LEWISTON — When the Senate Intelligence Committee, on which U.S. Sen. Angus King serves, began investigating how the Russians interfered in the last U.S. presidential election, it focused mostly on computer hacking. But Maine’s junior senator no longer thinks that is the big issue. Instead, King said, he has come to believe “the most important […]
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OOB man’s request for less prison time for grandmother’s murder denied
ALFRED — An Old Orchard Beach man serving a life sentence for murdering his grandmother in 2012 was denied his request for a reduced sentence. Derek Poulin, 29, appeared in York County Superior Court last month to ask Justice John O’Neil to reconsider the sentence handed down in 2015. Poulin’s attorney, Chris Nielsen, argued that […]
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Wilton woman arrested on suspicion of theft from Renys
FARMINGTON — Corrine Spencer, 42, of Wilton was arrested Tuesday afternoon on suspicion of theft. Spencer was accused of taking items worth $95 from Renys department store. Corrine Spencer (Franklin County Detention Center)
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Auburn officials plan trade trip to China
AUBURN — City officials plan to spend 12 days in China next month as part of an effort to encourage more Chinese business investment in Auburn. Mayor Jason Levesque and Economic Development Director Michael Chammings say they will use the trip to promote tourism, education and economic development. According to the city officials, the trip […]
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New poll shows 2018 race for Maine governor in virtual dead heat
Republican Shawn Moody and Democrat Janet Mills are locked in a dead heat in the Maine governor’s election, according to a new poll by Suffolk University in Boston. In the race for the U.S. Senate, incumbent Angus King, an independent, holds a commanding lead, with 52 percent saying they would vote for him if the […]
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200th Skowhegan Fair opens today
SKOWHEGAN — The sign on a food wagon at the Skowhegan State Fair on Wednesday said it all: “Super-size sausage and fries.” The longest continuously operating agricultural fair in the country, which opens for a 10-day run Thursday, celebrates its 200th year in Skowhegan, and it promises to be super in size with new rides, livestock shows, […]
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U.S. braces for possible cyberattacks after Iran sanctions
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is bracing for cyberattacks Iran could launch in retaliation for the re-imposition of sanctions this week by President Donald Trump, cybersecurity and intelligence experts say. Concern over that cyber threat has been rising since May, when Trump pulled out of the 2015 nuclear deal, under which the U.S. and other […]
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Idexx says rival company recruited its workers, stole trade secrets
Idexx Laboratories, the Westbrook veterinary services firm, has accused two former employees and Portland-based Vets First Choice of stealing secret business plans and information. In a lawsuit filed Friday in U.S. District Court, Idexx said Dan Leach and Agostino Scicchitano took confidential planning documents and training materials from company computers when they moved to Vets […]
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Beatrice T. Lavertu
AUBURN — Beatrice T. Lavertu, 91, formerly of 625 College St. in Lewiston, died Tuesday, Aug. 7, at the Sarah Frye Home, where she resided for the past 12 years. Born in Lewiston, the eldest daughter of the late Eddie E. and Ida Cote Levesque, she was married to John M. Lavertu, who died Oct. 4, […]
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A Soviet-era experiment to tame foxes may help reveal genes behind social behavior
In 1959, Soviet scientists embarked on an audacious experiment to breed a population of tame foxes, a strain of animals that wouldn’t be aggressive or fearful of people. Scientists painstakingly selected the friendliest foxes to start each new generation, and within 10 cycles they began to see differences from wild foxes — fox pups that […]