Ten-foot posts were drilled into the paved parking lot of the LEAP building, causing the propane leak, investigators say.
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Daughter of fallen Farmington firefighter testifies propane line was severed days before blast
Danielle Bell Flannery testified Tuesday in front of the state Legislature’s Joint Standing Committee of Energy, Utilities and Technology that the explosion that killed her father was preventable if liquefied propane gas lines were covered under the Dig Safe Law.
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UMF terminates faculty member after sex abuse allegation
President Edward Serna in a statement Tuesday said the accusation stems from McInnes’ employment in New York City in the 1990s, and that the university knows of no concerns about McInnis while in he worked in Farmington.
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Larry Lord upgraded to fair condition more than 3 months after Farmington explosion
Larry Lord, 61, remains at a Boston hospital nearly four months after deadly propane blast.
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In search of Thoreau’s elusive Mount Katahdin map
A retired University of Maine Farmington administrator continues searching despite being uncertain whether the ‘diagram’ even exists.
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Montana fugitive wanted in her infant’s death arrested in Strong
Audria S. Nickerson had methamphetamine in her system when she was found slumped over her child in a vehicle, according to Butte-Silver Bow Undersheriff George Skuletich.
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Couple pleads guilty to charges related to a meth lab operation in Farmington
Sentencing was delayed for both defendants Katherine and Douglas Theriault.
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Wilton, Jay men plead guilty to theft charges in Wilton gas station fraud
Six former employees were charged with stealing more than $100,000 from Gould’s Service Station.
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Gerry Pineau
The firefighter from Lewiston, called ‘Superman without a cape,’ stepped up after the fatal Farmington explosion.
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Second propane leak discovered near UMF
A faulty gauge on a tank was replaced at a High Street apartment house.