Firefighters from multiple departments were called to Bonny Eagle High School in Standish Friday morning after heavy smoke was reported in the building. The Standish Fire Department was called to the school on Saco Road around 9:30 a.m. for reported smoke on two floors of the building. Mutual aid was requested from other local departments, […]
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Pennsylvania plant to pick up orders as Keiser rebounds
OXFORD — A Pennsylvania modular home facility is expected to pick up unfinished orders started at Keiser Industries after a fire last week has temporarily shut down production, a manager said Wednesday. While employees at the Mechanic Falls Road plant resumed work Monday shipping completed homes to customers, a fire that destroyed a lean-to storing wood could prevent […]
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M. Michaud: More government regulations
The Environmental Protection Agency seems to find a way to cause problems for people. The EPA is pressing ahead with regulations to significantly limit the pollution from newly manufactured residential wood heaters. Our ancestors used wood all their lives to heat. It was a way of life. Pollution didn’t seem to be a problem. The […]
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Fort Williams Park — home of Portland Head Light — may soon be smoke free
CAPE ELIZABETH (AP) — One of Maine’s most popular tourist destinations may soon be smoke-free. The Cape Elizabeth Town Council is holding a hearing Monday to discuss a proposal to ban tobacco use at Fort Williams Park — home of Portland Head Light. Under the proposal, anyone caught smoking cigarettes, cigars, pipes or e-cigarettes or […]
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Historic smoking report marks 50th anniversary
ATLANTA (AP) — Fifty years ago, ashtrays seemed to be on every table and desk. Athletes and even Fred Flintstone endorsed cigarettes in TV commercials. Smoke hung in the air in restaurants, offices and airplane cabins. More than 42 percent of U.S. adults smoked, and there was a good chance your doctor was among them. […]