PORTLAND, Maine — State and city health officials are investigating after 22 students at Portland’s Reiche Elementary School suddenly came down with a stomach ailment this week. District food services officials have sent samples of the food served at the school to a state laboratory for testing, the results of which are pending, the Portland […]
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Portland, landlord agree on Dartmouth Street building repairs
PORTLAND — A consent order agreed to Monday by landlord Gregory Nisbet gives him until March 16 to make repairs and improvements to the apartment building he owns at 186-192 Dartmouth St. The order, approved in Portland District Court, requires Nisbet to immediately clean up garbage, remove interior door locks, install a sprinkler head over […]
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UMaine System considers selling Bangor, Portland properties
BANGOR — The University of Maine System is considering selling its headquarters offices in Bangor. A committee voted Monday to advance the proposal to the full Board of Trustees, which meets later this month. If it’s approved, then system offices would be relocated primarily to campuses in Orono, Bangor and Augusta. Some system employees already […]
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Twin Cities-Portland bus service on the table
Twin Cities and Portland officials have started talking about establishing commuter bus service between the two metropolitan areas. “It’s going to take some time because it’s a big issue,” said Phil Nadeau, Lewiston deputy city administrator and chairman of the Lewiston-Auburn Transit Committee. “If we are trying to establish some kind of commuter service that […]
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Ricky E. Rose
1961 – 2015 POLAND — Ricky E. Rose, 54, died unexpectedly, Wednesday, March 4. He was born in Waterville on Jan. 1, 1961, the son of Birchard and Charlotte (Foss) Rose. Ricky attended schools in Auburn. He was employed by several companies, including Callahan Brothers in Mechanic Falls and Portland Insulation in New Gloucester. He […]
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Carolyn E. Clark
1932 – 2015 LEWISTON — Carolyn E. Clark, 82, of Lewiston passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 3, at her home in Lewiston with her family by her side. She was born in Brewer on Oct. 11, 1932, the daughter of Ray and Jessie (Small) Anderson. She attended local schools and graduated from Deering High […]
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Ice jams up business on Maine’s waterways
Scott Werner of Portland said this winter has been “a horror show” for lobster fishermen like himself. The ice has prevented him from getting his boat out to fish in recent weeks, and cut into his ability to make money in the already slow winter lobstering season, he said. “I’m not going to risk it. […]
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Mt. Abram hosting downhill races this weekend
GREENWOOD — A Maine-based nonprofit organization dedicated to getting children to stay active during the winter months is holding its third annual Downhill 24 event from noon Saturday, Mar. 7 to noon on Sunday, March 8, at Mt. Abram Ski Area. Rob Wilber, the marketing and communications manager of Portland-based nonprofit organization WinterKids, said teams of […]
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Animal Planet’s ‘Finding Bigfoot’ coming to Maine
Serious Bigfoot sightings only, please. Loren Coleman announced Thursday that the Animal Planet reality TV show “Finding Bigfoot” is coming to Maine to shoot an episode in April. He has put out a call for people who have had sightings to come to the show’s town hall meeting. Coleman is hosting it at his International […]
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Weird Wicked Weird: Bending forks and spoons. With your mind.
Gene Ang travels the globe teaching “Quantum Spoon Bending” classes. He’ll be in Maine in two weeks and in Switzerland after that. The 45-year-old from Thousand Oaks, Calif., is quick to point out that his class name is a bit of a misnomer. He prefers teaching people to bend forks. With their minds. “If kids […]