NEWFIELD — Scott W. Dixon, 52, of Newfield, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015, at Southern Maine Health Care in Sanford. He is the husband of Priscille Nadeau Dixon and father of Gavin Dixon, both of Newfield. Scott was born April 30, 1963, in Salem, Massachusetts, to Norman F. Dixon and Rosalie Pszenny. He moved […]
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Otis L. Randall Jr.
KENNEBUNK — Otis “Bud” L. Randall Jr., 84, of Kennebunk, passed away on Dec. 29, 2015, at home after a battle with cancer. He was born on Aug. 12, 1931, in Cherryfield, to the late Mary and Otis L. Randall Sr. He was raised in Old Orchard Beach. He joined the U.S. Army and fought […]
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Officer in use-of-force case won’t return to the school
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The school resource officer cleared of wrongdoing for his use of force during the arrest of two teenagers isn’t returning to the school in Pawtucket where the incident occurred, the city’s public safety director said Wednesday. Officer Jared Boudreault was reassigned to a vacant position within the Pawtucket Police Department’s detective […]
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Man charged with murder in VT shooting
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A man has been arrested in Massachusetts and charged with murder in the shooting death of another man outside bars in downtown Burlington over the weekend, police said Wednesday. Chavis Murphy was arrested Tuesday night in West Springfield, Massachusetts, outside a restaurant near a hotel he had checked into since the […]
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Horse-and-buggy atlas adds to RI truck toll debate
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A 134-year-old atlas from the horse-and-buggy era has added more drama to Rhode Island’s debate over installing truck tolls to pay for road and bridge repairs. A top Republican lawmaker said Wednesday she is upset that the administration of Democratic Gov. Gina Raimondo sent her 19th-century maps of Providence in response to […]
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Editorial Roundup
The Republican (Mass.), Dec. 18: With a recent set of prudent moves on taxation, Congress has set the stage for genuine tax reform next year. Trouble is, next year happens to be an election year, when big things seldom get done in Washington. Still, it’s good to see the set of realistic moves on taxes […]
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Trump campaign raises issues about traditional values
Donald Trump has shaken up the political scene. But his candidacy may be more about the American people than only the Republican presidential nomination. Trump defies all the usual expectations. He makes statements that are easily proved untrue. He bluntly attacks Muslims, Mexicans, women, the media and his opponents. His tactics, usually presented in an […]
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After daunting 2015, EU faces year of living dangerously
BRUSSELS — If the year that was turned out to be daunting, 2016 is shaping up as the European Union’s year of living dangerously. The cliffhanger to keep Greece from bankruptcy and in the euro currency during high summer was chilling enough, even before nations like Hungary ramped up their rhetoric over the influx of […]
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Flooding forcing evacuations, traffic troubles
ST. LOUIS — Surging Midwestern rivers forced hundreds of evacuations, threatened dozens of levees and brought transportation by car, boat or train to a virtual standstill Thursday in the St. Louis area. Swollen rivers and streams, already high from a wet late fall, were pushed to heights not seen in nearly a quarter- century after […]