STRONG — A situation ended safely Tuesday after a male threatened employees and others in the Strong Area Health Center. Maine State Police Troop C Sgt. Peter Michaud said a threatening telephone call was reported at 11:30 a.m. State Police troopers and deputies with the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office responded. “We were able to detain […]
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Auburn police chief to retire, serve as assistant city manager
AUBURN — After a dozen years as the city’s police chief, Phillip Crowell Jr. got a new job Tuesday after City Manager Peter Crichton tapped him to serve as the assistant city manager. Citing Crowell’s “outstanding leadership qualities,” Crichton said in a prepared statement, “The opportunity we all have to accomplish great things as a […]
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Maine to release more than $1 million in clean elections funding
PORTLAND — An attorney says Maine Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s administration will release more than $1 million in public campaign funding that the governor held up by refusing to sign routine financial orders. Maine Citizens for Clean Elections attorney John Brautigam said the administration agreed to do so Monday. A superior court judge ruled on […]
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Largest wildfire in California history still growing
LAKEPORT, Calif. (AP) — Wildfires tearing through trees and brush, rampaging up hillsides and incinerating neighborhoods: The place-names change but the devastation is showing signs of becoming the new normal in California. On Monday, twin fires being treated as one incident north of San Francisco became the largest wildfire in state history, destroying 443 square […]
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Police warn residents of python on the loose in Camden
Camden police are warning the public that a large ball python is on the loose somewhere in the Knox County town. “The PD this morning wants to make everyone aware that a ball python has gotten out of its enclosure and is most likely roaming the area on Sea Street,” the Camden Police Department said […]
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Taurus: Stick to a strategy
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Mike Trout, 27; Charlize Theron, 43; David Duchovny, 58; Wayne Knight, 63. Happy Birthday: Ease into change. Know what you are getting into before you say yes. Take a moderate approach to whatever is asked of you. Keeping your distance from people who tend to be indulgent or manipulative will […]
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Looking Back on Aug. 7
100 Years Ago: 1918 Dr. A. W. Anthony of New York, formerly of Lewiston, has been appointed the secretary of the general wartime commission of the churches and home missions council. This commission represents 85 different home mission bodies, together with the council of women for home missions, and these bodies have formed a committee […]
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David Myles returns to 49 Franklin
RUMFORD — Juno award winner David Myles came to 49 Franklin last year and was so well-received he’s coming back this summer at 7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 12. Rock and roll’s diverse, electrifying roots dig deep into Myles’ 10th album, “Real Love.” Hear them in the old-school Johnny Cash shuffle and lightning-in-a-bottle twang of “Night […]
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Mahoosuc Community Band to perform summer concert
BETHEL — The Mahoosuc Community Band is now 24 years old and preparing for a summer concert at 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 13,at West Parish Congregational Church UCC, 23 Park St. The band, initially called Mahoosuc Music Makers, started in 1994 when Ellen Whitney and Rhonda Buker noticed the lack of a local band in […]
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Wife's attraction to woman
DEAR ABBY: I am a 50-year-old woman. I have been married to my husband for 28 years and never cheated. We have a good life together, and our sex life has always been great, but I have recently fallen in love with another woman. I haven’t told anyone, not even her. She has made several […]