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Trucking with the next generation
The heartening example of the Tri-County Technical Center in Dexter, Maine, an eye-opening look at how a successful decades-old educational program at a public vocational school takes two years to graduate on average 20 students annually with their immersive CDL program.
August 6, 2019
Channel 19
Truckers and diesel enthusiasts, among others, coming together in Maine to support hospitalized two-year-old
Saturday, October 27, truckers, motorcyclists and more will have a police escort to I-95 and up through Bangor to where Enoch McGovern is recovering. More here.
October 22, 2018
Business
As more states move toward legalizing marijuana, it remains off limits for truckers
In one of the first laws of its kind, Maine has enacted rules that forbid the state’s employers from firing employees or refusing job applicants for testing positive for marijuana use. Do these laws and broader marijuana legalization efforts have any bearing on trucking’s driver drug screening policies?
January 16, 2018
Business
Dozens of trucks burn in separate incidents, arson suspected in two fires
Arsonists targeted tractor-trailers over the weekend in Maine and Oklahoma, burning a total of nine trucks between the separate incidents, according to local media reports. Also, as many as 30 trucks were destroyed in a separate warehouse fire in Miami on Monday.
April 4, 2017
Business
Maine to lower I-295 speed limit
MaineDOT says it raised the speed limit in 2014 and has since seen a 29 percent increase in crashes, along with a 6.4 percent increase in traffic volume.
February 23, 2017
Business
Voters approve infrastructure funding initiatives in several states
New Jersey, Illinois, Maine, Texas, Louisiana and Rhode Island voters approved measures in Tuesday’s election to provide funding for infrastructure projects in their respective states.
November 10, 2016
Business
Trip-planning for dummies
“Speaking of Jersey, does anyone know how effective kevlar is against Jersey Devil bites? Should I pack the chain mail instead? Never can be too prepared.”
July 7, 2013
Channel 19
Final send-off for a Maine log-hauling legend
Dale Crawford was the owner of the Maine Crawford family’s log-hauling outfit until he sold it to his brother, Robin, in 2000 upon becoming ill. He passed away last week.
January 12, 2013
Business
States diesel tax rates set to change July 1
Connecticut will increase its diesel tax, while Nebraska truckers will pay a slightly smaller tax and Georgia has delayed its increase.
June 29, 2011
Channel 19
Channel 19 Monday: Fallen log hauler gets send-off; Court to Tiger Truckstop: ‘Set Tony free’
Last ride for Maine log hauler ‘Mackie,’ R.I.P. The Central Maine Morning-Sentinel news site reported late last week on the Skowhegan memorial-service convoy that was reportedly “one last ride” for area log-hauler Maxell C. “Mackie” Moore. Around 20 trucks joined the ride, including Mackie’s own, piloted by Tim Clements, best friend to Moore’s youngest son, […]
May 9, 2011
Channel 19
Dangerous roads — for animals — cataloged in California, Maine
The last time Truckers News addressed the subject of dangerous roads, you might forgive us for having focused on the obvious, the treacherous mountain passes, cold and snowy winter roads and congested urban centers that make the job of the nation’s truck drivers a sometimes harrowing adventure. Researchers and other users of the California and […]
September 29, 2010
Channel 19
The grand gesture — rival Maine log-hauling families spar
The Pelletiers and the Crawfords of Maine are known far and wide for their success in the log-hauling business in the north woods, the Pelletiers the subject of the Discovery Channel’s American Loggers series, which I wrote about in December when they took delivery of a couple new Mack Titans. The Crawfords, meanwhile, deserve and […]
March 10, 2010
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