LIMERICK (AP) — Authorities said a 22-year-old Waterboro man has died after a single-vehicle crash in Limerick. A spokesman for the York County Sheriff’s Office said an investigation shows that Barrett Sinnett was driving at a high rate of speed at about 11 p.m. Tuesday when his car left Route 60 and struck a utility […]
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Man, 84, dies when struck by dump truck in Starks
STARKS (AP) — Police say the 84-year-old Anson man struck and killed by a dump truck as he walked along the side of a Starks road had apparently stopped to pick up bottles. Dale Lancaster, chief deputy of the Somerset County Sheriff’s Department, said Walter Cowan stopped his vehicle on the southbound side Route 43 […]
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Maine town tables ordinance to muffle roosters
OAKLAND (AP) — Roosters in the small central Maine town of Oakland are free to crow as loud as they like. The Town Council tabled a proposal that would have levied fines as high as $100 on the owners of loud roosters. The Morning Sentinel (http://bit.ly/1boAYCa ) reported that a dozen residents of the town […]
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Portland City Council approves controversial sale of publicly owned plaza
PORTLAND — The Portland City Council decided on Monday night to sell about two-thirds of the publicly owned Congress Square Park to private developers, who wish to use the space to expand on the former Eastland Park Hotel. The deal proposal, which was amended several times during more than two hours of council deliberation Monday […]
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Coast Guard suspends search for vessel off Maine
MOUNT DESERT ISLAND (AP) — The Coast Guard has suspended its search for a 55-foot fishing vessel with two people on board that reported that it was taking on water off Mount Desert Island. The search was suspended at about 5:30 p.m. Monday after Coast Guard vessels and aircraft searched a roughly 2,000-square mile area […]
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Fate of Ex-Chelsea selectwoman, accused of extortion, in jury’s hands
BANGOR (AP) — The federal extortion trial of a former Chelsea selectwoman is in the hands of the jury. The jury in Carole Swan’s trial is expected to start deliberating Tuesday, following a dramatic Monday in U.S. District Court in Bangor in which the defendant took the stand and the judge threatened to hold her […]
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L.L. Bean has best spring sales since 2008
FREEPORT (AP) — L.L. Bean just finished its best spring and summer season in five years, with a performance that was strong enough to warrant the first midyear employee gift since 2007, the company announced. Sales from March through August for the outdoors retailer were up 3 percent from the same period last year, bolstering […]
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LePage sparks debate over expanding Medicaid
AUGUSTA — Republican Gov. Paul LePage said expanding the state’s Medicaid program, MaineCare, would mostly benefit younger men who smoke and drink heavily. Pointing to a newly released study in the Annals of Family Medicine, LePage said expanding the state’s health care program for poor to include more single adults would only hurt elderly Mainers already on […]
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Making wine in Maine all about having fun for Younity Winery owner
UNITY — Clem Blakney’s passion is evident as he talks about his wines. And he talks about them a lot. Perhaps that was why he seemed so tired after a busload of senior citizens left his Younity Winery and Vineyards on Sunday afternoon during Open Winery Day. Blakney, 61, owns the winery with his wife, […]
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Maine man killed at estranged wife’s home
CORINTH (AP) — Maine State Police are investigating the death of a man who was killed at his estranged wife’s home in a confrontation with another man. Police said 37-year-old Christopher Darner of Corinth was killed about 2:30 a.m. Sunday after entering a home in Corinth occupied by 22-year-old Miranda Darner. Authorities said the Darners […]