The town of Fairfield will hire a local firm, Dirigo Engineering, to assist in its project to expand the public drinking water system.
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Police: Passenger in car traveling 110 mph in Fairfield said she needed to use restroom
Fairfield police arrest Robert Corson after radar shows him traveling 110 mph in a 45-mph zone.
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State expands probe of ‘forever chemicals’ in water wells to include areas of Oakland
The Maine Department of Environmental Protection has expanded its investigation into the contamination of residential well water with PFAS, or ‘forever chemicals,’ following water well testing in Fairfield.
Posted inLocal & State, Politics
Republican lawmaker barred from inviting guests into State House
Rep. Shelley Rudnicki of Fairfield had brought in a camera operator and an activist who questions the effectiveness of vaccines and suggests they could be used to implant microchips in people.
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State’s probe of ‘forever chemicals’ in Fairfield water wells expands to neighboring areas
The Maine Department of Environmental Protection has included areas in Benton and Unity Township as it continues to test residential wells for PFAS contamination.
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Woman who died in Fairfield fire remembered for radiant personality, infectious smile
Rebecca Merrifield, 56, died Saturday in the Bear Mountain Road fire in Fairfield.
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Committee votes to give DEP more power to clean up ‘forever chemicals’
Maine’s 2 U.S. senators, meanwhile, are asking the Biden administration to allow states to use federal stimulus money to address PFAS contamination.
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Fairfield seeks experts to help with public drinking water expansion
The town considers expanding public drinking water to those whose wells have been contaminated with dangerous ‘forever chemicals.’
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State pulling proposed change to Kennebec River Management Plan
The agency will start again to create a fisheries management plan that will likely take into consideration the information it received from more than 1,100 comments, the most it has ever seen.
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Brookfield Renewable Partners subsidiary sues state over plan that could remove dams
The dam owners want to stop the process that would amend the Kennebec River Management Plan, which includes provisions supporting hydro power.