York Country will be well-represented during this week’s high school football state championships, with Kennebunk taking on Brunswick in the Class B finals and Wells going up against Mt. Desert in Class C. Between dominating regular seasons and hard-fought postseasons, the Rams’ and Warriors’ success has been slowly building and each team will have a […]
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Maine growers announce creation of new potato variety
PRESQUE ISLE (AP) — Out with the old, in with the tubers. The Maine Potato Board says a new variety of potato will be available to consumers at the upcoming Maine Harvest Festival in Bangor. The new potato is called the Caribou Russet and it was first announced last spring. The potato board says the commercial seed […]
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Maine suspect pleads not guilty to threatening President Obama
AUGUSTA (AP) — A Maine man has pleaded not guilty in federal court to charges that he threatened to kill President Barack Obama and U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree. Authoritites report that 66-year-old Peter M. Hamilton of Augusta was ordered held in federal custody after his arraignment on Thursday in Bangor. A six-count indictment says Hamilton made a series of threats […]
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Democrat prevails in Maine House recount
AUGUSTA (AP) — The Maine secretary of state’s office says a Democratic candidate for the state House of Representatives has prevailed in a recount. Initial results showed that Democrat Catherine Nadeau defeated Republican Benjamin Twitchell in the District 78 race by 148 votes. The secretary of state’s office says the recount shows Nadeau won by […]
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New court location dismays county government, others
ALFRED — The selection of Biddeford as the location of a new consolidated York County court facility isn’t sitting well with York County commissioners, the county budget committee and city councilors in Sanford. County commissioners Wednesday voted to form an ad hoc committee to lay out a plan of action. The decision to locate a new […]
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Obama gathers key European leaders amid questions about Trump
BERLIN — President Barack Obama joined the leaders of key European countries in Germany on Friday to discuss an array of security and economic challenges facing the trans-Atlantic partners as the U.S. prepares for President-elect Donald Trump to take office in January. Obama’s meeting with the leaders of Germany, Britain, France, Italy and Spain was […]
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Flynn: outspoken general, intelligence pro, Trump supporter
WASHINGTON — Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, the man Donald Trump has asked to be his national security adviser, built a reputation in the Army as an astute intelligence professional and a straight talker. What set Flynn apart after he shed his uniform in 2014 was the blistering public criticism he quickly leveled at the […]