Maine State Police say a tractor trailer collided with a moving train in the northern town of Masardis, knocking a car off the track and spilling a load of logs.
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Free jazz show tonight in Freeport
Reggie Thomas with his wife Mardra Thomas – currently playing Billie Holiday at the Factory Stage production of “Lady Day” – will perform tonight at Linda Bean’s Maine Kitchen.
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Plan to close controversial Biddeford incinerator hits stumbling block
A bill in the Maine Legislature that would have paved the way for a deal died today, and it won’t be revived this year.
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Opening arguments made in Maine triple-murder trial
A 10-year-old boy and 30-year-old man were stabbed to death simply because they happened to be at the home of Thayne Ormsby’s intended victim, a prosecutor said Monday.
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Facebook buying photo-share app Instagram for $1B
Instagram lets people apply filters to photos they take with their mobile devices and share them with friends and strangers. Some of the filters make the photos look as if they’ve been taken in the 1970s or on Polaroid cameras.
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Tony's Donuts of Portland ready to roll out expansion in South Portland
PORTLAND — No matter what gimmicks, marketing schemes or luck you fold into your dough, Rick Fournier says selling doughnuts comes down to just one thing: flavor. So what makes his Tony’s Donuts such a long-lived success, despite stiff competition from local bakeries and national chains? “I’ve got the taste,” Fournier said. “I know what […]
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Saco defense plant wins $7.8M military contract
General Dynamics, in Saco, will help build more than 20 gun systems for the Navy’s Super Hornet fighter jets.
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Rogers appointed principal at Lyman Moore school
PORTLAND — Stephen Rogers was named principal of Lyman Moore Middle School, returning to a position he previously held for nearly a decade. Rogers, who has been interim principal since July, was the Portland High School assistant principal from 2006 to 2011. Before that he was principal at Lyman Moore for nine years. Rogers’ appointment […]
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Bomb threats at Pitt leave campus on edge
At least four bomb threats were made Monday, which has become a regular occurrence at the University of Pittsburgh. Many students and teachers fear for their lives.
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Citizenship ceremony hits close to home for Portland student
PORTLAND — Iqra Noor didn’t know until the night before that the naturalization ceremony she planned with her classmates would feature an extra special new citizen: her mother. Noor, an 11-year-old sixth-grader at Lyman Moore Middle School, applauded alongside her classmates as 36 people from 19 countries took the oath of U.S. citizenship on Friday, […]