Maine experienced a larger jump in drug overdose deaths than all but five other states in the 12-month period ending Jan. 31, a stark statistic highlighting Maine’s slow progress combating the opioid crisis. According to federal data released this week, the number of overdose deaths in Maine increased by 10.9 percent between January 2017 and […]
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Golf: Anderson beats Powell convincingly in Match Play final
Camden golfer Cole Anderson chips onto the green at Falmouth Country Club on Thursday during the final match of the Maine State Golf Association Match Play Invitational. (Ben McCanna/Portland Press Herald Photo) FALMOUTH — Cole Anderson thinks it would be fun if Maine’s amateur golf championship incorporated both stroke and match play, like the other […]
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McGrath, Sea Dogs sweep away Trenton Thunder
Portland’s Jeremy Rivera turns a double play against the Trenton Thunder on Thursday in Portland. Sliding into second base for Trenton is Bruce Caldwell. (Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Portland Press Herald Photo) PORTLAND — Gargle. Rinse. Don’t repeat. Daniel McGrath washed away the sour taste of his last outing with a sparkling six-inning effort Thursday afternoon to […]
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H.S. football: Kates ready for year two as Lisbon coach
Lisbon football coach Chris Kates goes over a drill with a few of his players during a recent practice. The Greyhounds open Kates’ second season as their leader on Aug. 31 at Fryeburg Academy. (Bob Conn/Brunswick Times Record) LISBON — When former Lisbon High School standout quarterback Chris Kates realized a dream last season, he […]
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Accuser says living with Seth Carey was her best option
PORTLAND — The woman who accused district attorney candidate Seth Carey of sexual abuse said Thursday she had no choice but to stay at his home and endure his repeated sexual propositions and three sexual attacks until her father arrived from Alaska to get her. She said her mother had no place for her other […]
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Skowhegan mother charged with misusing 911, violating release
SKOWHEGAN — The young Skowhegan mother of three who went to jail last year after police found her lying unconscious next to a naked 2-year-old in an apartment filthy with cat feces, vomit, empty prescription bottles and beer cans was back in jail Thursday. Stephanie Freeman, 29, was arrested and taken to the Somerset County […]
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Adult-use pot ordinance moves forward in Hallowell
HALLOWELL — Marijuana may be coming downtown, but pot shop proliferation will be limited. Residents got a first look Wednesday at where adult-use marijuana establishments could sprout up in Hallowell once the Legislature lays out a framework for it. An ordinance regulating marijuana, drafted by a Marijuana Task Force appointed by Mayor Mark Walker, is […]
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Balloonists eye weather as festival kicks off
LEWISTON — Carnival rides waited silent and ready at Simard-Payne Memorial Park on Thursday, A day before the official launch of the Great Falls Balloon Festival. Vendor tents flapped in the breeze at the edge of a bright green field. There were one or two people poking around, but mostly the park was vacant and still. […]
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Lewiston Police approve contract
LEWISTON — The era of green police T-shirts came to an end Thursday as the Lewiston police union approved a contract with the city. The deal was struck late Thursday afternoon and was to go into effect at 11 p.m. Union President Corey Jacques, a detective with the department, said police officers will pack up […]
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Car wash, yard sale raise funds
JAY — OTIS Federal Credit Union held a car wash and yard sale Aug. 11 to raise money for the Maine Credit Union’s Campaign for Ending Hunger. Twelve employees, a member of the credit union’s board of directors and a member of its supervisory committee volunteered their time. Volunteers estimate that they washed approximately 30 […]