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Local Motorsports: Winner gets shock as car fails inspection
Portland Press Herald, MaineJoe Pastore has gotten off to a bumpy start in his second season racing on PASS North's Sportsman tour. On May 4, Pastore, who is from Gorham, looked like he had wrapped up his second win in as many starts this spring on the regional racing tour, but...Tags: Snap-On Incorporated, Vehicles, Services and Shopping, Auto Racing, Woodstock (Windham, Connecticut)
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Maine lobster a major treat on D.C. streets
Portland Press Herald, MaineIt's lunchtime on a warm, sunny Friday in downtown Washington. The sidewalks around Farragut Square -- a postage stamp of grass and benches two blocks from the White House -- are packed with hundreds of hungry workers mulling the culinary choices...Tags: Media Industry, Career and Workplace, Red Hook, Susan Collins, American Red Cross
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Portland power plant owners settle pollution lawsuit
The owner of a power plant in Upper Mount Bethel Township has agreed to stop burning coal as part of a settlement in a lawsuit by two downwind states over air pollution. NRG Energy, which acquired the Portland Generating Station last year in a merger...
Tags: Trials, Environmental Issues, Environmental Pollution, Reliant Energy Inc, Coal
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NRG Energy to idle Pennsylvania coal plant in 2014, six months early
ReutersMay 15 (Reuters) - NRG Energy said on Wednesday it agreed to idle two coal-fired units in Pennsylvania about six months ahead of schedule as part of a settlement to end a lawsuit filed by New Jersey and Connecticut in 2007. NRG will shut two units...Tags: Environmental Issues, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Bethlehem (Northampton, Pennsylvania), NRG Energy Incorporated, Environmental Cleanup
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Former Conn. mayor gets nearly 5 years for bilking elderly Maine man out of $600,000
Bangor Daily News, MainePeter DiRosa, former mayor of Manchester, Conn., was described in court Thursday afternoon as a one-time congressional hopeful who became obsessed with launching a Hungarian resort as a way to reclaim his past stature and who used the retirement savings...Tags: Punishment, U.S. Congress, Justice System, Judges, Lawyers
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Bill proposes yearly check of finances for hospitals
Portland Press Herald, MaineJessica Falconer of Belfast told a legislative committee Wednesday that she was "staggered" when she saw the hospital bill for her Caesarean section. It was nearly $30,000, several thousand dollars of which her family had to pay even though insurance...Tags: Medicare, Hospitals and Clinics, Health Insurance, Health Insurance Cost, Government Health Care
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READER SUBMITTED: University Of Saint Joseph Honors Five Distinguished Alumni
West HartfordFive members of the University of Saint Joseph (USJ) community were recognized as recipients of the Distinguished Alumni Award for their outstanding service and professional accomplishments at a dinner held recently at the Hartford Marriott Downtown....Tags: Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), West Hartford, Corporate Officers, Simsbury, Human Accomplishments
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READER SUBMITTED: Liberty Bank Named Portland's Business Of The Month
PortlandLiberty Bank, 315 Main Street, was named as the "Business of the Month" at the Portland Economic Development Commissions April meeting. Liberty Bank, Connecticut's oldest mutual bank is headquartered in Middletown, recently named the Portland office as...Tags: Connecticut Economic Development, Liberty Bank, Politics, Lobbying, Middletown
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Kotzschmar Organ preparing for an encore
Portland Press Herald, MaineMilovan Popovic holds a tiny metal pipe from Portland's Kotzschmar Organ in the palm of his hand. It is no larger than a pencil. He blows into an opening, and the pipe emits a whistle of air. "This," Popovic said, "is what the organ is all about. It's...Tags: Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Renovation, Entertainment, Music, Book
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Kevin Hunt: Why Are Some New MDC Water Fees 'Astronomical'?
The Hartford CourantA glass of tap water, a cold shower and hosing down the car will cost every Metropolitan District Commission customer more this year. The reality of fee increases, following a vote of the MDC's member towns last November to fund the second phase of the...Tags: Newington, Long Island Sound, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), West Hartford, Bloomfield (Hartford, Connecticut)
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Xavier's Elliott Antler: X Marks His Spot On The Program
ELLIOTT ANTLER XAVIER-MIDDLETOWN CLASS: Senior WEIGHT CLASS: 170 pounds COACH: Mike Cunningham ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Class LL, State Open and New England champion, two-time Class LL champion, three-time Academic All-State, three-time member of the...
Tags: Hebron (Tolland, Connecticut), Wrestling, Human Interest
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Nine companies blamed in fatal Maine plane crash
Portland Press Herald, MaineThe children of a highly decorated, retired Air Force pilot who died when his civilian plane crashed in Biddeford two years ago, and the couple whose home was destroyed by the crash, are jointly suing the companies that maintained and inspected the plane....Tags: Litigation, Defendants, Laws, Prosecution, Trials
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