons with a winning percentage of .500 or better. How rare is the air where Riley and […]
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Freshman Bryan Riley tests JACO robotic arm prototype
JAY — Spruce Mountain High School freshman Bryan Riley of Jay, who was born with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, hasn’t been able to walk for several years. On Thursday, Bryan had a chance to test the prototype for the JACO2 assistive robotic arm. The JACO2, made by Kinova, a company based in Montreal, has been marketed since 2010 […]
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RSU 73 board remembers Diane Gould
LIVERMORE FALLS — The Regional School Unit 73 board observed a moment of silence Thursday evening for Diane Gould, a longtime member from Livermore who died in a car accident last month. The Livermore Board of Selectmen appointed Mark Holt, who was unable to attend Thursday’s meeting, to take her place. She will be greatly […]
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NASA: Earth narrowly missed crippling solar storm in recent years
Earth missed a potentially catastrophic encounter with a solar storm by one week in 2012, physicists report. “I have come away from our recent studies more convinced than ever that Earth and its inhabitants were incredibly fortunate that the 2012 eruption happened when it did,” physicist Daniel Baker of the University of Colorado said in […]
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ACA proponent: Ruling ‘nothing to panic about’
News Update: ACA to continue subsidies as courts contradict each other Despite a pair of dueling court rulings Tuesday — one that said people cannot use government tax breaks to buy health insurance through federally run Affordable Care Act marketplaces and one that said they can — proponents of the health care reform law said […]
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Norway Memorial Library launches Wednesday nights for teens
NORWAY — The Teen Services department of Norway Memorial Library invites people entering grades 7-12 to hang out on Wednesday nights at the library from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Young adults have been asking for the Teen Room to be open on Wednesday nights. The library heard and will offer summer Wednesday Nights for Teens. […]
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Maine marketplace rates exceed national average
AUGUSTA (AP) — The costs of plans being offered on Maine’s health insurance marketplace are among the highest in the country on average before tax credits for lower-income individuals and out-of-pocket costs are factored in, according to a federal report released Wednesday. Maine residents will pay an average of $403 a month for a mid-range […]