PORTLAND Wabanaki floats to top of names for new ferry A ferry that’s set to join the Casco Bay Lines fleet next year will be named the Wabanaki. The Casco Bay Lines Board of Directors selected the name from six finalists. Wabanaki is an Indian word that refers to the “dawn land” or the “people […]
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Harbor seal pups swim 60 miles inland in Maine
One is eating fish in the Sebasticook River near Benton, while another was taken to a rehab Saturday.
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Local Baseball: First Title, Moody’s split a doubleheader
PORTLAND — Ryan Casale pitched a three-hitter and hit a two-run single to lead First Title to a 7-0 victory over Moody’s Collision in a Zone 4 American Legion baseball game Tuesday night. Moody’s earned a split when Damon Wallace and Tom Hazelton combined to hold First Title (2-1) to three hits in a 6-3 […]
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Rain-boosted fungus keeping caterpillars down in Maine
Last year, the browntail moth caterpillar stripped leaves from more than 7,000 acres of trees.
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One access road to Portland arena complex likely to win OK
Developers of Thompson’s Point begin their presentation to the Planning Board.
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Paul LePage plans trade trip to Brazil, Chile
The trade mission, similar to trips by Govs. King and Baldacci, will include Maine businesspeople.
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Elderly Maine victim’s daughter asks for help finding killer
Police continue their investigation into the attack on Grace Burton in her Farmington home.
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Westbrook fines Pike $3,000 for blast violations
One explosion exceeded vibration and noise limits in a new agreement and led to homeowner complaints.
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People & Entertainment:LaBelle countersuit: Cadet started fight with racial insults
HOUSTON — Veteran R&B diva Patti LaBelle says in a countersuit filed against a West Point cadet who claims she ordered her bodyguards to beat him up outside a Houston airport terminal that the altercation began after the cadet hurled racial insults at her. But an attorney for the cadet, Richard King, denied his client […]
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Deaf Maine man had right to interpreter, panel rules
An optometrist in South Portland should have provided one for him, a rights commission finds.