The request to ‘retire’ the signal, which alerts train crews to changing or unsafe track conditions, has raised safety concerns among workers in the yard and people who live in neighborhoods that flank one of the largest and busiest rail facilities in the Northeast.
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Nearly 400 new Maine laws passed this session. More are coming.
Lawmakers have largely concluded their work for the year, though they are expected to return to Augusta this week to make funding decisions on remaining bills.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Local & State, News
The Hill Arts plans to break ground on new Munjoy Hill venue in October
The Hill Arts has raised $9 million of the $18 million needed for the new 400-seat theater on Congress Street.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Schools and Education
Topsham district releases report on Mt. Ararat hazing investigation
The heavily redacted report details allegations involving the boys hockey team.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Bill aimed at preventing ticket gouging is signed into law
When the law takes effect later this year, it will ban the use of bots and set a price cap for resellers, among other reforms.
Posted inLocal & State
Power knocked out for thousands as high winds batter Maine
Over 36,000 CMP customers have been affected by the outage, peaking at about 21,000 customers without power at one time on Friday afternoon.
Posted inCops & Courts, Lewiston-Auburn, Local & State
Shots fired at Bartlett Street mosque Friday in Lewiston
It was the third time in a week the downtown has been rattled by gunfire and the second shooting at the mosque since the start of the year.
Posted inNation & World, News
Judge rules Trump administration can’t require states to help on immigration to get transport money
Maine was among the 20 states that sued after Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy threatened to cut off funding to states that refused to comply with the White House’s immigration agenda.
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A year in, Portland’s pilot housing first program helped house dozens of people
The city and MaineHousing hope to continue the program for at least another year.
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Introducing the Quarter 4 honor roll at Middle School of the Kennebunks
Quarter 4 Sixth grade High Honors: Kyle Ahern, McKenna Bean, Sawyer Billings, Adriana Borgesi, Sydney Burnham, Donovan Charest, Mackenzie Clancy, Harper Cunningham, Veronica DiGiovanni, Ava Doherty, Anna Doyle, Jaxon Drew, Zahra Fairfield, Ryan Farrell, Ann Ford, Logan Frechette, Erik Fried, Micah Gant, Teresa Gonzalez-camba, Alexander Gregory, Callahan Halliday, Charles Hansen, Zachary Hartwig, Samuel Hawes, Arianna […]