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Bangor firefighters respond to a trash fire on Kendsukeag Avenue Wednesday morning. A Casella garbage truck driver dumped an on-fire trash load in an empty lot when he saw smoke. Credit: Linda Coan ...

Called a front loader, the machine lifts and dumps larger trash containers used at businesses and apartment buildings over the front of truck using automated forks. The new system is meant to be safer ...