AUBURN — Oh, the humanity! Bargain hunters wasted no time at all this year getting Black Friday off the ground. Just one minute after midnight, shoppers swept into the stores of Auburn’s shopping district like a tidal wave in an ocean of savings. For some who had waited more than eight hours, it was over […]
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Orono woman sues restaurant over job interview
BANGOR (AP) — An Orono woman has sued a Brewer restaurant owner alleging that he called her a Nazi and did not hire her because of her German and Jewish heritage. Elizabeth Eisenstadt says in the suit that while in a May 2011 interview for a job as a server at Schooner’s Seafood & Steakhouse, […]
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Woman dies in Hermon rollover
HERMON (AP) — Authorities say one woman has been killed and another hospitalized in a late-night rollover in Hermon. Police told WABI-TV that a pickup truck left the road and rolled over on Union Street just before midnight Thursday The driver was ejected and found pinned under the vehicle. She was pronounced dead at the […]
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Black Friday brings shoppers — and thieves
KITTERY (AP) — Black Friday is bringing numerous shoppers to Maine retail outlets — and a greater possibility of thefts. In Kittery, Police Chief Paul Callaghan says the two most common targets for thieves at the Kittery Outlets are clothing and electronics. He told Foster’s Daily Democrat the outlets typically have two types of thieves: […]
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Ice Hockey: Russia edges UMaine in women’s hockey showdown
LEWISTON — Maine proved Thursday that it could play with one of the better women’s ice hockey teams in the world. The Black Bears also proved how fickle the game of ice hockey can be. An ill-timed turnover, a missed, tough-angle save and a spotty power play were the difference in a game the University […]
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Bangor TV anchors quit on-air, citing battle with station management
BANGOR, Maine — Citing a longstanding battle with upper management over journalistic practices at their Bangor TV stations, news co-anchors Cindy Michaels and Tony Consiglio announced their resignations at the end of Tuesday’s 6 p.m. newscast. Michaels and Consiglio, who have a combined 12½ years’ service at WVII (Channel 7) and sister station WFVX (Channel […]
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Wales hunter killed in accident identified
View Location of Wales hunting mishap in a larger map WALES — A local hunter and another who shot and killed him Tuesday were shooting at the same deer, state investigators said Wednesday. The Maine Warden Service said Gerard Parent, 49, of East Road was shot by Christopher Austin, 41, of Andrews Road. “During the […]
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Campaign starts to light up new Maine-N.H. bridge
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — A group of New Hampshire and Maine residents has started a $60,000 campaign to put aesthetic lighting on the new Memorial Bridge. Committee member Ben Porter told the Portsmouth Herald that current plans are to install LED lights to illuminate the bridge’s towers, piers and a memorial plaque. He said there […]
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Maine couple survives when SUV strikes moose
TOWNSHIP 2 RANGE 8 (AP) — A moose has died in a collision with an SUV on Interstate 95 in northern Maine, but police say the vehicle’s occupants escaped injury. Police say Gerald and Gloria Michaud of van Buren were driving north on I-95 near mile marker 232 when the collision occurred at about 5 […]
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Search for convicted Maine ex-prosecutor continues
HALLOWELL (AP) — Authorities looking for Maine’s former top drug prosecutor who disappeared following a federal appeals court decision upholding his conviction on child pornography charges have searched the home of the man’s ex-wife. The Kennebec Journal reported that police searched the Hallowell home of Barbara Cameron on Tuesday in their nationwide manhunt for her […]