BIDDEFORD — The University of New England is being sued by an instructor who says she was retaliated against after she complained her supervisor was sexually harassing her. In a civil lawsuit, Lara Carlson claims she was illegally discriminated against in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. The case was filed in […]
2016
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Marine retiree honored with flag raising
SANFORD — A brisk north wind was blowing and the sky was blue and cloudless Friday as friends and family gathered outside City Hall to raise a flag for Major Anthony Sousa, marking his retirement this spring from the U.S. Marine Crops after 26 years. After graduating from Sanford High School in 1990, Sousa, like […]
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Police arrest woman suspected in OOB-Houlton drug pipeline
PORTLAND — A Houlton woman was arrested Saturday morning and charged with trying to transport heroin from Old Orchard Beach to northern Maine, police said. Jessi Polchies, 32, was arrested at the Portland Transportation Center and charged by state police and the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency with aggravated trafficking in heroin, Maine public safety spokesman […]
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Racial feud erupts as Republicans fight ‘unstoppable’ Trump
LEESBURG, Va. — The final-days sprint to Super Tuesday has erupted into a feud over a white supremacist as Donald Trump’s Republican rivals scramble to stop the billionaire businessman from becoming an “unstoppable” force in the 2016 presidential contest. Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio continued to hammer the GOP front-runner’s character and lack of policy […]
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Abortion case returns to Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court challenge to a Texas law that has dramatically reduced the number of abortion clinics in the state is the justices’ most significant case on the hot-button issue in nearly a quarter-century. One of this election-year term’s biggest cases is being argued Wednesday before a court altered by the death […]
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Judith Emmons
HOLLIS/BAR MILLS — Judith Marlene Emmons, 75, passed away Saturday, Feb. 27, 2016. Arrangements are with Chad E. Poitras Cremation and Funeral Service, Buxton.
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Angela Storey
LIMINGTON — Angela Jo Storey, 46, of Limington, passed away Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016, in Portland. Arrangements are with Chad E. Poitras Cremation and Funeral Service, Buxton.
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Municipal meetings calendar
Here is a list of regularly scheduled meetings for area councils, boards of selectmen and school boards. All meetings are public. Acton: Selectmen meet at 7 p.m. the second and fourth Tuesday at Town Hall, 35 H Road; the next meeting is March 8. The school board meets at 6 p.m. the second Tuesday at […]
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Missing Maine man found in river
WESTBROOK (AP) — Authorities say the body of a missing Maine man was found in the Presumpscot River. Richard Goff ’s family had reported him missing after he failed to arrive for a meeting on Thursday. Westbrook police and the Maine Wardens Service launched a follow-up investigation at about 10 a.m. Sunday. Authorities say the […]