A Maine lobster business plans to build a processing plant, seafood restaurant and marine education center on the Portland waterfront, the newest iteration of the company’s long-planned expansion. John Hathaway, owner of Richmond-based Shucks Maine Lobster, asked the Portland Fish Pier Authority board of directors for a 30-year lease on the small, vacant, city-owned loton […]
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2018 High School Golf Preview Capsules
Dirigo Cougars Coach: Butch Mckenna (second year) Class: C; Conference: MVC Last year’s results: 10-0 in regular season; won MVC championship, fifth at state championships). Returning players: Seniors —Sam Holmes, Chandler Redmond, Wyatt Lufkin, Nolan Degroot; Sophomore — Sam Skibitsky Key losses: Jacob Gaudin. Promising newcomers: Senior — Nate Child; Sophomore — Jacob Chow; Freshmen — […]
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Augusta man threatens neighbors with shotgun after rejecting their food
AUGUSTA — Neighbors who offered an Augusta man a plate of food after he’d told them he hadn’t eaten much recently didn’t get the response they might have expected Sunday night. Police say the man allegedly rejected a meal from the two neighbors before threatening to shoot them with a loaded shotgun. Bruce M. Roy, […]
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Kennebunk man injured in Weld crash
WELD — A Kennebunk man was injured Sunday morning when the SUV he was driving went over an embankment on Route 142 and rolled several times before coming to rest at a tree, Franklin County Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. said. Driver Maxim LeBlanc, 18, received minor injuries and was taken by a NorthStar EMS ambulance […]
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Paul LePage is out of the hospital and resting in the Blaine House
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage was back in the Blaine House on Monday after being hospitalized over the weekend, but the details of LePage’s illness or injuries were not being disclosed to the public. In a short statement Monday, Peter Steele, LePage’s communication director, said LePage had been discharged from Eastern Maine Medical Center in […]
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Farmington family escapes fire that destroys their home and garage
FARMINGTON — A fire destroyed a home and attached garage Saturday night at 287 Middle St., Fire Rescue Capt. Scott Baxter said Monday. John and Angela Whelpley and their children escaped safely from the home. The cause of the fire is undetermined. It is not suspicious, Baxter said. Investigators from the Office of the Maine […]
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Safe, cash, beer among items stolen from store in Salem Township
FARMINGTON — A safe, cash and lottery tickets are among the items reported stolen during a break-in late Thursday or Friday morning from Mountain Valley Market on Route 142. A safe was removed from the store and the cash drawer was open, Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. said Monday. Also taken was about $700 in cash, […]
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New GOP television ad targets Golden's positions — and tattoo
A new television advertisement by a GOP-aligned Super PAC called the Congressional Leadership Fund calls attention to Democratic challenger Jared Golden’s tattoos. As it attacks his record, the commercial includes a closeup of a tattoo on his right arm and ends with a shot of a man’s back emblazoned with a large tattoo-like image headlined […]
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Services for McCain set for Phoenix, Washington, Annapolis
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. John McCain’s service to his country began more than six decades ago at the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis and will end there in a cemetery overlooking Maryland’s Severn River. A private burial service next Sunday will conclude nearly a week of events honoring the Navy aviator, prisoner of war, congressman, […]
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Naples man seriously injured in Sunday night crash
NAPLES — A Naples man was seriously injured Sunday night when he failed to stop at a stop sign and ran his car off the road. Patrick Connolly III, 48, was taken to Central Maine Medical Center by LifeFlight after he crashed his 2003 Chevrolet at the intersection of routes 302 and 11 around 9 […]