The L/A Nordiques bolstered their lineup for the upcoming NA3HL Showcase by acquiring three players Thursday. The Nordiques received 18-year-old forward Trent Sheldon in a trade with the Texas Brahmas, part of a three-team trade in which the Nordiques sent Nicolas Lusignan to the Binghamton Jr. Senators. The NA3HL Showcase is in Blaine, Minnesota, from […]
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MPA approves 8-man football league, five-class system for Maine
Dirigo’s Cameron Kidder evades Freeport’s Tony Casale during the Class E state championship game in Freeport last month. Dirigo is a candidate to be part of the proposed eight-man football league. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) AUGUSTA — Eight-man high school football is on the verge of coming to Maine next season. The Maine Principals’ Association’s football […]
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Lisbon receives first applications to open medical marijuana stores
LISBON — A week after a moratorium on medical marijuana stores was lifted, Lisbon has received its first two applications. The businesses applying for a new site are Lisbon Cannabis Co., registered to Jason Smith, who is looking to open at 60 Capital Ave., and BBB Pharmaceutical Alternatives, with Paul Brunelle listed as the owner, […]
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Police investigate officer-involved shooting in Old Town
The Attorney General’s Office is investigating an officer-involved shooting in Old Town on Thursday morning. Old Town police told Newscenter Maine (WCSH Channel 6) that no officers were injured in the shooting, but not other details have been released. Stillwater Avenue is closed because of the investigation. The Attorney General’s Office confirmed that it has […]
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Trump's ex-lawyer Michael Cohen pleads guilty to lying to Congress
NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former lawyer, made a surprise appearance before a federal judge in New York on Thursday and pleaded guilty to lying to Congress to cover up that he was negotiating a real estate deal in Moscow on Trump’s behalf during the heat of his campaign for the […]
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Scarborough approves tax deal to build new downtown at the Downs
SCARBOROUGH — Scarborough Downs is on track to be redeveloped into a mixed-use village center under a 30-year, tax-supported plan approved by the Town Council on Wednesday night. The deal with hometown developers was widely considered one of the most important and contentious decisions to face the council in decades, prompting Councilor Don Hamill to […]
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Trump says he wouldn't take Manafort pardon 'off the table'
WASHINGTON (AP) — A pardon for Paul Manafort is “not off the table,” President Donald Trump said, drawing swift rebuke from critics who fear the president will use his executive power to protect friends and supporters caught up in the Russia probe. The president’s discussion of a possible pardon in an interview Wednesday with the […]
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Police identify victims in 2nd fatal crash in Liberty in two days
A woman and a young boy were killed Wednesday evening when two vehicles collided on Route 3 in Liberty. Steve McCausland, spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety, said Thursday morning that Janice Minson, 64, of Verona Island died when her car crossed the centerline on Route 3 and struck an oncoming pickup truck […]
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Jared Golden's lawyer calls Bruce Poliquin suit 'sour grapes'
BANGOR — An effort to seek a new election in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District race is an “extraordinary attempt to overturn the results of a fair and free election,” an attorney for U.S. Rep.-elect Jared Golden said in a legal filing late Wednesday. Peter Brann, the lawyer for the Lewiston Democrat, said the request by […]
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The myth of male menopause
DEAR DR. ROACH: Is there such a thing as male menopause, with the associated hot flashes? My problem is hot flashes. I am a 93-year-old male in fairly good health; I am active, but not enough, though I maintain a year-round garden. I’ve beaten prostate cancer with a cryogenic procedure at the turn of the […]