WILTON — For those who are looking to make a change in careers or get a new job, the Wilton CareerCenter offers programs for job-seekers. Vocational Rehabilitation Orientation — 9 to 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 6. This is an orientation for people with disabilities who are considering vocational rehabilitation services. Orientations at the Wilton CareerCenter […]
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Maine files documents to expand Medicaid and a request to reject it
The LePage administration on Tuesday submitted required documents to the federal government to expand Medicaid to 70,000 Mainers, but there’s a catch. Gov. Paul LePage – an expansion opponent – is asking federal officials to deny the application. “I strongly encourage CMS (U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) to reject the State Plan Amendment that may […]
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The Buzz: New business trade show and maybe-Dunkin’ news?
It’s a short, holiday-week mini-Buzz with one happening and one maybe-happening. On Thursday, Travis Dow will host the new Maine Business to Business Trade Show at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee. It’s open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and entry is free with a business card. Dow has 60 vendors coming from around the state […]
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Livermore Falls police searching for spray-painting vandals
LIVERMORE FALLS — Police are investigating reports of a vehicle, garage door and a camper being spray-painted with obscenities early Monday. The criminal mischief was reported Monday morning on Pine Avenue, High Street and at High and Spring streets, Police Chief Ernest Steward Jr. said Tuesday. A garage door had an obscenity sprayed on it […]
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It’s nuts; why more squirrels seem to be dying on the roads
No one in the state counts squirrels officially. Unofficially, the bodies are stacking up. Maine biologists, motorists and road crews are seeing more squirrels successfully make it across the street — and not — after a healthy crop of acorns and other nuts last fall led to a robust squirrel population this year. It’s the […]
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Rumford man sentenced in cane attack on Jay woman
FARMINGTON — A Rumford man was found guilty Tuesday of hitting a Jay woman with a metal cane, causing a wound that required 14 stitches to close. The incident happened on Dec. 31, 2017. Justice Robert Mullen sentenced Ronald E. Tarckini, 66, to four years in prison with all but 264 days suspended and four […]
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DOT to close Bernard Lown Peace Bridge for paving Thursday night
The Bernard Lown Peace Bridge between Lewiston and Auburn is scheduled to be closed Thursday evening for paving by the Maine Department of Transportation. The bridge will be closed to traffic from 8 p.m. Thursday until 6 a.m. Friday. The Auburn Police Department asks motorists to seek an alternate route. The Bernard Lown Peace Bridge, […]
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Suspects in fatal shooting of dog turn themselves in
WINTER HARBOR (AP) — Police in Maine say the two men who allegedly broke into a Winter Harbor home and killed a dog have turned themselves in to police. Police say they believe 37-year-old Nathan Burke and 22-year-old Justin Chipman broke into Phillip Torrey’s home while he was out of town. WGME-TV reports Torrey says his dog […]
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Auburn police arrest suspect after brief foot chase
Auburn police look under a vehicle Tuesday morning while looking for a suspect near the Auburn Public Library. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) AUBURN — A 22-year-old man led police on a brief foot chase near the local library Tuesday morning. Police arrested Isaiah Dunham on a warrant for probation revocation. The chase ensued after Dunham was […]
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With industry in decline, wild blueberries sing the blues
DEBLOIS (AP) — In the era of superfoods, Maine blueberries aren’t so super. The Maine wild blueberry industry harvests one of the most beloved fruit crops in New England, but it’s locked in a downward skid in a time when other nutrition-packed foods, from acai to quinoa, dominate the conversation about how to eat. And […]