Tuesday, June 18, 2013
'Product stewardship' regulations – even those with industry and bipartisan support – meet staunch resistance from, among others, a commissioner with former ties to corporate interests.
Noteworthy themes from Boston Bruins' win over the Chicago Blackhawks in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup finals Monday night.
Corporations can hire lobbyists to fight for them and influence public policy.
• Admission • The Croods • 42 • Future Weather • GI Joe: Relatiation • The Host • Identity Thief • Jurassic Park • The Place Beyond the Pines • Olympus Has Fallen • On the Road • Oz: The Great and Powerful • Safe Haven • Scary Movie 5 • War Witch
Oakland police officer Tracey Frost holds up some metal that was dredged from the bottom of Messalonskee Lake at the boat landing on Monday.
The new policy comes after the governor's spokeswoman accused the newspaper of bias in a series of articles about the Department of Environmental Protection.
The $27.4 million bottom line school budget was approved by Augusta voters in a citywide referendum question last week and on June 6 by city councilors, the Augusta Board of Education will now meet on Wednesday to try to finalize the budget.
Fairfield resident Ronald Brousseau, 49, a man with a history of violence and mental illness, was arrested Monday evening on a number of charges including assaulting a police officer, the fourth time he has been arrested this year.
A grand jury decided against pressing charges in the case of a Starks man, Kerry Hebert, then 56, shot at close-range on his own property in an incident involving a group of hunters in late October.
Former Van Buren Principal Chad Bell will take over the same post at Winslow High School for the upcoming school year.
Augusta residents complaints about trucks getting hung up on a tight right-angle corner have city councilors considering banning heavy trucks from Macomber Avenue, a residential street between Winthrop Road and Western Avenue.
The bill won't go anywhere in the Senate, where Democrats are in control, but could serve to boost the conservative credentials of Republicans in next year's election.
Officials offer few details about the charges against Michael Applebaum, who had promised to clean up corruption scandals, except that they relate to real estate projects.
Maine Hall of Fame revokes hoopster's induction after child-porn conviction
Dana Wilson of Brewer was arrested a month after his induction.
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