DrMcMeow
DrMcMeow t1_izkx2oq wrote
Reply to comment by RitaPoole56 in DO NOT go to altered image tattoos in lewiston by jermanherman
in your head?
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DrMcMeow OP t1_iyf8qw0 wrote
An effort to buy out Maine's two foreign-owned utilities to create a consumer-owned utility known as Pine Tree Power Company is moving forward and could be on the statewide ballot in Nov. 2023.
Secretary of State Shenna Bellows announced Wednesday that supporters did collect enough valid signatures on petitions for a citizen's initiative. Bellows said there were 69,735 valid signatures and 10,419 signatures that were not valid. A total of 63,067 valid signatures were required.
As per the state Constitution, the initiative now goes to the Legislature for consideration. The Legislature can choose to enact the bill as written or to send it forward to a statewide vote in November 2023.
In July 2021, Gov. Janet Mills vetoed a bill passed by the legislature that would have created Pine Tree Power. She said that bill was hastily drafted and amended in the legislature, but she acknowledged that Maine's utilities need to perform better.
Supporters have said Pine Tree Power would lower bills for the state's 800,000 electricity ratepayers, while opponents have argued that a consumer-owned utility would be more costly for Mainers.
Opponents quickly responded Wednesday to the news that the citizen's initiative is moving forward.
“Our affiliated unions work every day to build and grow Maine and its middle class. We heard all sides of the issue. We appreciated a thoughtful and lively debate. But in the end, there was little doubt that the proposed takeover of our power grid would not only cost Maine taxpayers $13.5 billion but also functionally cost workers their voice on the job,” said Jason J. Shedlock, President of the Maine State Building & Construction Trades Council and Regional Organizer with the Laborers’ International Union.
DrMcMeow t1_iyf7usl wrote
Reply to comment by on-my-path in We are under attack...11/29 Belfast. In response to a Hancock post...or, gonna be a lot of gay frogs this Spring from these chemtrails. by big_bertnor
atrazine is an herbicide / pesticide sprayed on crops, the runoff into rivers is known to chemically castrate, as well as change the sex of male frogs.
Atrazine, one of the world’s most widely used pesticides, wreaks havoc with the sex lives of adult male frogs, emasculating three-quarters of them and turning one in 10 into females, according to a new study by University of California, Berkeley, biologists.
The 75 percent that are chemically castrated are essentially “dead” because of their inability to reproduce in the wild, reports UC Berkeley’s Tyrone B. Hayes, professor of integrative biology.
The 10 percent or more that turn from males into females – something not known to occur under natural conditions in amphibians – can successfully mate with male frogs but, because these females are genetically male, all their offspring are male.
https://news.berkeley.edu/2010/03/01/frogs/
https://www.epa.gov/ingredients-used-pesticide-products/atrazine
DrMcMeow t1_iyb37sn wrote
Reply to What are candies themed around/created in Maine that arent generally sold elsewhere? by Sarelia1
maple candy
covered blueberries
DrMcMeow t1_ixsoi0n wrote
Reply to comment by lobstah in Does anyone know what this cable thingy going across Androscoggin on 136 in Auburn? by SodaPop978
if you thing those buggies are neat, check out these gas powered bad boys.
DrMcMeow t1_ixsdk16 wrote
Reply to comment by Tough-Worldliness-56 in Does anyone know what this cable thingy going across Androscoggin on 136 in Auburn? by SodaPop978
it's used to find the quantity of moving water.
https://i.imgur.com/LSfD4SF.jpg
https://www.usgs.gov/special-topics/water-science-school/science/how-streamflow-measured
DrMcMeow t1_ixs090w wrote
Reply to comment by DrMcMeow in Does anyone know what this cable thingy going across Androscoggin on 136 in Auburn? by SodaPop978
video of a similar one over the carrabassett, showing and explaining it's use in more detail.
also explains the use of the gagehouse seen in the very left of pic.
DrMcMeow t1_ixrun4j wrote
Reply to Does anyone know what this cable thingy going across Androscoggin on 136 in Auburn? by SodaPop978
usgs gaging station 01059000.
it's a cableway to access the river for discharge measurements.
DrMcMeow t1_ixobl8s wrote
Reply to It came out of nowhere by barrycarey
considering it had only been 9 days...
DrMcMeow t1_ixfcci0 wrote
Reply to comment by HIncand3nza in Maine close to inking land use agreement for rural north by CyberianHuskatron
subdivision is a huge part of what they do.
DrMcMeow t1_ix2wy91 wrote
Reply to comment by fredezz in New map ranks all 50 states by the most snow they received in 24 hours. Maine's record is 35 inches which was confirmed in Middle Dam on November 23, 1943 by completeembarassment
middle dam is COOP ID# 175261
the station has been recording weather for around a century.
https://w1.weather.gov/climate/calendar_outlook.php?wfo=gyx&site=175261
http://research.jisao.washington.edu/greg/northeast/states/ME/175261.html
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DrMcMeow t1_iwan26q wrote
5 stars, right across the street from cumbys.
DrMcMeow t1_iw4s2lf wrote
Reply to Wearing boiled Maine lobster boat shoes and Bermuda shorts in mid November!!! by realtorKen
there's no place like home.
DrMcMeow OP t1_iw1z0iq wrote
Reply to Fox attacks woman, dogs in Auburn by DrMcMeow
it's that time of the year again.
“My mom was fiercely attacked Friday afternoon as she was walking out of her home at Old Carriage Estates,” she wrote. “She was pulled to the ground but was extremely fortunate to have neighbors nearby to assist her. It took the tenacity of one of the women to beat the fox off of her with a metal rod because he would not let go.”
When police arrived at the scene, the fox was no longer in the area, according to Auburn police Lt. Anthony Harrington. The matter was referred to the Maine Wardens Service. A short time later, Harrington said, a caller reported that his dogs had been attacked by a fox near the walking trails at Granite Mills Estates.
The 89-year-old who was mauled is said to have fought the fox as it attacked. She was recovering this week from various injuries suffered in the attack.
“She is on the road to recovery,” Chabot Betsch wrote, “however the wounds to her hands and feet will take some time to heal and of course, she has to go through the course of treatment against rabies. At 89, she still has a lot of fight in her and did everything she could to choke the damn thing!”
In all, Chabot Betsch said, her mother suffered 21 puncture wounds on her hands, lower legs and feet.
According to Harrington, no reports of fox attacks have come in since that attack. However, on Tuesday, Nov. 8, a police officer captured an “aggressive orange male cat” that was found in the area of Hotel Road and Clover Lane. The cat was taken to the Greater Androscoggin Humane Society in Lewiston.
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DrMcMeow OP t1_iu1c4sz wrote
A Maine doctor was arrested today in Kennebunk on criminal charges related to her alleged illegal distribution of opioids and other controlled substances.
According to court documents, Merideth C. Norris, D.O., 52, of Kennebunk, allegedly prescribed opioids, and other controlled substances, outside the usual course of professional practice and without a legitimate medical purpose. Due to her dangerous prescribing, as a condition of her release, Norris cannot prescribe any Schedule II-V controlled substances.
Norris is charged in an indictment with 10 counts of illegal distribution of opioids and other controlled substances. The defendant made her initial court appearance on Oct. 26. If convicted, she faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison on the top counts. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
DrMcMeow t1_itsgk9i wrote
ushuaia
DrMcMeow t1_itsel7m wrote
Reply to comment by SillyTheGamer in I was pleasantly surprised to find this when I stepped off the train in Saco this weekend. Our streets should be like this year round. by yuvng_matt
they made 4 or 5 stops.
DrMcMeow t1_itobfxe wrote
Reply to I was pleasantly surprised to find this when I stepped off the train in Saco this weekend. Our streets should be like this year round. by yuvng_matt
did you get a wiener whistle from meat man mitch?
DrMcMeow t1_ithypo9 wrote
Reply to Limerick, ME by Mikerm3
people still get stuck down there thinking they know better, spinning tires until they're sunk up to their undercarriage.
"how was i supposed to know?"
DrMcMeow t1_j05uu63 wrote
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van baalens