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Loose flock runs 'afoul' in Charlotte

Someone dropped off or abandoned a flock of birds in the vicinity of the Calais Rod and Gun Club beach and Oscar Brown Road in Charlotte during the first week of September. The flock – five regular ducks, two Muscovy ducks and one Guinea hen – began causing traffic jams...

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Tribe's solar project raises questions about net energy billing

The Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) is conducting an investigation into whether a rooftop solar project by the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Indian Township qualifies for the state's net energy billing program. The PUC held an initial case conference on the matter on March 11...

St. Stephen apartment building boarded up; 30 people evicted

Life might settle down for residents and business owners on lower Marks Street, St. Stephen, these days, but about 30 former neighbours now need new places to live. Police showed up at 18 Marks St. on Friday morning, March 7, with a judge's order...

Local legislators, residents urge support for rural patrol funding

Washington County legislators and residents offered strong support for increasing rural patrol services in the county during a recent legislative hearing, pointing to the drug crisis, the county's having the second highest violent crime rate in the state in 2020 and elderly people now being...

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