PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — Two men have been arrested in connection with a stabbing that began with a hot-sauce squirting incident in a New Hampshire restaurant. Police say the fight began when Nicholas Abraham, of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, squirted Ethan Fishbaugh, of Kittery, with hot sauce and chased him out of the eatery on May […]
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Heat Advisory, Air Quality Alert issued due to very hot temperatures
(WGME) Temperatures are climbing into the 90s Monday. Some areas will warm into the 90s, but with the humidity it will feel closer to 100, because of that the National Weather Service has issued a Heat Advisory for the southern half of New Hampshire as well as Cumberland and York counties. That’s in effect for […]
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Face Time: Kate Katomski — art in industrial ruins
Through her artwork, Kate Katomski has celebrated quarry ruins in Vermont and Tennessee, and now she’s on to Maine. She’s interested in the natural environment, who worked there and what the stones built. An exhibition of her collages, sketches and watercolors will appear at Kimball Street Studios in Lewiston through June 27, and this Tuesday, […]
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Maine deer hunters had big year in 2017 amid herd's growth
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine’s wildlife officials say deer hunters in the state had their most successful season in the last 10 years in 2017, in part because of a growing deer herd. The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife says hunters harvested 27,233 deer last year. That’s an increase of 15 percent from […]
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Maine lawmakers agree to return for special session, over LePage’s objections
Maine lawmakers are poised to return next week for a special session to vote on a supplemental budget package, and perhaps other unfinished business, but Gov. Paul LePage already is criticizing them for taking “the easy way out.” House Republicans, who effectively had been the lone holdouts, agreed Thursday to come back after getting assurances […]
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Report confirms that Maine’s rental market among nation’s least affordable
Maine’s rental market is among the least affordable in the nation, according to a report released Wednesday that places it alongside high-housing-cost states such as California, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Hawaii. The National Low Income Housing Coalition’s annual report showed the gap between an average renter’s wage and the wage needed to comfortably afford a […]
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Maine begins putting ‘non-binary’ on driver’s licenses for those not ‘F’ or ‘M’
Maine is the third state in the nation to offer the option of non-binary gender designation on driver’s licenses and identification cards. The change was made after Ian-Meredythe Dehne Lindsey – a South Portland person who identifies as neither male nor female and has suffered through decades of alienation and abuse because of it – […]
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With first ranked-choice election, LePage says he ‘probably’ won’t certify results
[UPDATE:Matthew Dunlap urges Paul LePage to stop exaggerating about ranked-choice voting] As Mainers headed to the polls for primary voting Tuesday morning, Gov. Paul LePage announced he may not certify the results. Tuesday is the first time in Maine when voters statewide will use a ranked-choice system, which allows voters to submit a ballot that […]
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Video: Maine pooch befriends baby moose
WALLAGRASS (WGME) — A dog named Leo befriended a baby moose in Wallagrass last week. Shannon Lugdon, Leo’s owner, spotted the calf last week. Wardens told her the baby moose, who Lugdon named Maggie, was just 6-days-old. “Two phenomenal wardens, Adrian and Nick, came over and we helped Miss Maggie back down to the brook […]
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Three small fires at new Sanford H.S. could delay school's opening
A police officer doing a routine check of the new Sanford High School early Monday morning found a small fire in the lobby that school officials say could push back the opening of the building. The lobby fire, which did not spread, was one of three small fires discovered inside the school building, which is […]