Firefighter Matt Conde is the Sabattus Volunteer Fire Department Fire Fighter of the Year and EMS Responder of the Year. SABATTUS — Matt Conde is a busy father of four who regularly rolls out of bed in the middle of the night to run toward a fire or a person having a heart attack. He’s […]
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Life Safety Award presented to Mexico man
Diane Linfield thanked Justin Varnum of Mexico, one of two men who rescued her and her mother, Blanche Sanders, from their burning home on Feb. 5. Varnum was presented with a Life Safety Award from the Fire Department last week. The other rescuer, Donald Hathaway, was out of town and will be presented with his […]
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Norway Planning Board approves dance studio above new Main Street pub
NORWAY — The Planning Board has approved a dance studio on the second floor of the building at 290 Main St. Resident Nettie Gentempo told the board at a recent meeting that her studio will be above 290 Maine, a new bar that will be on the first floor of the building where the former […]
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U.S. legislatures consider anti-Sharia proposals
State Rep. Heidi Sampson, R-Alfred, has proposed legislation to prevent Islamic code from being used in Maine courts. Muslims complain they are frivolous bills meant to spread fears and sow suspicion of their religion in a nation divided. But supporters of state proposals to prevent Islamic code from being used in American courts argue they aren’t […]
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U.S. Alpine Championships: Just finishing was a prize for local skiers
Sam Conzelman, skiing for Carrabassett Valley Academy skis down her second run of the Ladies Giant Slalom at the US Alpine Championships at Sugarloaf on Monday. CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Sam Conzelman could be forgiven if she was a little nervous going down Sugarloaf’s Narrow Gauge trail on Monday, even though she’d skied the hill an […]
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U.S. Alpine Championships: McJames makes it stick in women's giant slalom
Megan McJames hammers down the Giant Slalom course on Monday at the US Alpine Championships on Monday at Sugarloaf in Carrabassett Valley. McJames won the Ladies Giant Slalom. CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Megan McJames said she likes to be the underdog. She entered this year’s U.S. Alpine Championships at Sugarloaf as one — a competitor who […]
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Eric Brakey's birth control bill would ease prescription requirement
State Sen. Eric Brakey is sponsoring a bill that would allow women to buy birth control pills and patches over the counter with an expired prescription. Brakey sees it as a free-market approach: women could skip the current time and expense of an annual visit to the doctor for a new prescription and buy it […]
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United Airlines says you can wear leggings if you're paying for flight
In this Sept. 8, 2015, photo, a United Airlines passenger plane lands at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, N.J. United said on Monday, March 27, 2017, that regular-paying fliers are welcome to wear leggings aboard its flights, even though two teenage girls were barred by a gate agent from boarding a flight from Denver […]
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Massachusetts woman injured when sled hits trees in Eustis
EUSTIS — A Massachusetts woman was injured Saturday when her snowmobile struck trees on a twisting section of an Interconnected Trail System route, Cpl. John MacDonald of the Maine Warden Service said. Lisa Handrahan, 50, of Chatham, Massachusetts, was traveling with three others on ITS 89 between Tea Pond Lodge & Cabins and Pines Market, […]
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Donald Trump to tap Jared Kushner to streamline government
Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s senior adviser and son-in-law, listens during a meeting with small business leaders at the White House on Jan. 30. WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump plans to unveil a new White House office on Monday with sweeping authority to overhaul the federal bureaucracy and fulfill key campaign promises — such as […]