BANGOR — A week into the school year, Maine’s first virtual charter school has enrolled close to 300 students, many of whom would otherwise be attending their community’s traditional public schools. In response, some school districts have explored creating virtual programs to keep students from leaving their brick-and-mortar schools for the virtual charter and taking […]
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‘It’s gone’: Fire captain says Dexter home destroyed after morning blaze
DEXTER — Few details were available early Sunday about how a fire on Charleston Road started, but Dexter Fire Capt. Mike McCormick said that “it’s gone,” when describing the fire ravaged home. No one was injured in the fire at 515 Charleston Road, the fire captain said. A neighbor called 911 at 2:02 a.m. to […]
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Wrestling instincts help Farmington’s Farrington win MMA debut
LEWISTON — With a wrestling background dating to his seventh-grade year in the Farmington school system, Caleb Farrington was determined to take his mixed martial arts debut to the mat Saturday night. He almost didn’t get the chance. The 20-year-old Farrington withstood a barrage of heavy strikes landed by Nash Roy during the opening round […]
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Maine lobstermen catch 2 rare albino lobsters within a week
OWLS HEAD — It’s no white lie: Two lobstermen in Maine caught a pair of rare albino lobsters within a week. The Portland Press Herald reported Bret Philbrick caught the curious crustacean off of Owls Head on Thursday and Joe Bates caught one off the Rockland breakwater days earlier. Albino lobsters are believed to be […]
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Seven guards indicted on smuggling-related charges
ALFRED — Seven correction officers at York County Jail are facing charges related to the smuggling of drugs and other items to an inmate. The four current and three former officers were indicted Wednesday by a York County grand jury. “Unfortunately, a young corrections officer was manipulated into introducing contraband, such as cigarettes and a […]
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New program lets Maine students graduate early
SACO — Independent Sen. Angus King praised a new partnership between a high school and the University of New England that will allow some students to complete a bachelor’s degree in three years. The program will allow certain graduates of Thornton Academy to be considered sophomores when they enter the UNE’s College of Arts and […]
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‘Mission accomplished’: UMaine wind project leader says model turbine off Castine has done its job
CASTINE — On a Maine Maritime Academy vessel floating just off Dyce Head in Castine, Habib Dagher stood in front of his 65-foot-tall, yellow-and-white brainchild, VolturnUS — the first grid-connected offshore wind turbine in the Americas. “Today, we can declare VolturnUS mission accomplished,” he shouted to a group of about 40 legislators, federal and university […]
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North to Augusta: The post-Labor Day fun begins
Maine conventional wisdom suggests that the election season doesn’t really start until after Labor Day — and true to form, the campaigns for governor, Maine’s seats in the U.S. Congress and the State House are getting into full swing. Also now in full swing are the needling and nitpicking that goes on between the competing […]
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Identities of couple killed in Boothbay crash released
BOOTHBAY —The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office identified the Madison, Connecticut, couple who were killed in a crash on Route 27 in Boothbay on Friday. Donald Hudson, 85, was driving a 2006 GMC Envoy, with his wife, Doreen Hudson, 67, riding as a passenger, at a high speed when he lost control of the vehicle, according […]
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Workers wanted: Monday’s popular job fair in Lewiston hints at economic turn-around
LEWISTON — Ronnie Lowell needs nine more employees to teach life and social skills to children with special needs. She’s after someone with reliable transportation, a good attitude and at least a GED — and she’s had a tough time of it. It’s turning into a job-seekers’ market as the economy turns around and businesses go […]