NORWAY — A 68-year-old Norway man died in a house fire Sunday morning, the State Fire Marshal’s Office reported. Stephen McAllister was found deceased in the living room of his one-story home by Norway firefighters after they responded to the scene at 527 Greenwood Road about 7:30 a.m. The fire had swept through the home. […]
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Motorcycle crash kills Litchfield man
LITCHFIELD — A Litchfield man died Sunday morning after the motorcycle he was riding struck a utility pole on Oak Hill Road. Derek Parker, 35, died at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. Parker, according to Seth Allen, a specialist with Maine State Police, was riding his Honda CRF 450 dirt bike, an off-road motorcycle, […]
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The Boston restaurant where robots have replaced the chefs
The debate about whether cooking is more art or science is a never-ending one. But at Spyce, the latest culinary experiment in automation, that debate feels pretty well settled. Started by a group of 20-something robotics engineers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology who partnered with Michelin-starred chef Daniel Boulud, the new restaurant in downtown Boston […]
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The story behind the Kent State graduate and her rifle
If Kaitlin Bennett had been allowed to carry a gun at Kent State University as a student, she wouldn’t have carried an AR-10 rifle. She would have carried her handgun instead. But the 22-year-old said she chose to pose with the rifle for her graduation photos Sunday because it made for a stronger symbol: That, […]
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Let there be dark: Can Maine attract visitors to its night sky?
The state’s many precious resources include the largest light-pollution-free swath in the eastern half of the U.S. ?A new effort is underway to protect it with ‘dark sky’ designations and promote it as an out-of-this-world attraction. Maine has many natural resources, but a new movement is focused on one that hardly ever gets talked about. […]
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British royal family thanks those who celebrated wedding
LONDON (AP) — The royal family, blessed with fantastic weather and a buoyant public mood at the royal wedding, has thanked people who attended or watched Prince Harry marry Meghan Markle. The family tweeted its thanks late Saturday night while Harry and his bride were attending a private soiree hosted by Harry’s father, Prince Charles. […]
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Maine med school students find love in class of their own
On their first day in the Maine Track MD program at Tufts University, Ryan Lena took a seat next to Emily Follo in the orientation lecture hall. As she remembers it, he cracked a joke and she laughed. As he remembers it … well, he doesn’t really. “When Emily reminds me of that, I remember […]
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Democrats meet, spar in Lewiston
Six of seven Maine Democratic gubernatorial candidates share the stage Saturday at the biannual Democratic state convention in Lewiston on Saturday. From left: Janet Mills, Adam Cote, Betsy Sweet, Mark Eves, Diane Russell and Mark Dion. Donna Dion was not in attendance. Staff photo by Ben McCanna LEWISTON — In a series of stem-winding speeches, […]
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Support for Alex Willette
My wife and I support Alex Willette for district attorney of Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties in the June 12 Republican primary election. Willette is a fine young man of good character who currently works as an assistant DA in Bath. He also serves in the Army Reserve in the Judge Advocate General’s (JAG) Corps. […]
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Being a teacher in America has become a thankless job
NEW YORK — Last week was Teacher Appreciation Week, and I intended to write on the subject, but a more newsy topic intervened. That’s an apt metaphor for what is happening to the plight of teachers in America today. We live in a media environment in which the urgent often crowds out the important. But […]