PORTLAND — Police Chief Michael Sauschuck announced Monday that Cmdr. Vernon Malloch will be the department’s next assistant chief. Malloch joined the department in 1984 and was promoted to commander in 2010. He has served as interim assistant chief for six months and previously led the department’s Tactical Enforcement Unit, the Jetport Unit in the […]
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All sapped out: Weather takes toll on Maine maple syrup makers
FREEPORT — A warm and relatively snow-less winter is having a souring effect on a sweet early spring tradition in Maine. As maple syrup producers get ready for the annual Maine Maple Sunday, the president of the Maine Maple Producers Association said last year’s bumper yield of maple syrup will not be repeated. “It won’t […]
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Career PATHS: Portland tech school pushes for more students
PORTLAND — There are times Michael Johnson wonders why Portland Arts and Technology High School isn’t bursting at the seams. If he had it his way, the school director would have a waiting list for every program as students jockey to get into classes that prepare them to enter a skilled trade after high school. […]
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POLITICS AND OTHER MISTAKES – Bruce almighty
I’m writing this before it’s officially decided whether State Treasurer Bruce Poliquin qualified as a U.S. Senate candidate for the Republican primary in June. In the event Poliquin doesn’t make the cut (even though he was reportedly paying collectors four bucks apiece for signatures), please consider what follows as another gratuitous attack on him by […]
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Girl struck by car in Augusta rush-hour accident
The 14-year-old girl was taken by helicopter to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston with head injuries.
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Registered Maine sex offender faces new charges
Walter Mosher, 64, pleads not guilty to federal charges of possession child pornography.
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2 toddlers fall from 2nd-story window in Rumford
Police say the 2-year-old boy and 3-year-old girl were taken to a hospital with injuries not considered life threatening.
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Justice Dept. to investigate fatal shooting of Fla. teen
The announcement by the Justice Department followed a day of protests calling for the arrest of George Zimmerman, who claims he shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin last month in self-defense.
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Charter school hearings set for Presque Isle, Machias
The charter school commission held sessions earlier this month in Augusta, Bangor and Portland.
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State adopts march penned by a proud native son
“Now they don’t have to play (John Philip) Sousa anymore . . . we can play one of our own,” says Leo Pepin, 87-year-old composer of “The Dirigo March.”