SAN DIEGO (AP) — Twins in San Diego are getting some attention because, though born just minutes apart, one has a birthday in 2015 and one in 2016. Jaelyn Valenica was born New Year’s Eve at 11:59 p.m. Her twin brother, Luis Valencia Jr., arrived at 12:01 a.m. on New Year’s Day. KGTV-TV reports that […]
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NYC may fit more ‘micro’ apartments into housing picture
NEW YORK The apartments in a new Manhattan building boast little balconies, tall ceilings, dishwashers and storage space. All in 360 square feet or less. It’s micro-living in the nation’s biggest city, and New Yorkers could be seeing more of it. Planning officials are proposing to end a limit on how small apartments can be, […]
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Portland waterfront being searched for missing Saco man
SACO — The search continues for 23-year-old James “Jim” Dyer as a more thorough search of the Portland waterfront takes place. The Saco resident was last seen leaving Pearl Night Club in Portland’s Old Port in the early hours of New Year’s Day and has not been heard from since, according to police. Dyer is […]
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Victims’ families seek closure as murder trial nears
BIDDEFORD — After more than three years of waiting, the families of two slain teenagers may finally get closure when the murder trial of their alleged killer begins in February. James Pak, 77, has been charged with two counts of murder in the Dec. 29, 2012, shooting deaths of Derrick Thompson, 19, and his girlfriend […]
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Tackling heroin problem at home
SANFORD — Sanford Police Chief Tom Connolly wants to open a treatment center in the city for opiate addicts in an attempt to address the growing heroin epidemic. Connolly proposes spending $285,000 to provide a medication-assisted program that would treat 30 opiate addicts in Sanford each year. The money would come from existing state funds […]
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Biddeford murder case moved to Portland
BIDDEFORD — A murder case stemming from the 2013 shooting death of a Biddeford man has been moved from York County Superior Court in Alfred to Cumberland County Superior Court in Portland. Tamara Rueda, a clerk at York County Superior Court, said Monday that the change was made because of the number of people involved […]
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LePage to claim immunity in lawsuit over Good-Will Hinckley
PORTLAND — Gov. Paul LePage plans to claim immunity against a lawsuit brought by House Speaker Mark Eves over actions that led to the rescinding of a job offer, his lawyer said. A procedural filing by lawyer Patrick Strawbridge contains the first glimpse of the governor’s defense, saying a motion to dismiss the lawsuit would […]
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Land trust members oppose Ecology School move
SACO — Members of the Saco Valley Land Trust have voiced concerns regarding a contract zone proposal that would allow The Ecology School to relocate to a former farm on Simpson Road. The Ecology School, founded in 1998, operates residential ecology education programs in a leased space in the Ferry Beach area at Morris Avenue. […]
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Obama initiative on gun control shows limits of acting alone
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s do-it-himself plan for keeping guns away from those who shouldn’t have them falls far short of what he’d hoped to accomplish through legislation after a massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School shook the country to attention in 2012. Yet even the more modest steps Obama was expected to announce today […]
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What’s new for beneficiaries in a changing Medicare
WASHINGTON — Whether it’s coverage for end-of-life counseling or an experimental payment scheme for common surgeries, Medicare in 2016 is undergoing some of the biggest changes in its 50 years. Grandma’s Medicare usually just paid the bills as they came in. Today, the nation’s flagship health-care program is seeking better ways to balance cost, quality […]