BELFAST — A local man with a long history of car thefts was charged again Friday in connection with the recent disappearance of a 1985 Pontiac Fiero from Bridge Street in Belfast. Victor Pendleton, 21, of Belfast is accused of taking the white sports car sometime the night of Nov. 1. The keys had been […]
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Dead man found in idling van in Bangor hospital parking lot
BANGOR (AP) — Bangor police are investigating the death of a man who was found inside an idling van in a hospital parking lot. Police said a security guard at St. Joseph’s Hospital found the body shortly after 1 a.m. Sunday after noticing the van and looking inside to check. Detectives say drug paraphernalia was […]
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Man gets stuck in Phippsburg chimney
PHIPPSBURG, Maine (AP) — The Phippsburg Fire Department with help from colleagues in Bath rescued a man who got stuck in a chimney during the weekend. Phippsburg Chief James Totman says the department got a call at about 5:15 a.m. Saturday for a 19-year-old man stuck in a chimney. Totman told The Times Record that […]
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Sanford man convicted of manslaughter in accident
ALFRED (AP) — A 24-year-old Sanford man has been convicted of manslaughter and several other charges for causing a traffic accident in town that killed one person and sent five to the hospital. A York County Superior Court judge found Zachary Bubar guilty on all nine counts following a two-day bench trial last week. The […]
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Gas prices in Maine stand pat
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine drivers are paying the same for gas this week as they did last week. Price-monitoring website MaineGasPrices.com reports Monday that the average retail cost of a gallon of gas in Maine remains at $3.60. That’s 17 cents above the national average, which dropped more than three cents in the past week […]
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Conservatives, liberals spar over causes of Maine’s income gap
AUGUSTA — A new study released last week shows that while the income gap between the rich and poor hasn’t grown as much in Maine as it has in other states, the poorest 20 percent haven’t seen their financial situations change notably in two decades. Garrett Martin, executive director of the liberal-leaning Maine Center for […]
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10 hospitalized after head-on car crash in Portland
PORTLAND (AP) — Police in Maine say an SUV has crossed the center lane of traffic and hit a Jeep head-on, sending 10 people to the hospital with significant injuries. The Portland Police Department says the crash happened late Sunday morning. Police say 44-year-old Sebastian Bukuru, of Westbrook, was driving a Ford Explorer when he […]
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Owner has new plans for Kennebec Arsenal
Tom Niemann submitted the plan in response to a letter from the Office of the Maine Attorney General that threatened a lawsuit if his North Carolina firm, Niemann Capital, didn’t take steps to prevent further damage to the Augusta property by Oct. 1. State officials agreed to extend that deadline by three weeks, and Niemann […]
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SMCC adds early-morning classes
SOUTH PORTLAND (AP) — School bells will ring extra early at Southern Maine Community College next semester. The South Portland school will offer 10 early-morning classes in the spring 2013 semester, with start times of 7 a.m. and 7:30 a.m. The college says the added flexibility in the schedule is designed to serve two purposes. […]