BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump on Saturday mourned the passing of former President George H.W. Bush, remembering him as a man of “sound judgment, common sense and unflappable leadership.” In a statement issued hours after Bush’s death on Friday night, the Trumps said that Bush had “inspired […]
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Wayne man to serve 59 months in prison for fatal drunken-driving crash
AUGUSTA — For a drunken-driving crash that killed one of his friends and severely injured another, a Wayne man will spend the next 59 months behind bars. That will be followed by four years of probation, while the remainder of the 14-year sentence is suspended. Tyler J. Goucher, 23, was sentenced Friday during a hearing […]
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New service to aid stranded motorists, keep traffic moving on I-295
The Maine Department of Transportation is launching a new program to help stranded motorists on the busy southern stretch of Interstate 295. The state has hired an outside company for safety service patrols on I-295 between Exit 1 in Scarborough and Exit 22 in Freeport starting Monday. Modeled after a program on the Maine Turnpike, […]
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Mainers remember Bush 41 for leadership, patriotism, generosity
Flags across Kennebunkport were flying at half-mast Saturday morning. TV crews filled the parking area overlooking Walker’s Point, the Bush compound there. And visitors arrived at the Bush’s nearby Episcopal church, St. Ann’s, to pay their respects. The church is not normally open this time of year, but sexton Reggie Sargent said people showed up […]
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Brunswick graduate arrested after racist graffiti found at Maryland college
A Brunswick High School graduate was arrested Thursday and charged in connection with racist graffiti that was found at his Maryland college, police said. The Baltimore County Police Department said Fynn Ajani Arthur, 21, has been charged with two counts of malicious destruction of property. He was released Friday on personal recognizance, police said, and […]
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More doctors trained to prescribe opioid-treatment meds
Two years after it started, the Maine Medical Association is beginning to see results from its effort to persuade more doctors to prescribe Suboxone, one of the most effective medications for treating opioid use disorder. About 200 doctors, physician assistants and nurse practitioners have completed training and obtained the federal waiver required to prescribe the medication […]
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Maine towns will make another push for local option taxes in the Legislature
The Maine Legislature will consider a bill next year that would allow Maine cities and towns to levy their own local-option sales taxes. With Democrats in control of the Legislature, the idea is likely to win more support than in previous sessions, when local-option tax proposals have been beaten back. But the bill still faces […]
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Former President George H.W. Bush dies at age 94
HOUSTON (AP) — George H.W. Bush, a patrician New Englander whose presidency soared with the coalition victory over Iraq in Kuwait, but then plummeted in the throes of a weak economy that led voters to turn him out of office after a single term, has died. He was 94. The World War II hero, who […]
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United Way accepting submissions for emergency food and shelter grant
LEWISTON — United Way of Androscoggin County has announced that it has been selected to administer a grant from the Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program to aid in the local fight against homelessness and hunger. The grant will be administered by a local board comprised of area nonprofit leaders, local municipalities and members of […]
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The media have been wrong about the caravan
It’s roughly the three-week anniversary of CNN reporter Jim Acosta repeatedly telling President Donald Trump at a press conference that the migrant caravan is “hundreds and hundreds of miles away” and “not an invasion,” and objecting to a campaign ad that showed migrants climbing border walls — “they’re not going to be doing that.” Now, […]