The state Fire Marshal’s Office is now only dispatching its investigators after regular business hours to fire scenes that involve death, serious injury or suspicion of arson, Public Safety Commissioner John Morris said Wednesday.
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Two boys set books on fire, burn down building
After lighting a match and setting two books on fire, boys tossed them into a Waterville apartment building.
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Police find copper stolen from CMP
WINSLOW — A Winslow man who’s already in jail on drug charges faces new allegations that stolen copper wiring worth about $16,000 was found recently in his Benton Avenue apartment, police said.
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T-Mobile workers allege firings in recent months
OAKLAND — Waterville resident James McCoy says he and other employees of the T-Mobile call center come to work each day and wonder if it will be their last.
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Union accuses T-Mobile of job cuts at call center
Claims about the call center’s job cutbacks come amid AT&T’s proposed $39 billion purchase of T-Mobile USA, which operates 24 call centers in the country, including Oakland’s facility.
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Big contracts are next step for natural gas pipeline
Now that a proposal for a $70 million to $80 million natural gas pipeline in central Maine has won conditional approval from state regulators, local officials are looking to see whether the project can attract large customers to justify the financial investment.
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AT&T pledges no job cuts at Oakland call center
AT&T says it is “committed that the merger will not result in any job losses for U.S.-based wireless call center employees of T-Mobile USA or AT&T.”
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Flooding isolates Sugarloaf, strands Quebec trucker
Swollen with rain from Irene, rivers overflow, washing out two bridges near Sugarloaf, officials say.
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UPDATE: Man arrested following Winslow standoff
WINSLOW — A five-hour armed standoff with local and state police ended today with no injuries and a man in custody.
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Fairfield auctioneer sells rare newspapers for $345,000
FAIRFIELD — A rare collection of annotated Massachusetts newspapers from the Revolutionary War period is going home. The papers, one of four such volumes, were sold this morning at the James D. Julia Auction House for $345,000. The winning bidder, who participated by telephone, was the Massachusetts Historical Society.