LIVERMORE FALLS — Selectmen voted Tuesday to increase the allocation for a comprehensive engineering study and topical survey of the Fire Station by $1,000 to make it $7,500. A preliminary engineer’s report indicates the station, which was built decades ago, has significant structural issues. Selectmen voted in December to allocate $6,500 for a National Academy […]
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Paris residents share ideas on downtown study
PARIS — A second public hearing Wednesday night revealed more ideas to improve the economy and aesthetics of the downtown area. The town contracted business owner Sandy Swett to complete a study on ways to promote and develop Market Square to attract businesses and tourists. Swett has explained that the downtown — “the nucleus” — has […]
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Franklin County approves TIF money for communications study
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners agreed Tuesday to use $5,000 from the county’s tax-increment financing district’s emergency communications fund toward a comprehensive communications study, if the county receives a federal grant. Tim Hardy, director of the county’s Emergency Management Agency, said the county has applied for a regional grant of $69,386.57 through the Department of […]
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New Auburn plan review set for Monday
AUBURN — A first draft of a study that looks at transportation and land-use issues in New Auburn gets a City Council review Monday night. Councilors are scheduled to get a 90-minute review of the New Auburn Village Center Study at a special meeting scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m. in Auburn City Hall. The […]
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LePage says DHHS in talks with consultant over plagiarized study
LEWISTON — Gov. Paul LePage said he hoped the problems around a controversial welfare study his administration commissioned on a $925,200 no-bid contract could be used as an “education moment,” during a visit to Lewiston on Thursday. LePage was visiting the Androscoggin Business to Business Trade Show at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee when he told […]
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Paris selectmen fund $8,500 study of downtown
PARIS — Selectmen have agreed to conduct a $8,500 study of the downtown business area to help promote commercial expansion. On Tuesday, selectmen agreed to pay the amount Sandy Swett to draft a strategic plan for future commercial growth in the Market Square vicinity. “It is vital to promote commercial spaces and it is difficult […]
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After losing 5 loved ones to cancer, Maine lawmaker turns tragedy to legislative action
AUGUSTA — On Friday, a state commission to study cancer in Maine held its second of four scheduled meetings to gather information for a report that could include legislative proposals to fight the disease. A nearly five-hour meeting may not sound like a career highlight, but for one lawmaker on the commission, it’s a victory […]
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Group behind welfare study no liberal lot
We’ve all heard it before. Maine’s welfare benefits are so over-the-top generous that the needy are coming here from around the country to take advantage of our largess. Except, apparently, they aren’t that high. In fact, according a story that appeared on the front page of Sunday’s Sun Journal, in a recent study comparing the […]
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New research study shows wild blueberries good for heart health
PORTLAND (AP) — A new study says wild blueberries have the potential to improve heart health. In their study, researchers from Germany’s University of Dusseldorf and the United Kingdom’s University of Reading and University of Northumbria concluded that wild blueberries may help blood vessels function better and remain healthier, thus relieving pressure on the heart. […]
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New forest products study shows industry is far from dying, advocates say
AUGUSTA — Maine’s forest products industry contributes $8 billion in total value to the state’s economy, including 38,789 direct and indirect jobs, a new study commissioned by an industry advocacy group shows. According to the study released this week by the Maine Forest Products Council, the forest products sector in Maine includes businesses, organizations and […]