Wednesday, June 13, 2007
from the Kennebec Journal
PROPANE NO QUICK FIX
AUGUSTA Penny saved is a stamp forever Cost to mail regular letter rises 1 cent on Monday
CENTRAL MAINE Area residents' scrap metal rising to top of heap
Dunn celebrates 35 years as fire chief
Maranacook set for budget tests
FARMINGDALE NEVER FORGET
HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL ROUNDUP: Rankin sparks Black Bears
Morang stymies Bulldogs in only 2nd varsity start
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Auctioneer sues woman over $300,000 Internet purchase
Prison time awaits
Waterville writer wins this year's Young Lions Fiction Award
Rising prices for scrap metal attract sellers to local facility
Colby seniors celebrate end of classes
JUDGES CHOOSE YOUTH OF YEAR Gary Fearon a 17-year-old member of Penobscot Nation Boys & Girls Club, a satellite unit of Waterville Area Boys & Girls Club
Biathlon might skip out on Fort Kent
HUSKIES COLLECT 1ST WIN
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The bill is aimed at keeping quarrying and gravel pit excavations away from the riverbank.
It creates a 100-foot-wide buffer between the high water mark and any quarrying operations, according to its sponsor, Senate Majority Leader Elizabeth Mitchell, D-Vassalboro. She called it an "environmentally balanced" policy.
"From the Kennebec Arsenal in Augusta to the Hathaway Mill in Waterville, the people of Kennebec County are reinvesting their time and effort into their local waterfronts and the Kennebec River," Mitchell said. "This is a victory for all of us."
Bill MacDonald, executive director of Hallowell-based Maine Rivers, an environmental advocacy group, said Mitchell's bill is good news.
He said protecting the riparian area is important, especially as traditional fish runs return to the Kennebec. "The river is coming back," he said.
"Our state and locally elected leaders clearly see the tremendous economic value of a restored and protected river," he said.





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