According to the U.S. National Weather Service, a winter weather advisory is in effect in the Midcoast starting at 5 p.m. today until 10 a.m. Wednesday. The impending storm has lead to the following cancelations: TOPSHAM — Tonight’s scheduled “Back to the Future” talk at Topsham Public Library has been canceled due the coming storm. The […]
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Feeling lucky?
YORK COUNTY — With the Powerball lottery jackpot at a record-breaking $1.4 billion, stores in York County are seeing luck-lusting customers – many newcomers to lottery games – buying tickets in droves. “We’re selling more tickets than we are sandwiches,” Mark Johnston, co-owner of Vic and Whit’s sandwich shop on Main Street in Saco, said […]
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Sanford official remembered as visionary
SANFORD — When it came to the town – and later, the city of Sanford – former public works director and city councilor Richard Wilkins was a storehouse of knowledge. At the same time, he was a forward thinker, colleagues said Monday, supporting projects designed to enliven Sanford’s economic base. Wilkins, 80, whose second term […]
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St. Thomas School to add grades 7-8
SANFORD — St. Thomas School is expanding to add grades seven and eight over the next two years. The expansion was announced Monday by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland following a two-year feasibility study. Currently, the parochial school teaches pre-kindergarten to sixth grade. Principal Donna Jacques said people had asked over the years if […]
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Powerball prize invites myths, misconceptions
DES MOINES, Iowa — With up to $1.4 billion at stake in Wednesday’s Powerball, questions about the drawing seem to be as abundant as the convenience store kiosks offering tickets for the record-breaking jackpot. The inquiries include many myths and misconceptions about the winners, the prize money and the system that decides them. A look […]
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State of union in 2016: Strong job market
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama delivers his final State of the Union address tonight to a nation whose economy is far sturdier than it was when he took office in 2009. Yet as 2016 begins, the stout job market is accompanied by tepid economic growth and stubbornly flat wages. More broadly, two things are on […]
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Wells transfer station to be fully functional soon
WELLS — The town’s solid waste transfer station, which was damaged by a fire in December, is open for business and should be fully functional again within a few weeks. Town officials have decided to continue working around the damaged location during regular hours of operation, 8 a.m. to 3:55 p.m. Tuesdays to Saturdays. The […]
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Task force: Mammograms an option at 40, do more good at 50
WASHINGTON — Mammograms do the most good later in life, a government task force has declared in recommending that women get one every other year starting at age 50. It said 40-somethings should make their own choice after weighing the pros and cons. When to start routine mammograms and how frequently to get them has […]
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Cause of fatal crash under investigation
STANDISH — A 59- year-old Limington woman died early Monday morning when her car slammed into a utility pole on Route 25 in Standish. Cumberland County Sheriff ’s deputies said icy roads were a contributing factor in the 5:30 a.m. crash that claimed the life of Susan Jensen. She was driving a 2015 Subaru Crosstrek […]
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Divers searched again for missing Saco man
PORTLAND (AP) — Divers returned to the waters of Portland Harbor in a resumed effort to locate a 23-year-old man who was last seen in Portland’s Old Port area on New Year’s Eve. The Portland Press Herald reports members of the Portland-South Portland dive team and Maine State Police divers utilized a sonar unit Monday […]