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The Fogcutters Nominated to Play The Grammys!

The Fogcutters Nominated to Play The Grammys!

Hey Mainers,

One of the BEST bands in Portland has been nominated to play the Grammys!  Come on Maine, let's put one of our bands on the national map!  Vote HERE!  Feel free to forward this link to anyone and everyone you want.  And anyone in the country can vote!  

NH Woman Charged in Heroin Death

PORTSMOUTH, NH (NEWS CENTER) - Portsmouth Police say a woman has been charged with selling the drugs that killed a young woman in November, 2012.

22 year old Svetlana Filippenko was found dead of an accidental heroin overdose on November 21.

The Portsmouth Police Department says Jennifer Landry, 41, of Portsmouth, sold Filippenko the deadly shot for $45 the day before.

Under New Hampshire state laws, any person involved in the manufacture or sale of certain drugs can be held responsible for the deaths of anyone who takes those drugs.

How to Find Out if You Are a DES Daughter

How to Find Out if You Are a DES Daughter

Since my post about the DES breast cancer trial that gets underway in Boston this week, I’ve been asked how you would know if you were exposed to DES. Read more.

Residents question Kittery council about resignations

KITTERY, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Residents had the chance to question town officials about the resignations of both the town manager and the police chief Saturday.

At a meeting on December 10th, Chief Paul Callaghan and town manager Bob Markel both resigned, after a vote of no confidence of Chief Callaghan by the police union. The union asked Markel to fire Callaghan, which resulted in months of turmoil between Markel and the council. Several residents asked whether changes in the hiring process need to be made to ensure that a situation like this doesn't happen again.

"Get your acts together," Kittery resident Dennis Eastes told the council. "Get on the ball, understand what you're all doing. You guys are all in the same seats up there. You should be communicating. If you can't see that there's dialogue going on over here that's souring the process, and you can't address it then you shouldn't be sitting there."

DES Daughters Sue Eli Lilly

DES Daughters Sue Eli Lilly

When Patricia Royall was 28-years-old she was rushed to the emergency room with massive bleeding. The diagnosis: cervical cancer. "The doctor who treated me asked if I was a DES daughter and I told him I didn't know," says Patricia. "He told me I had some reproductive abnormalities that he had seen in other DES daughters, and explained that if my mother had taken DES while she was pregnant with me, I would need to make sure all of my future doctors and health care providers knew that I had been exposed to DES." Read more.

Contractor of the year

Contractor of the year

 

Enterprise Trenchless Technologies, Inc. (ETTI), a directional drilling and utility construction contractor out of Lisbon Falls, ME, has been nominated by Equipment World Magazine and Caterpillar Equipment for 2013 Contractor of the Year.

A group of 12 contractors from across the country are chosen each year as finalists. Of those finalists, only one company will be awarded Contractor of the Year.

This award recognizes those companies who exemplify the highest standards of construction professionals: business acumen, equipment management expertise, attention to safety, and community involvement.

Each of the finalists receives a trip to Las Vegas in March 2013 to participate in an industry roundtable and awards banquet, where the 2013 Contractor of the Year will be named.  Each contractor will also be featured in the pages of Equipment World Magazine.

Work continues on Maine-N.H. bridge

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) - The construction company rebuilding the Memorial Bridge between New Hampshire and Maine says crews are working double shifts to get the project done.

Archer Western has been working on the approaches for the bridge on both sides as well as installing micropiles on three piers.

Officials say the first section of the bridge will be floated upriver by barge sometime in January. The barge will then return to the New Hampshire State Pier, where construction of the north fixed span portion of the bridge will begin.

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