PORTLAND — The Maine Turnpike Authority board of directors Tuesday sided with the local communities of Litchfield and Sabattus and voted to replace three bridges that some saw as expensive conveniences. On a 7-1 vote, the board agreed to spend money to rehabilitate the bridges over the turnpike at Ferrin Road and Lunt’s Hill Road […]
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Two Mainers detained at Springsteen concert sue police chief
BOSTON (AP) — Two concertgoers from Maine detained before a Bruce Springsteen show this summer sued the Foxborough police chief Monday, claiming they were held under an illegal policy in which police simply round up people they think are drunk. The suit by Paul Weldner and Dr. Timothy Dutton, both from Maine, was filed against […]
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First rabid pet dog in almost a decade reported in Maine
A domestic dog has been infected with rabies for the first time in Maine in nearly a decade. The dog was reported to animal control in Kennebec County after likely encountering a rabid raccoon, said state epidemiologist Dr. Stephen Sears. “The dog started acting fairly aggressive and actually bit the owner,” he said. The dog […]
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Maine man dies after falling under mowing deck
CHAPMAN (AP) — State police say a 71-year-old northern Maine man has died after falling under the mowing deck of a tractor. Police say Ronald Gamblin of Mapleton arrived at a friend’s house in Chapman at about noon Monday to help the friend mow a field behind his home. The men were using a John […]
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Veteran harness driver Leigh Fitch critically injured at Cumberland
CUMBERLAND (AP) — A veteran harness racer has been taken to the hospital after falling onto the track just before the fourth race Monday at the Cumberland Fairgrounds. Mike Timmons, President of the Cumberland County Fair, identified the driver as 65-year-old Leigh Fitch of Sebago. Timmons says Fitch appeared to have suffered some type of […]
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Crime lab investigators describe DNA evidence in cold-case murder trial
SKOWHEGAN — Maine State Police Crime Lab investigators and scientists on Monday detailed DNA evidence that led to the arrest of Jay A. Mercier 32 years after he allegedly killed a 20-year-old woman and left her bloody, beaten body on a dirt road. Mercier, 57, of Industry is accused of beating Anson resident Rita St. […]
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Panel: West Gardiner firefighter victim of sex bias
AUGUSTA (AP) — A state board has unanimously ruled in favor of a West Gardiner firefighter who said selectmen refused to appoint her as chief because of her gender. The Maine Human Rights Commission also found Monday that Vicki Dill was subjected to retaliation because she was demoted after expressing her frustration to a newspaper. […]
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General Dynamics lays off 30 in Saco, 50 in Vermont
WILLISTON, Vt. (AP) — General Dynamics is laying off about 50 employees in Vermont and 30 in Maine. Company communications director Karl Johnson attributes the layoffs to the company completing its work on special armor for military vehicles and a decline in demand for guns. He says the cuts will be to both hourly and […]
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Guessing at what LePage saw in cartoon
After more than three years in office, we know our governor to be an abrupt and impulsive man who often speaks curtly and then leaves the explaining to others. That’s what happened last week when the governor’s staff was left trying to explain a cartoon the governor mailed to the state’s school principals that seemed […]
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Lajoie announces House District 74 campaign
LEWISTON — Tim Lajoie, a lifelong Lewiston resident, is announcing his candidacy for Maine House District 74. Lajoie, a Republican, faces incumbent state Rep. Peggy Rotundo, D-Lewiston. “It’s time the people of Lewiston had a seat at the table, rather than letting Augusta dictate solutions to the problems in our community,” Lajoie said in a […]