Portland police have identified the Saco woman who died Saturday evening after her ATV hit a tree in the North Deering neighborhood. Shelby Peters, 26, of Saco died at Maine Medical Center as the result of injuries she suffered in the crash, Lt. Robert Martin said in a statement Sunday evening. According to police, Peters […]
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Man dies in Sanford house fire
SANFORD — A 53-year-old Sanford man died Sunday morning in a fire that destroyed his home, an attached garage, and two sheds, a spokesman for the State Fire Marshal’s Office said. Maine Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland said Sunday evening that investigators are confident that Charles Kerrigan died in the fire at 234 Deering Neighborhood […]
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Photos: Pancake party at the 60th annual Kiwanis Club of Lewiston-Auburn Pancake Breakfast
Hayden Smith, 4, of Auburn mimics a lizard on display Sunday morning in the cafeteria at Saint Dominic Academy in Auburn in the kids’ activity room during the 60th annual Kiwanis Club of Lewiston-Auburn Pancake Breakfast. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) Parker Kelly, 4, of Auburn digs in at Sunday’s 60th annual Kiwanis Club of Lewiston-Auburn Pancake […]
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Wounded aide from 1968 shooting still pushing RFK legacy
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Paul Schrade had an up-close view of the Kennedy dynasty in the 1960s. The union leader got involved in politics during John F. Kennedy’s 1960 presidential campaign, advised Robert F. Kennedy during his own White House run eight years later and introduced the younger Kennedy to California farmworker union leaders who […]
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New law lets farmers markets hold tastings of Maine-made alcoholic beverages
BRUNSWICK — Caitlin Mance and Jacob Georgeson approached the Norumbega Cidery booth at the Crystal Spring farmers market on a late May morning, wearing the telltale expressions of uncertain but curious shoppers. Noah Fralich, the owner of the New Gloucester hard cider house, had the perfect icebreaker. “Would you like to try some cider?” Fralich […]
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Donald Trump lawyers sent letter to Mueller against subpoena
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s lawyers composed a secret 20-page letter to special counsel Robert Mueller to assert that he cannot be forced to testify while arguing that he could not have committed obstruction because he has absolute authority over all federal investigations. The existence of the letter, which was first reported and posted […]
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Maine AG orders vape tent closed at medical marijuana trade show
AUGUSTA — The state forced the closure of an outdoor vape tent for patients at a popular medical marijuana trade show this weekend, abruptly ending a seven-year practice embraced by both patients and vendors. The tobacco enforcement coordinator of the Maine Attorney General’s Office cited state anti-smoking and marijuana laws in its May 26 warning […]
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Eyewitness recalls shock of seeing car barreling through gate at ballpark
SANFORD — As Carol Sharrow barreled her maroon Honda sedan back through the gate at Goodall Park, Tim Curley jumped behind a concrete barrier to avoid getting hit. But he was close enough to the car that he recognized Sharrow, who had been a caregiver for his grandmother about 12 years ago. “I was shocked,” […]
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Man killed in Sanford confessed to 1968 fatal hit-and-run
The man who was killed by a hit-and-run driver at a Babe Ruth baseball game at Goodall Park in Sanford on Friday night confessed to an unsolved hit-and-run death of a 4-year-old girl in Fulton, New York, 44 years after the girl’s death. Douglas Parkhurst, 68, of West Newfield, a Vietnam War veteran and grandfather, […]
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Lisbon fathers, sons and a legendary baseball hoax
LISBON — When campaign experts asked Republican gubernatorial candidate Garrett Mason last year if he had any skeletons in his closet, the Lisbon lawmaker laughed. Mason, 32, said he didn’t have anything to worry about. Then he added that there was this one thing, and proceeded to tell them an astonishing tale about a man […]