NEW GLOUCESTER (AP) — It will soon be possible to drive through the New Gloucester toll plaza on the Maine Turnpike without slowing down. The Turnpike Authority is starting a $5 million project to replace the middle lanes of the plaza with what is called open-road tolling. That allows drivers with EZ Pass transponders to […]
February 2012
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Workers remove lift span
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — Workers have removed a 2 million-pound section of the historic Memorial Bridge linking Portsmouth to Kittery, Maine. The removal had been scheduled for Tuesday, but prep work took longer than expected. The lift span was lowered Wednesday and was positioned onto a barge around 10:30 p.m. The barge will float the […]
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Maine is next up in GOP race
AUGUSTA Mitt Romney and Ron Paul are the undisputed favorites in Maine, the next state weighing in on the Republican presidential race. They’re the only candidates who have made much of an effort here. The state’s Republican Party is set to announce the victor Saturday night of the GOP contest. Local Republican Party committees have […]
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Dear Abby
DEAR ABBY: I was recently diagnosed as gluten intolerant. My question is, when dining at a restaurant, while everyone else is eating the bread that is served, is it acceptable to discreetly take a few gluten-free crackers from my purse and snack on them so I’m not starving while waiting for dinner? My husband thought […]
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Marietta G. Andrews
SCARBOROUGH — Marietta G. Andrews of Scarborough, until recently of Saco, passed away at Southern Maine Medical Center on February 6, 2012. She was born in Bangor, Maine on June 16, 1937 the daughter of Hollis W. and Dorothy Mincher Garey. She was a member of the Morse High School Class of 1955. Marietta met […]
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Romney latest pol to join wait-let-me-explain club
WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney’s remark that he’s not worried about the very poor, the latest gaffe in a campaign rich with blunders, joins a long list of wait-letme explain episodes in presidential election history. It’s been a banner year for campaign misfires: Rick Perry had his “oops” moment when he forgot one of the three government […]