Arthur Charest prepares his tomato garden Wednesday for next year’s growing season, behind his home in Auburn. Charest, 84, said his tomatoes got off to a slow start this past summer, but finished strong. Gardening can be “a lot of work, but it keeps me going,” Charest said. “When you quit getting out, that’s when […]
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Old Town mill to be bought by Rumford mill owner and restarted in 2019
The Old Town mill has been sold yet again, this time to a Chinese group that recently expanded into the U.S. — including the mill in Rumford — earlier this year. The mill’s new owner is ND Paper, a subsidiary of Nine Dragons Paper of Hong Kong. ND Paper completed its purchases of the mill […]
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Police investigate smashed windshield and backseat fire at Litchfield Country Store
LITCHFIELD — A woman’s car windshield was smashed and a fire was set in its backseat outside the Litchfield Country Store Wednesday. Dakota Gayton, an employee of the store, said a woman, who she did not identify, left from her shift at about 1 p.m. only to run back inside saying that her windshield was […]
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Comedian says he was joking about boycotting Maine
A comedian and actor says he was only joking about a boycott when he tweeted on Friday that he would never visit Maine while Sen. Susan Collins was in office because of her vote on Brett Kavanaugh. “This would be a good time to say I never called for a boycott of Maine,” John Fugelsang […]
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Constellation jet gets a flat during journey to JFK
BOLTON, Mass. — The tractor-trailer truck carrying the fuselage of a 1958 TWA Constellation airliner from Maine to New York got a flat tire Wednesday. The flat occurred on Interstate 495, according to reports. The truck was in the breakdown lane Wednesday afternoon. Six trucks carrying the fuselage, tail and four engines are on a […]
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Woman runs over 87-year-old mom picking apples in Livermore orchard
LIVERMORE — An 87-year-old Mexico woman was injured Monday afternoon when her daughter accidentally ran over her with a car in an apple orchard, according to Lt. Walter Grzyb of the Maine State Police. Vivian Buotte was picking apples at the Berry Fruit Farm, off Crash Road, when her daughter, Nina Langervan, 53, of Dixfield […]
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Male inmate found dead at Kennebec County jail in Augusta
AUGUSTA — A 34-year-old male inmate was found dead early this morning at the Kennebec County Correctional Facility after a routine check by corrections officers. “At approximately 3:45 a.m. during a routine check of inmates at the Kennebec County Correctional Facility, a 34-year-old male was discovered to be unresponsive,” Kennebec County Sheriff’s Lt. Chris Read […]
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Hurricane Michael slams into Florida with 155 mph winds
PANAMA CITY, Fla. (AP) — Supercharged by abnormally warm waters in the Gulf of Mexico, Michael slammed into the Florida Panhandle on Wednesday with potentially catastrophic winds of 155 mph, the most powerful hurricane to hit the U.S. mainland in nearly 50 years. Michael blew ashore near Mexico Beach, a tourist town about midway along […]
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Driven by grief, Jeff Izer’s mother seeks safer roads
LISBON — For Daphne Izer, Wednesday marks a painful anniversary. “We relive everything,” Izer said. “It never gets easier.” Twenty-five years ago, Izer’s son, Jeff, 17, and four of his friends pulled into a breakdown lane on the Maine Turnpike after their car started to overheat. They were on their way to a haunted hayride […]
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Gubernatorial race rather low key
Less than a month before the election, the race to choose who will lead Maine after eight tumultuous years under Gov. Paul LePage is unusually quiet. There have been no rallies with big-name national political figures, few polls, no headline-grabbing mudslinging and only a few of relatively tame debates or forums to date. And while […]