ALFRED — The selection of Biddeford as the location of a new consolidated York County court facility isn’t sitting well with York County commissioners, the county budget committee and city councilors in Sanford. County commissioners Wednesday voted to form an ad hoc committee to lay out a plan of action. The decision to locate a new […]
November 2016
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Obama gathers key European leaders amid questions about Trump
BERLIN — President Barack Obama joined the leaders of key European countries in Germany on Friday to discuss an array of security and economic challenges facing the trans-Atlantic partners as the U.S. prepares for President-elect Donald Trump to take office in January. Obama’s meeting with the leaders of Germany, Britain, France, Italy and Spain was […]
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Flynn: outspoken general, intelligence pro, Trump supporter
WASHINGTON — Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, the man Donald Trump has asked to be his national security adviser, built a reputation in the Army as an astute intelligence professional and a straight talker. What set Flynn apart after he shed his uniform in 2014 was the blistering public criticism he quickly leveled at the […]
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Dying UK girl convinces judge to let her body be frozen
LONDON (AP) — The teenage girl’s instructions were direct: She didn’t want to be buried, but to be frozen — with the hope she can continue her life in the future when cancer is cured. “I want to live and live longer and I think that in the future they may find a cure for […]
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Two die in turnpike crash near Wells
WELLS — A deadly crash on the Maine Turnpike on Friday afternoon left two people dead. According to Steve McCausland of the Maine Public Safety Department, the crash took place about 4 p.m. and involved a collision between a passenger car and a tractor trailer truck in the northbound lanes of the turnpike near mile […]
Posted inLakes Region Weekly, Southern Forecaster
Windham woman dies in house fire
A Windham woman died in a fire in her home Friday morning. State officials say they believe the victim is Mary McAllister, 60, who lived alone on Pettingill Road, off Route 302. The fire was reported around 4 a.m. at the one-story Pettingill Road home, according to the State Fire Marshal’s Office, and the house […]
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Windham woman dies in house fire
A Windham woman died in a fire in her home Friday morning. State officials say they believe the victim is Mary McAllister, 60, who lived alone on Pettingill Road, off Route 302. The fire was reported around 4 a.m. at the one-story Pettingill Road home, according to the State Fire Marshal’s Office, and the house […]