6-year-old boy drives, crashes SUV, is not injured
LIVERMORE FALLS, Maine (AP) — Police in Maine say a 6-year-old boy took the keys to an SUV, drove it and crashed it Saturday, but wasn’t injured. WCVB-TV reports the child’s caretaker told police in Livermore Falls the boy had gone to bed around 8 p.m. but then got up and took the keys to the SUV from a nightstand. The child drove up and down a street and crashed the vehicle while attempting to do a U-turn. The SUV was wedged between a utility pole and a building. Police say no one was hurt. Livermore Falls is located about 38 miles northwest of Augusta.
Transmission Line Referendum-Lawsuit
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A Maine legislator has revived a failed effort to get Maine’s secretary of state to split an upcoming ballot question opposing Central Maine Power’s transmission line project into three separate issues by filing a lawsuit in Cumberland County Superior Court. The Portland Press Herald reports that Democratic Rep. Christopher Caiazzo filed the suit last week arguing that the November referendum aimed at preventing construction of the New England Clean Energy Connect power line should be broken up to give voters the opportunity to vote on three separate issues. Caiazzo, a supporter of the project, made his argument in May to Secretary of State Shenna Bellows. It was rejected.
Maine city holds another election with COVID-19 protocols
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s largest city was scheduled to hold another local election with some coronavirus protocols in place. Portland’s Tuesday municipal election included a crowded field for Charter Commission and a referendum on the school budget. City officials said polling places would be open and they would look the same as they did in November. That meant booths were spread apart, election workers wore masks and sanitation measures were in effect. Also Tuesday, state officials reported that new cases of coronavirus were continuing to fall.
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Lobster lovers feeling the pinch as summer nears
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Summer weather has arrived, and New England tourists who are hungry for a lobster roll or a whole cooked lobster are going to have to pay up. Lobster is more expensive than usual this season due to a limited supply, high demand and the reopening of the economy as the nation moves past the coronavirus pandemic. Some Maine retailers charged about $17 or $18 per pound for live lobster in May, which was about twice the price a year ago. Prices are lingering around $13 or $14 this month.