BIDDEFORD — The University of New England gave Bowdoin College a hard time Tuesday night in both womens and mens basketball, Bowdoin narrowly eking out wins. The lady Nor’easters chased the Polar Bears down, often keeping within a 10 point margin, but were eclipsed late in the game due in part to the efforts of […]
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Sanford’s Carl Johnson releases 4th book on baseball
SANFORD — Sanford author Carl Johnson recently released his latest book, “The Baseball Buff’s Bathroom Book, Volume II,” and will be promoting it throughout greater New England in the coming weeks. This is Johnson’s fourth book to date, and he is excited to continue to tell some of baseball’s greatest stories, past and present. “The […]
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State to issue archery permits to limit island’s deer herd
EASTPORT (AP) – Maine will award 30 archery permits for a two-week hunt in December aimed at alleviating an overpopulation of deer in a town of islands. The Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife’s Advisory Council approved the hunt Monday. Eastport is a small area of islands along Maine’s northern coast. An estimated 20 deer […]
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Maine suspect pleads guilty in fatal shooting of girlfriend
WEST BATH (AP) — A Maine man charged with manslaughter in the fatal shooting of his fiancée during a prospective gun sale has pleaded guilty to a lesser offense. Dylan Grubbs of Thomaston entered the plea Monday in West Bath to domestic violence reckless conduct with use of a firearm. A judge sentenced the 24-year-old […]
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Collins, King join senators calling for U.S. postal reforms
PORTLAND (AP) — Maine U.S. Sens. Angus King and Susan Collins are among a group of more than 80 lawmakers who are calling for improved mail service by reforming the U.S. Postal Service. The reform drive is led by U.S. Sens. Heidi Heitkamp, a North Dakota Democrat, and Jerry Moran, a Kansas Republican. The lawmakers […]
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Troopers on alert for dangerous holiday drivers
AUGUSTA (AP) — The chief of Maine’s state police says state troopers will be on the lookout this Thanksgiving for texting drivers and those not wearing seat belts. The message from Col. Robert Williams follows a rash of fatal crashes earlier this month. Williams says the four-day Thanksgiving weekend has traditionally been a deadly one on Maine […]
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LePage comes out on top in Democrat’s abuse of power lawsuit
PORTLAND (AP) — A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld a ruling that Republican Gov. Paul LePage has immunity from civil rights lawsuits and can’t be sued for threatening to withhold state discretionary funding from a nonprofit that had offered a job to Democratic House Speaker Mark Eves. A majority opinion by a three-judge panel […]
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Sales show Nissan’s SUV on the right path
Studies show that only around 15 out of 100 SUV owners take their vehicles off-road, and only around one in 20 do it regularly. So why are auto writers and owners’ forum participants still grumbling about Nissan turning its Pathfinder midsize SUV from a rugged and raw body-on-frame truck into a much more refined and […]
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IS claims coalition airstrike disables fourth Mosul bridge
MOSUL, Iraq — An airstrike by the U.S.-led coalition on Wednesday “disabled” the fourth bridge on the Tigris River in Mosul, leaving the northern Iraqi city with a single functioning bridge, according to the Iraqi military and the Islamic State’s media arm. The Aamaq news agency gave no details on the airstrike, the second to […]
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Court blocks federal plan to extend overtime pay to many
LAS VEGAS (AP) — In a blow to the Obama administration’s labor-law plans, a federal court has blocked the start of a rule that would have made an estimated 4 million more American workers eligible for overtime pay heading into the holiday season. As a result of Tuesday’s ruling, overtime changes set to take effect […]