AUBURN — The city is getting a new brewery and a poutine restaurant. Business partners and friends Ben Low and Matt Johannes announced Thursday during the Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce’s LA Metro Marketplace that Side By Each Brewing Co. and The Poutine Factory will open at 1110 Minot Ave. this coming winter. Low […]
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Wilton man pleads guilty, sentenced in strangulation case
FARMINGTON — A Wilton man accused of choking a woman until she passed out during a sexual encounter in February was sentenced Thursday to serve 30 months of an eight-year sentence. Steven E. Pare, 50, pleaded guilty to a felony charge of aggravated assault and misdemeanor charges of domestic violence assault and unlawful sexual touching […]
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Sole-searching cops charge three men in assault on Chinese food deliverer
LEWISTON — Rice found in the tread of a suspect’s shoes helped lead to arrests in the mugging of a Chinese food delivery man. Three males were arrested and charged with robbery and theft in the April 9 mugging. An Androscoggin County grand jury indicted two men on related charges. The third is a juvenile. […]
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'Twelve Angry Men' opens at CLT
Cory King, left, as Juror #3, threatens Juror #8, played by John Blanchette, right during a recent rehersal at Community Little Theatre for “Twelve Angry Men,” the award-winning drama by Reginald Rose, which opens this weekend at the Community Little Theatre. Directed by Jackie McDonald, “Twelve Angry Men” is about an all-male jury in the […]
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South Dakota sheriff loses re-election, fires winning deputy
TYNDALL, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota sheriff waited a whole minute after polls closed to fire a deputy who undid his re-election bid this week. Bon Homme County Sheriff Lenny Gramkow fired deputy sheriff Mark Maggs after Maggs defeated him by a vote of 878-331 in Tuesday’s Republican primary election. Maggs posted his time-stamped […]
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Two Democrats face off in Lisbon State House primary
LISBON — Two Democrats are facing off in a primary Tuesday to claim the right to challenge Rep. Rick Mason, a Republican, in the general election this fall. “I want to get back involved in the community,” said one of them, Martha Poliquin, a former Lisbon school board member. Poliquin, 62, is taking on Scott […]
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Maine’s chief justice rules in favor of public access to state court records
Maine’s new electronic court filing system will be available to the public for a fee, the state’s top judge said Thursday. The State Supreme Judicial Court was about to hold a public hearing Thursday morning on the $15 million system, which will allow prosecutors, defense lawyers and judges to file documents online, when Chief Justice […]
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LePage endorses Eric Brakey in U.S. Senate race against Angus King
Gov. Paul LePage has thrown his support behind state Sen. Eric Brakey, R-Auburn, as Brakey seeks to unseat incumbent U.S. Sen. Angus King. “He has my full support and I plan to help him win in any way I can,” LePage said in a prepared statement. While LePage has toyed with the notion of running […]
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Giuliani: Porn star Stormy Daniels has 'no reputation;' affair not credible
LOS ANGELES (AP) — President Donald Trump’s attorney, Rudy Giuliani, said Stormy Daniels’ claim she had sex with Trump in 2006 isn’t credible because she’s a porn actress with “no reputation.” “I’m sorry I don’t respect a porn star the way I respect a career woman or a woman of substance or a woman who […]
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Nikki Hunt Band at Mixers
The Nikki Hunt Band will perform at 8:30 p.m. Friday, June 8, at Mixers, 136 Sabattus Road, Sabattus. The pop/rock band covers artists such as Sheryl Crow, Joan Jett, Bruce Springsteen, Sublime, No Doubt, The Doors and U2. The night also includes a colorful hula hoop act. There is no cover charge. Doors open at […]