Shoestring Theater director Nance Parker and her crew of puppet pranksters have led the parade for most of the festival’s 42 years.
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Waterville carnival rides involved in accidents were inspected week before
A video shows the moment kiddie roller-coaster cars came uncoupled, jolting some young riders.
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Rockland man dies after fall from bar’s deck
Mark Boynton, 25, fell about 17 feet to the pavement below the deck at a pub on Main Street in Rockland.
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Twitter’s twists and turns – can it keep flying?
Twitter has never turned a profit and has some issues to address.
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Kurds nearing key Islamic State-held Syrian border town
Thousands of Syrians cut through a border fence and cross over into Turkey.
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Portland upends Falmouth behind more late inning magic
PORTLAND—While the bottom of the fifth inning didn’t produce its usual magic for Portland’s baseball team Saturday afternoon at Hadlock Field, the bottom of the sixth worked quite nicely. Facing fourth-ranked Falmouth in a taut Western Class A semifinal round showdown, the first ever countable contest between the schools, pitching carried the day most of […]
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Maine man, passenger seriously injured in New Hampshire plane crash
The plane’s owner, Ronald L. Gagnon of Biddeford, is listed in fair condition at a Portsmouth hospital.
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Clinton to Obama: Leverage trade fight for better terms
Hillary Rodham Clinton advises President Obama to negotiate for better job protections and wages in the Pacific Rim trade deal.
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Underwood hits her stride at CMA Music Festival
Carrie Underwood says she was a bit nervous before Saturday’s show, her first big stadium show since becoming a mother in February.
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U.S. Sen. King seeks to restore trade with Cuba
Angus King says Congress needs to help bring the U.S.’s relationship with Cuba into the 21st century.