HARTLAND — A Kentucky-based cattle hide processor, which bills itself as the world’s largest, has placed a $6.5 million bid for this town’s largest employer, Prime Tanning, and could become its new owner by week’s end.
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Systems unfair, one-sided, Maine Red Tape forum told
Several frustrated business owners tell of being “attacked” and “harassed” by state regulators.
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Man arrested twice within 2 hours for OUI
After an officer drives him home, he takes a second vehicle ‘to get cigarettes and check his mail.’
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Unity crash kills mother of 3
UNITY TOWNSHIP — A Benton woman died Wednesday morning when her car was struck head-on by a pickup truck that veered into her lane on Route 139.
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Thomas College unveils expansion plan
WATERVILLE — Thomas College on Tuesday unveiled ambitious plans to construct a dozen new buildings, including five new residence halls and a new library anchored in the heart of campus, plus a near-doubling of the campus to include new athletic fields.
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Former Miss Maine takes on ‘Survivor’
Ashley Underwood, a basketball star at Cony and UMaine, will compete for $1 million in Nicaragua.
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What draws foreigners to Maine?
Carolann Ouellette stood before the audience and talked about how prospective visitors to Maine need to see more than just the state’s classic images and messages.
The state’s most recent tourism slogan is, after all, “There’s More to Maine.”
And yet, on a slideshow behind Ouellette were three thumbnail images: a coastal lighthouse, a cooked lobster and a moose standing in water.
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Colby awarded $600K to expand marine studies
The $600,000 grant enables the college to hire three additional faculty for the marine program, for a total of five professors.
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Woman upgraded to serious condition after 2-car collision
A 15-year-old student driver loses control and slams into an oncoming van in Farmington, seriously injuring her 52-year-old passenger.