Martindale’s Will Kannegieser hits his approach shot on the 6th hole during the second round of the Maine Amateur Championship at York Golf and Tennis Club in July 2016. (Brewster Burns Photo) Will Kannegieser shot a two-round score of 137 in a qualifying tournament Monday to secure his spot in the United States Amateur Championship […]
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First round of New England Amateur halted by weather
Golfers walk the course before the play was suspended due to rain on the opening day of the New England Amateur golf tournament Tuesday at Portland Country Club in Falmouth. (Derek Davis/Portland Press Herald Photo) FALMOUTH — Eric Bleile was putting for birdie on the 17th green when he got the word. Stop play. “Pretty […]
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UMF Fitness Center director dies
FARMINGTON — Jim Toner, the director of the University of Maine at Farmington’s Fitness and Recreation Center and a former director of both parks and recreation and public works in Waterville, died Monday of cancer. Toner, 59, served as director of the Fitness and Recreation Center, or FRC, since 2006 and was the founder of […]
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Chief: Change in gun law has ‘unintended consequence’
LEWISTON — The city’s police chief said Monday a change in state law three years ago allowing concealed gun carry without a permit has triggered a spike in reports of gun-related crimes. Police Chief Brian O’Malley called the effect an “unintended consequence” of the 2015 law change. “I’m seeing people who wouldn’t carry in the […]
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Police: Victim never reported stalking
LEWISTON — If being stalked, one should report it to the police and keep details of how, when and where the stalking has occurred, police said. Kimberly Dobbie did not tell police she was being stalked by Albert Flick, according to Lt. David St. Pierre of the Lewiston Police Department. St. Pierre said Tuesday he had “double […]
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Gagnon joins WHA in Lewiston
LEWISTON — St. Mary’s Health System, a member of Covenant Health, announces that Maine native Joelle Gagnon, DO, has joined Women’s Health Associates of Lewiston to practice obstetrics and gynecology. Gagnon is a native of Blue Hill. She earned a doctor of osteopathic medicine degree from the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine […]
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Golden calls Poliquin "astonishingly weak" on Russia
LEWISTON — Democratic U.S. House candidate Jared Golden said Tuesday that Republican Rep. Bruce Poliquin displayed “astonishingly weak” leadership in his comments about what happened at the Helsinki Summit. Golden, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, said Poliquin “fails to acknowledge that Russia poses a serious threat to American democracy, and American security interests abroad, particularly […]
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Judge believed Lewiston murder suspect with history of attacks was too old to pose a threat
UPDATE: Auburn man held without bail in fatal stabbing of Lewiston woman The 76-year-old man charged with stabbing a woman to death Sunday morning in Lewiston had a nearly 40-year pattern of killing or attacking women, but eight years ago a judge in Portland said Albert Flick would soon be too old to pose a threat to society. […]
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Rescuers take an hour to rescue scrappy raccoon under Denny’s dumpster
AUBURN — Police and an animal rescuer wrestled with a 20-pound raccoon for more than an hour Tuesday after the animal got stuck beneath a dumpster outside Denny’s restaurant. The raccoon was ultimately freed, although it did not happen easily. Wildlife control agent Rich Burton described the adventure in a Facebook post that quickly went […]
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Portland selected to test self-driving car technology
Portland is trying to get on the map of the emerging self-driving vehicle industry. Maine’s biggest city is one of seven municipalities and transit agencies selected as pilot members for a new program aiming to communicate local traffic rules and restrictions to autonomous vehicles. The platform, called AV Road Rules, was announced by INRIX, a […]