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Neighbors have objected to Wiggly Bridge Distillery's expansion plans, saying it is the source of "whiskey fungus" in York.

Wiggly Bridge Distillery owners are challenging a recent University of Maine study alleging they are to blame for whiskey fungus coating York homes.

Dozens of neighbors turned out to express their concerns about whiskey fungus Thursday night, when the board voted 3-1 to take a month to review information that the distillery's owner says casts doubt on a town study of the issue.

The town's planning board will consider a proposal Thursday from Wiggly Bridge Distillery to expand its business, but neighbors say it's creating a fungus that is damaging their buildings.

A University of Maine study found whiskey fungus spores in several locations near Wiggly Bridge Distillery.

A medical helicopter is officially calling the helipad at Logan Regional Hospital in a move that could help people in northern Utah and southern Idaho.

Every passing season at Lavender Apple Farm brings a range of hard work and rewarding experiences for the Downs family. But for Beth Downs, one of the owners of the

2021/02/02 07:08 ATLANTA (AP) — Immigrant advocates say they fear workers at a Georgia poultry plant where a liquid nitrogen leak killed six people may not come forward to federal investigators for fear of arrest and deportation. Speaking at a news conference, lawyer Shelly Anand called Monday on the U.S. Department of Labor and U.S. Department of Homeland Security to work together to guarantee any of the workers in the country illegally be shielded from deportation. ...

It’s not clear if any such protection will be forthcoming, though. The Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Labor did not immediately answer questions Monday about whether workers who are talking to the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration, part of the Department of Labor, would be safe from deportation. Of the six workers who died Thursday after the nitrogen leak at the Foundation Food Group plant northeast of Atlanta, five were Mexican citizens. It’s unclea...

After six employees of a Georgia poultry plant died in a freezing fog of liquid nitrogen vapor, worker advocacy groups and state lawmakers are pushing for changes to immigration policies to protect undocumented employees.   Foundation Food Group’s plant is seen from the Memorial Drive entrance in Gainesville, Ga., last Friday. (Scott Rogers/The Times via AP) ATLANTA (CN) — After a deadly liquid nitrogen leak inside a Georgia poultry plant Thursday, legislators and worker advocacy groups ca...