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Read Article RUMFORD – For decades, Rumford served as a poster child for the nightmarish pollution that turned the Androscoggin River into a foaming, dye-filled mess with fumes so awful they peeled the paint off homes. It’s not like that anymore. These days, there are trout, bass and beavers enjoying clear water in Rumford that’s becoming attractive to kayakers and canoeists. But there’s more to it than meets the eye. Rumford officials, like many along the river, worry that some are in...

John Garvey By John Garvey • Catholic News Service • Posted May 13, 2021 The highlight of my Little League career was a two-hitter I threw against the Knights of Columbus, the class of our league in Sharon, Pennsylvania. My team was sponsored by the International Union of Electrical Workers (IUE AFL-CIO Local 617). I was a pitcher and sometime right fielder, but the coach tended to bench me when I was not pitching because I was an indifferent hitter and a little afraid of balls I wasn’...

18 May 2021 Share Illinois will need to expand its nuclear capacity - not just maintain existing plants - in order to meet climate goals, a new study by researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has concluded. Keeping the states existing nuclear plants open at the same time as investing in advanced nuclear technology and renewable energy is the most economical path to zero-carbon that generates the lowest life-cycle carbon emissions, the study has found. Exelons Byron plant ...

Manitoba Hydro workers strike ends as labour board set to resolve contract dispute The two-month contract dispute involving thousands of front-line Manitoba Hydro workers will now be settled by the Manitoba Labour Board, which will determine the terms of a new deal. Social Sharing

Reaching Illinois climate goals centers on keeping existing nuclear energy plants open, advancing both renewables and next generation of nuclear technology New report highlights need for investment in current and new nuclear technology alongside renewables to achieve decarbonized energy system in Illinois News provided by Share this article Share this article CHAMPAIGN, Ill., May 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Illinois nuclear plants are critical to meeting climate and economic objectives in the sta...

Donald Eugene "Bub" Martin, Jr., 69, of Waldorf, MD passed away peacefully at his own home on Sunday, May 9, 2021. He was born on...Click for more.

When ballots are collected on May 18, the Greater Albany Public Schools board will see three new faces and in Corvallis, that number could be four. And while the boards are nonpartisan in the state of Oregon and members are not paid, when all is said and done in the 2021 special election, more than $90,000 will have been spent to win those seats. In the state of Oregon, campaign spending is public record and according to the Secretary of State filings, the battle for seats on school boards in C...

Springfield City Council considers special permits for medical clinic, trash hauling, McDonald’s drive-thru Today 6:37 AM The meeting, conducted remotely due to the coronavirus, begins at 7 p.m., telecast by Focus Springfield. The special permit requests include Recovery Connection Centers of America Inc., proposing a clinic at 281 Cottage St., in East Springfield. The site would not have overnight stays, the Planning Department report said. The building is vacant, and was formerly used as l...

The new, state-of-the-art Missouri Valley Line Constructors Apprenticeship and Training facility will become a regional hub for electrical workers and linemen, bringing trainees and apprentices from six states to Indianola. The $13.5 million facilityheld a grand opening ceremony Friday, with well over 250 guests in attendance, according to Robby Foxen, the training programs executive director. After a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 9 a.m. Friday, guests got a chance to tour the facility before ...

North Carolina state Sen. Joyce Krawiec (R) is one of the primary sponsors of a bill now moving through the state legislature that would bar stricter disclosure requirements for nonprofits involved in partisan politics. In her re-election campaign last year, Krawiec was supported by a political nonprofit that sent out mailers that lied about her opponents stance on police reform; reporters traced its funding to a Virginia nonprofit that in turn was funded by other nonprofits whose donors were n...