BRUNSWICK SaviLinx, a contact center specializing in technical support services and business processing for other companies, announced today that it will add 200 new jobs to support a large contract extending SaviLinx’s work for an insurance services provider. On its website, the company stated: “These customer service and quality assurance positions will be in addition to […]
2016
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Topsham police charge 15-year-old girl with threatening
TOPSHAM A 15-year-old girl from Bowdoinham who police believe left a threatening message at Mt. Ararat High School Thursday has been charged with terrorizing. According to Topsham police, the hand-written message was found on the wall of a women’s bathroom near the end of the school day by a teacher. Topsham Police Chief Christopher Lewis […]
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Woman dies following Topsham crash
TOPSHAM Topsham police are investigating a serious crash on Middlesex Road Friday afternoon that sent four people to the hospital — one in critical condition. Police say one driver, Christina Babnaw, 44, of Durham, died Saturday evening at Maine Medical Center. Passengers were trapped in both vehicles involved in the crash, which was reported at […]
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Fate of Biddeford police, fire commissions may go before voters – again
BIDDEFORD — Local voters will likely be asked in the November election if they want to remove police and fire commissions from the city charter, replacing them with a Public Safety Advisory Committee that would be made up of five to seven members of the public. The Charter Revision Commission reached this decision at its […]
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Couple indicted on charge of operating RV meth lab
ALFRED — A couple charged in December in connection with the discovery of a suspected methamphetamine lab in a camper parked on Post Road in Wells has been indicted by a York County grand jury. Jennifer Boudle, 28, and John Regan, 41, were each indicted on a single charge of operating a meth lab, a […]
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Plans for new OOB Dunkin’ Donuts move forward
OLD ORCHARD BEACH — The city Planning Board approved a plan for a Dunkin’ Donuts at 14 Ocean Park Road on Thursday, with provisions it hopes will alleviate traffic concerns at the location. JFJ Holdings LLC, which owns a seasonal Dunkin’ Donuts in downtown Old Orchard Beach, intends to build a year-round Dunkin’ Donuts at […]
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Children’s concert benefits arts education
SACO — Musicians Rob Duquette and Rick Charette will bring family-friendly fun Saturday to the Kidz Winter Jamboree, a concert to benefit arts education. The event is a fundraiser for Saco Bay Center for Civic Engagement’s new Action Art Fund. Beginning in the 2016-17 school year, fine arts teachers in Saco, Biddeford and Old Orchard […]
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Chances for marijuana vote rests on one disputed signature
AUGUSTA — The chance for Maine voters to decide in November whether to legalize marijuana comes down to the disputed signature of one person – notary and former lawmaker Stavros J. Mendros. Mendros, who has a 2007 conviction related to his notary practice and has been fined twice by the state ethics commission, helped organize […]
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Some New England lawmakers propose leaving Eastern Time
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — As most Americans brace themselves for losing an hour of sleep this weekend, some corners of the country are considering bold alternatives to daylight saving time. California has a bill that would ask voters to abolish the practice of changing clocks twice a year. Lawmakers in Alaska and nearly a dozen other […]