President Donald Trump’s $4.1 trillion spending plan, which would slash everything from student loans to food stamps while sharply increasing money for the military, got mixed reviews from Maine’s congressional delegation Tuesday. The one thing they all agreed on in their prepared statements is that Trump’s 62-page budget proposal, which contained far less detail than […]
Carl Natale
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn
3 awards given at Workers’ Memorial Day Dinner
LEWISTON — Almost two-dozen workers who died last year in job-related accidents were honored at the 11th annual Workers’ Memorial Day and May Day Dinner at the Dolard and Priscilla Gendron Franco Center on Sunday. The event was sponsored by the Western Maine Labor Council, AFL-CIO. “We’re doing better, but we are still not where we […]
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Naked mole-rats without oxygen live like plants
If you take away a mouse’s oxygen, the mouse is going to die within 20 seconds. If you take away a naked mole-rat’s oxygen, though, it will be fine for up to 18 minutes. Naked mole-rats are marvelous and bizarre rodents, arguably the world’s weirdest mammals. The East African critters do not get tumors. They’re […]
Posted inFranklin
Fire heavily damages Falls General Store in Farmington
FARMINGTON — State fire investigators are assisting Farmington Fire Rescue chiefs to determine the cause of a fire Tuesday night that heavily damaged the Falls General Store in Farmington Falls. The fire was reported just before 11 p.m. at the intersection of Croswell Road and Philbrick Street. Several fire departments assisted Farmington firefighters to put […]
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Plow 1, Mailbox 0.
Earlier this winter, a plow truck took out Beth Holloway’s Litchfield mailbox. She put up a replacement. Before too long, another plow snapped that one in two. “They also ruined my rock wall around the back of the mailbox where I put my flowers,” Holloway said. Mike Blanchet in Farmington hired a bucket loader to dig […]
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World-class bagels in the heart of Lewiston
You’d have to be at least a decade or two older than Forage Market bakers Gerald Walsh and Chad Sparks to remember a world in which bagels were not as ubiquitous as gas station pizza. Historians trace the bagel’s origins to 17th-century Eastern European Jewish communities, specifically near Krakow, Poland. Handmade with simple and sometimes […]
Posted inFranklin
One dead, two injured during confrontation on Main St. in Rangeley
RANGELEY — Maine State Police say one man was killed and two others were severely injured during an apparent home invasion early Thursday morning. The incident occurred at 2564 Main St. in Rangeley at 1:30 a.m., according to police. The building there has two apartment units overlooking Rangeley Lake and the altercation occurred in one […]
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July 2016: Sunday River ski lift fails in summer with no one on it
The top unloading terminal of Sunday River’s Spruce Peak Triple lift toppled when the foundation separated from the mountaintop, causing the structure to break apart and the cable and chairs to drop to the ground. It could’ve been a catastrophe had it happened during the winter with skiers onboard. “Thank God it happened in the […]
Posted inLocal Sports
In the Crease: To my daughters — I love you, but I will not make excuses for you
With the resignation of one of the more storied coaches in Maine basketball history, ostensibly for personal reasons (though we all know better), I wanted to make sure my twin 2-year-old daughters were clear on a few things going forward. Dear Emma and Erin, I love you more than you will ever know. I’ve loved […]
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Pickleball: A growing sport in Lewiston-Auburn
LEWISTON — When Steve Walbridge learned his wife had purchased him a new Pickleball paddle, he had a hunch he was being introduced to a new sport. Linda Walbridge tried the sport two weeks ago for the first time. She loved it so much, she gave her husband reason to play it also. “I went […]