After speaking to a party function at a local ski resort April 21, Ignatieff dropped in on a meeting of Black Press reporters and editors to field questions about the prospect of a spring federal election, and he was candid about the federal Liberals weakness outside of Canada s major metropolitan areas, in B. After speaking to a party function at a local ski resort April 21, Ignatieff dropped in on a meeting of Black Press reporters and editors to field questions about the prospect of a...

Specialization makes impact E-mail this page E-mail a letter to the editor Reader Comments (below) By STEVE CARTWRIGHT Staff Writer Monday, April 30, 2007 enlarge Staff file photo by David Leaming IN WATERVILLE: Mid-State Machine Products President Alan Dorval shows a rear header for a military tank engine at the manufacturer's facility at the former Wyandotte Mill in Waterville earlier this year. Specialization makes impact E-mail this page E-mail a letter to the editor Reader Comments...

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Dumpster discovery raises flag on ID theft HALLOWELL - In a parking lot Dumpster beside the state's Lottery Commission on Water Street there were enough discarded state records, including Social Security numbers, names and birth dates, to provide everything a would-be thief would need to steal dozens of identities. Dumpster discovery raises flag on ID theft HALLOWELL - In a parking lot Dumpster beside the state's Lottery Commission on Water Street there were enough discarded state records,...

Local peach farmer Tom Bentley is worried about the freezing temperatures expected tonight, but he doesn't feel that there is anything he can do to help this crops. International Paper will provide transition services to West Fraser for vendor/supplier invoice processing and accounts payable. Maplesville IP plant sold to West Fraser. MAPLESVILLE - International Paper has entered into a purchase agreement to sell 13 of its sawmills including the sawmill in Maplesville to West Fraser with a...

While firefighters continue to patrol the affected 16-mile stretch of highway that remains closed, the wildfire hasn't spread across it to miles of tinder-dry forest. Reisch said strong winds gusting to 15 miles per hour and extreme drought conditions with no rain in the forecast mean the fire will continue to rage for at least another week. Reisch said two more wildfires that broke out early yesterday morning in counties near the main fire -- one in Charlton County near the line with Ware...

A new state plan for managing two forests and a wildlife area in the Steuben County towns of Erwin and Addison will be unveiled to the public this week. Sean Hanna, Region 8 director for the state environmental agency, said the management plan is the first comprehensive blueprint for the three local forest areas. Erwin is interested principally because it has its own "green infrastructure plan" that includes regulations governing such topics as timber harvesting and viewshed protection....

The letteraccuses Canadian lumber producers of exceeding their export quotas, and provincial and federal governments of unfairly subsidizing the beleaguered Canadian forestry industry. trade officials will meet in Ottawa on Thursday in an attempt to resolve a brewing dispute that threatens to derail the seven-month-old softwood lumber agreement. Schwab's March 30 letter sets out a litany of complaints against Canada that she says contravene the lumber trade deal that went into effect last...

It was always thought that that was where the most biodiversity was, and also because the tropical rainforests are so threatened by logging and burning and agriculture. It sounded terrific, and so I went down there and I began to learn these rarified techniques for how you get up and down trees using special ropes and gear. Try to picture this: These [coastal] redwood trees, which grow in these little rainforest valleys on the north coast of California, can be up to 30 feet across at the...