The late U.S. senator’s car will be auctioned Sunday with a starting bid of $7,500, but Thomaston Place Auction Galleries estimates it will sell for at least twice that amount.
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Federal officials find nearly three dozen violations at Thomaston cement company
Dragon Products has been fined more than $360,000 since 2020 for mine safety and health violations.
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Walmart weighs options as state board denies ‘dark store’ tax appeal in Thomaston
The retail giant argued that the store’s appraisal should be based on its potential to be sold to a new occupant, not whether it housed a ‘thriving business.’
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Pedestrian killed on Route 1 in Thomaston
The 89-year-old Connecticut man was hit while crossing the road after getting ice cream.
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Federal judge approves plan to reimburse Maine inmates who lost unemployment benefits
The state will return more than $163,000 in seized unemployment benefits to 54 people who were incarcerated in Maine in 2020 and barred from the state’s work-release program during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Art and rarities up for grabs at Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries’ three-day auction from July 8-10 will feature a catalog of important art, including works by Andrew Wyeth, Jamie Wyeth, Winslow Homer, Andy Warhol, Norman Rockwell and John Singer Sargent. Additionally, there will be a collection of American colonial-era furniture. “Our summer auction art offerings keep getting better and better every year,” […]
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Inmate serving life sentence for murdering boy, 8, dies at Maine State Prison
Milton Wallace died Thursday at the age of 82; the cause of death was not released.
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Bookseller, Thomaston Historical Society team up to expand museum exhibits
Sandra Hoekstra recently donated five display cases to the Thomaston Historical Society. “This allows the society to expand significantly the displays we will have in our museum,” said historical society President Susan Devlin. “With the help from several volunteers, we are looking in our archival storage to identify new Thomaston stories to tell. One in […]
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Sierra Club Maine: The power of community organizing and the truth about fracked gas
The withdrawal of Summit Natural Gas’ planned midcoast pipeline extension is a win for our health, our planet and our economy.
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The humble Farmer: What it means to talk like a Mainer
It is easier to remember what we were told not to say than what we were taught to say.