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SOUTHWEST HARBOR — Selectman Jim Vallette continued to challenge the town’s solid waste disposal contract with Eastern Maine Recycling (EMR) at Tuesday night’s Select Board meeting. The board had terminated
A year after a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, the study found vinyl chloride accidents have happened on average “once every five days since 2010.” An industry group says the chemical is safe and “makes modern life possible.”
SOUTHWEST HARBOR — The Select Board has begun the search for a new town manager to replace Marilyn Lowell, who has announced her intention to retire in October.
Appalachia’s fracking boom is fueling the expansion of American plastics manufacturing, including production of vinyl chloride, the carcinogen used to make PVC that burned in East Palestine, Ohio.
SOUTHWEST HARBOR — Due to power outages on May 1, the annual town meeting could not be held at Pemetic Elementary School. Since the town is legally required to begin