LEWISTON — A legislative candidates’ forum focused on K-12 education is being held Thursday, Sept. 25, in Lewiston, bringing together those running for the Maine House and Senate in Western Maine and the school boards and superintendents from the districts they serve. The forum is scheduled to run from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the […]
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Artists could get State House copper to use
AUGUSTA (AP) — To some, the weathered green copper sheets that have been removed from the Maine State House dome may just look like scrap. But to the artists in Maine who are clamoring to get a piece, it looks like opportunity.The state had planned to recycle most of the 100-year-old metal that’s being replaced […]
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Department store reopens in Biddeford after old building had to be razed
BIDDEFORD (AP) — A department store that had to close because it was sinking into the ground is reopening in Biddeford. A 66,000-square-foot Kohl’s Department Store is set open on Friday. It was built to replace an 11-year-old store that had to be demolished after sinking into the ground. Roger Frechette, assistant code enforcement officer, […]
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Woman dies in multi-car accident in Bethel
UPDATE: Vermont woman killed in Bethel accident on Sunday BETHEL — A woman is dead and two others injured after a crash on Route 2 in Bethel on Sunday afternoon. Oxford County Sheriff Wayne Gallant told WGME-TV that an unidentified 60-year-old woman was killed in the three-car accident that happened around 1:30 p.m., diverting traffic to […]
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Missing kayaker found safe on Marshall Island
MARSHALL ISLAND — A kayaker who had been the subject of an overnight search was found safe this morning. The Coast Guard reported that 45-year-old Tony Cashman of Ontario had reached the intended destination for a group of six kayakers he was with but that he landed on the opposite end of Marshall Island. The […]
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Person struck, killed by Downeaster train in North Berwick
NORTH BERWICK (AP) — An Amtrak train traveling from Boston to Portland struck and killed someone on the tracks in North Berwick. Patricia Quinn of the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority said the Amtrak Downeaster carrying about 100 passengers struck the person around 7 p.m. Saturday near the Route 9 overpass. An Amtrak spokeswoman […]
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Cutler camp says internal poll shows surge building for independent in Maine governor’s race
LEWISTON — A new poll from the campaign of Eliot Cutler suggests Cutler, the independent in the race for the Maine governor’s office, is gaining steam. The poll that sampled 400 likely voters statewide Sept. 16 and 17 suggests Cutler, who had trailed a distant third in publicly released polls, may be experiencing a surge […]
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Democrats to make door-knocking effort in L-A
LEWISTON — Candidates, volunteers and staff with the Maine Democratic Party, along with Democratic candidate for governor Mike Michaud, will be canvassing neighborhoods in Lewiston and Auburn Saturday afternoon. Michaud, who currently represents Maine’s 2nd District in the U.S. House of Representatives, is running in a three-way race against incumbent Republican Gov. Paul LePage and […]
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Permaculture is the theme at 2014 Common Ground Fair
UNITY — From low-impact forestry to Scottish Highland cattle to contra dancing, the 38th annual Common Ground Country Fair is a celebration of Maine’s rural and agricultural traditions. Tens of thousands are expected to gather this weekend on 50 lush acres in Unity for the three-day fair that captures the essence of Maine and the […]
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R.I. woman en route to Rangeley summer home dies in turnpike crash
KITTERY (AP) — Police say a woman from Rhode Island on the way to her summer home in Maine died in a collision on the Maine Turnpike in Kittery when a tractor-trailer crashed through guardrails, crossed a median and hit her SUV head on. Police told the Portland Press Herald (http://bit.ly/1r6rlO7 ) that 59-year-old Christine […]