DALLAS PLANTATION — A fire heavily damaged a camp and charred a corner of a detached woodshed Monday on Sunnyside Lane, off Camp Waya Awi Road on Gull Pond. Firefighters from Rangeley, Eustis and Phillips responded to find the camp three-quarters involved in fire, Tim Pellerin, chief of the Rangeley Fire Rescue Department, said Tuesday. Children […]
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Ratepayers group plans class action lawsuit against CMP
A group of Maine residents organized around fighting high electric bills from Central Maine Power is seeking customers to join a planned class action lawsuit against the company. CMP Ratepayers Unite said late Monday that two Maine-based attorneys involved with the matter have retained a New York firm to take the lead, on behalf of […]
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Farmington homeless shelter plans downtown expansion
FARMINGTON — Leaders from Western Maine Homeless Outreach are optimistic about the possibility of moving into a new space downtown that would nearly double the capacity of Franklin County’s only homeless shelter. The shelter is in the basement of the Living Waters Assembly of God church on Route 2. It is eyeing a new space […]
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Indiana teacher who stopped attack says he had to save students
NOBLESVILLE, Ind. (AP) — A suburban Indianapolis teacher who was shot while tackling and disarming a student inside his classroom said Monday that his swift decisions “were the only acceptable actions” to save his seventh-grade students. Jason Seaman, speaking publicly for the first time since the shooting Friday, thanked the Noblesville community for its support […]
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Alan Bean, Apollo 12 astronaut and moonwalker, dies at 86
Former Apollo 12 astronaut Alan Bean, who was the fourth man to walk on the moon and later turned to painting to chronicle the moon landings on canvas, has died. He was 86. Bean was the lunar module pilot for the second moon landing mission in November 1969. He spent 31 hours on the moon […]
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Affordable Care Act individual insurance rates expected to jump in Maine
As Maine’s providers of Affordable Care Act-compliant health insurance prepare to file their rate requests for 2019, analysts say they are expecting ACA individual insurance rates in Maine to increase by double digits as they have done in previous years. Both of Maine’s existing providers of Affordable Care Act individual health insurance say they plan […]
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Eastern League: Grand slam lifts Phils over Sea Dogs
PORTLAND — Hard to think that this game was once a pitcher’s duel, since it ended up a Reading Fightin Phils’ 8-3 win over the Portland Sea Dogs. But for five innings Monday, the left-handers were dealing, with Ranger Suarez of Reading firing mid-90’s fastballs and Matt Kent of Portland mixing an 88 mph fastball […]
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Let's call the whole thing off
The Nobel committee will presumably be disappointed, but President Donald Trump’s summit with North Korea dictator Kim Jong Un should stay canceled. The meeting was much more likely to serve Kim’s interests rather than ours, and could well have begun the unraveling of the pressure campaign that is our most reliable point of leverage against […]
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Hubert May
AUBURN — Hubert May, 80, of Oxford passed away Thursday, May 17, at Hospice House. He was born in Poland on July 14, 1937, the son of James and Gertrude Strout May. He had been employed at Robinson Manufacturing, Marcal Paper and had worked as a carpenter. He worked on building the Maine Turnpike. He retired […]
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Gregory W. Gallant
RUMFORD — Gregory W. “Grampa Greg” Gallant, 61, of Rumford, passed away Wednesday, May 23, at his residence following a brief illness, with loving family by his side. He was born in Rumford on July 10, 1956, a son of Sylvester J. Gallant and Laura Giambattista. Greg was educated at Rumford schools and a graduate of […]