A more citizen-friendly mayor in Lewiston may have set a softer tone of true caring, which might have helped avert Lewiston’s recent spree of violence. A left-leaning mayor who truly cares about the quality of life of all the city’s citizens shows it, rather than worrying that someone is getting an extra dollar a month […]
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Records fall at Beach to Beacon High School Mile
Lisandro Berry-Gaviria of Bowdoinham makes a final push across the finish line with second- and third-place finishers Griffin Alaire of Wells and Alex Troxell of Portland close behind during the the B2B High School Mile on Friday. (Ben McCanna/Portland Press Herald) Helen Shearer digs in to win the B2B High School Mile on Friday at […]
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Gold-medal triathlete Gwen Jorgensen running Beach to Beacon as part of shift to marathons
Gwen Jorgensen, center, runs during the women’s 10,000-meter run at the U.S. Championships in Des Moines, Iowa, in June. (AP file photo) The Beach to Beacon 10K race brings elite runners to Cape Elizabeth every year, and 2018 is no different with Olympian Molly Huddle and former winner Ben True running Saturday. This year’s race […]
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Redneck Games draw thousands in Hebron
Jake Strait of Gardner, Massachusetts, gives his friend’s dog Beast a ride on his ATV at the 2018 Redneck Games in Hebron on Friday afternoon. The gathering is expected to draw more than 5,000 people this weekend with bands and competitions. Strait is surrounded by friends from Livermore with whom he had an accident last […]
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Dog that attacked Rumford teens is euthanized
RUMFORD — The dog that attacked two teens and their mother Wednesday on Erchles Street was euthanized later that day, Police Chief Stacy Carter said Friday. Carter said in a news release that after completing a preliminary investigation, the dog was identified as an 8-year-old Staffordshire terrier, which is one of several breeds considered pit bulls. […]
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Matt Dunlap accuses White House of falsely implying widespread voter fraud
Maine Secretary of State Matt Dunlap on Friday accused the White House and leaders of a presidential commission of making false statements about potential voter fraud and of “troubling bias” as they led the now-disbanded election commission. In a scathing letter to Vice President Mike Pence and Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, Dunlap said […]
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Man who fell from Lewiston porch moved to Portland hospital
LEWISTON — Police said it was likely an accident when two people fell Wednesday night from a third-floor porch on Pierce Street and were seriously injured. The incident remains under investigation, according to a statement from police Lt. David St. Pierre. The two are identified as Omar Omar, 41, of New York and Hindia Mohamed, […]
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Writer Stephen King takes aim at Bruce Poliquin
Horror writer Stephen King is no fan of the Republican congressman who represents him in Maine. Seven times this year, King has taken to Twitter to zing U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin. Friday, he denounced Poliquin as “Maine’s political version of Punxsutawney Phil,” the famous groundhog, because “once every 2 years he comes out of his […]
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Franklin County 15-year-old boy accused of sexually assaulting girl
FARMINGTON — A 15-year-old boy is accused of sexually assaulting a Franklin County girl under the age of 18, according to Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. Franklin County Detective Kenneth Charles investigated a report Wednesday of ongoing sex crimes in Madrid Township and charged the boy with gross sexual assault, Nichols said in his weekly report. […]
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President of Bridgton, Rumford hospitals resigns
LEWISTON — The president of Bridgton and Rumford hospitals — one of the last senior leaders left from Central Maine Healthcare’s previous administration — has resigned. R. David Frum has served as head of Bridgton Hospital since 2010. He was named head of Rumford Hospital in 2011. Frum resigned Wednesday, according to a Central Maine […]