AUGUSTA (AP) — An effort to continue providing tens of millions of dollars in state tax breaks to a Navy shipbuilder is now law. Republican Gov. Paul LePage this week signed into law the bill designed to extend a tax credit to Bath Iron Works. The shipyard will receive $45 million in non-refundable tax credits […]
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Maine community creates massive ice carousel on frozen lake
SINCLAIR (AP) — Residents in a Maine town believe they’ve created the world’s largest ice carousel on a frozen lake. About 100 volunteers cut a circle in the ice that’s 427 feet (130 meters) in diameter, and they used four outboard boat motors to get it rotating on Saturday. It happened in Sinclair in northern […]
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Students benefit from career fair
BIDDEFORD — Career fairs are a great way for adults in the workforce to make connections, but they can also be an effective teaching tool for students. The Ignite Conference, hosted by the Biddeford + Saco Chamber of Commerce + Industry brought about 50 businesses, schools and organizations to the Tiger Gym, at Biddeford High School […]
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Recovering a forgotten forest similar to mining in Maine
QUAKISH LAKE — Tom Shafer’s business is mining trees. It’s not really harvesting; maybe re-harvesting. “Recovering a forgotten forest” is his company motto. He likes to think of it as mining. And Shafer’s not just selling lumber to panel offices, restaurants and your home den or man cave. He’s selling history. He’s selling green. Shafer, a former […]
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What’s happening on opioid epidemic front
KENNEBUNK — Several years on, the opioid abuse epidemic continues to rage on in Maine and in York County. It is in Kennebunk and Sanford, Biddeford and Saco. It is in Arundel and Parsonsfield and the little towns reaching from Shapleigh to Cornish. The opioid epidemic is in Kennebunkport and Alfred and in York and […]
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Grant benefits Samuel Osher Memorial Library
BIDDEFORD — The Samuel Osher Memorial Library at Congregation Etz Chaim has received a $20,100 grant from The Mary L. and William J. Osher Foundation to automate circulation and improve the collection’s accessibility to the public. The grant will help the library gain a wider audience in both the congregation and the larger York County […]
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Shaker Museum opens May 19, speakers series begins next day
ALFRED — The 2018 summer season begins at Alfred Shaker Museum on Saturday, May19 when the museum opens at 1 p.m. with a new exhibit titled ”Shaker Kitchen & Tools of the Past.” The following day the museum will host the first speaker in the Sid Emery Memorial Forum, a speakers’ series jointly sponsored with […]
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Humor, rock and roll and justice for all at Senior College
WELLS – South Coast Senior College at York County Community College will host three lectures in April and May. On April 18, writer-humorist John Getchell will present “Sign of the Apocalypse: Ruminations and Wit of an American Roadside Prophet” at 3:30 p.m. Getchell conveys thought and wordplay each day on a portable marquee on the […]
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Engine, Project AWARE offer film-making workshops
BIDDEFORD — Engine, an arts nonprofit organization located in downtown Biddeford, will collaborate with student-led filmmaking program, Project AWARE, to develop and then produce a story for the Summer Film Institute. This summer Engine will host a Project Aware camp. There will be three free sessions scheduled for April 15, 22, and 29 from 1:30 […]
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Fishermen, environmentalists: Fight over monitors not over
PORTLAND — Commercial fishermen and environmental groups agree that a longstanding dispute over the future of at-sea monitoring is far from over, despite recent funding help from Congress. The monitors are on-board workers who collect data to help inform fishing regulations. The federal government moved the cost of paying for them to fishermen in some […]