SANFORD — An existing trail described by some as “goat path” is getting a whole new look and feel with help from the Maine Army National Guard. The trail, which begins around Pioneer Avenue and extends past the city’s School Street public works garage and beyond, will eventually make its way to Sanford’s new high […]
August 2016
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Saco planners recommend medical marijuana be grown in industrial zone
SACO — The Planning Board has recommended that new medical marijuana growers operating outside their residences locate their businesses in the city’s industrial zone. Saco is under a six-month moratorium on new medical marijuana growing facilities. The moratorium was established in June to give the city time to study how such operations fit into the […]
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Buxton man sentenced for burglary spree
ALFRED — A Buxton man whom police charged with burglarizing more than a dozen homes during a spree in rural York County in January and February was sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to three of the charges. His girlfriend’s charges are on hold for now, following her court appearance Thursday. The pair were charged […]
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US poised to hit Obama’s target of 10,000 Syrian refugees
WASHINGTON — After a slow start, it appears increasingly likely that the Obama administration will hit its goal of admitting 10,000 Syrian refugees into the United States before the end of September. State Department figures show that 2,340 Syrian refugees arrived last month in the United States. That’s more than what occurred during the entire […]
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Obamas prepare for trip to Martha’s Vineyard
BOSTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and his family are beginning their seventh and final vacation on Martha’s Vineyard as first family. The Obamas officially arrive Saturday to start a two-week vacation. The family has summered every August on the famous resort island off Cape Cod in Massachusetts since Obama took office in 2009, except […]
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Man pleads guilty to firearms charge
PORTLAND — A Sanford man faces a potential sentence of up to 10 years in federal prison and a hefty fine after pleading guilty in federal court Thursday to firearms charges. William Klingensmith, 46, entered his plea to possession of firearms by a prohibited person in 2015 at his former home in Waterville. Court documents […]
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Body of Hollis man recovered from lake
HOLLIS — Game wardens on Thursday recovered the body of Jesse Nicholas Cardone, 19, of Hollis Center, after he fell overboard into Long Lake the previous day. Maine Warden Service Cpl. John MacDonald said Cardone’s body was recovered at 6:10 p.m. Thursday and was detected by a warden service side scan sonar in 42 feet […]
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Plea hearing set for teen charged in killing
BELFAST (AP) — A Maine teenager charged with fatally stabbing his father is due in court for a plea hearing. The boy was 16 years old when he was charged in the fatal stabbing of 49- year-old Steven Hodgdon of Troy in their home in March 2015. The hearing is scheduled for today. The boy’s […]
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Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics gets support from Atria
KENNEBUNK — The Law Enforcement Torch Run began on June 8 at the town line of Kennebunk and Wells and proceeded to the Kennebunk and Arundel line, where local police department officers handed the torch off to members of the York County Sheriff’s Department. The torch went all the way to Orono for the June […]
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Gleanings
10 years ago From the Journal Tribune: “At the crest of a mountain ridge that hugs northern Maine’s border with Canada and shares names with the potato-growing town below, what will become New England’s biggest wind-power development is quietly taking shape. A road following the spine of Mars Hill Mountain has been blazed through the […]