WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture is sending more than $400,000 to Maine to help six small businessesinvest in renewable energy systems. U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King say the money will help the businesses purchase and install renewable energy systems or upgrade to more efficient equipment. The money comes from the USDA’s Rural […]
2016
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Key vaults can save lives
SACO — It’s an emergency situation, the front door is locked, and paramedics need to enter the home immediately. Rather than knock down the door, there’s a better way to get inside. A key to the home can be stored in a key vault which only the fire department can access near the main entrance. […]
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Barbara Stone
KENNEBUNK — Barbara E. Stone, 95 years, a resident of Alfred Road in West Kennebunk, died Friday Nov. 4, 2016 at her home surrounded by her family after brief illness. Barbara was born in Lon-dondery, New Hampshire on April 7, 1921, a daughter of Prescott and Dorothy E. (Boyden) Torrey. She graduated from Pinkerton High […]
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Darlene Farrell
SACO — Darlene G. Farrell, 58, of Village Green passed away Saturday Nov. 5, 2016 at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice house in Scarborough. She was born in North Kingston, Rhode Island June 7, 1958, the daughter of Fred and Theresa LePettiere Thacker. Darlene attended local schools and graduated from Warwick Vets High School. After high […]
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Merle Paquereau
SACO — Merle J. Paquereau, 98, of Middle St, Wardwell Home passed away Nov. 4, 2016 at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough.She was born in West Springfield, Massach-usetts, May 5, 1918, the daughter of David and Maryann McCulley Johnston.Merle graduated from the High School of Commerce and the Springfield Business Institute.She was employed […]
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Deborah Chico
SACO — Deborah Ann Chico, 55, of Saco, passed away in Scarborough on Nov. 3, 2016. To view her memorial page, please visit cotefuneralhome.com.
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Janet Reno, former US attorney general, has died
MIAMI (AP) — Janet Reno, the first woman to serve as U.S. attorney general and the epicenter of several political storms during the Clinton administration, including the seizure of Elian Gonzalez, died early Monday. She was 78.Reno died from complications of Parkinson’s disease, her goddaughter Gabrielle D’Alemberte said. D’Alemberte said Reno spent her final days […]
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Sussman who? Maine liberals move on after megadonor’s exit
AUGUSTA — The loss of a liberal megadonor’s millions of dollars in contributions this election season led Maine Democrats fighting to regain control of the state Senate to increasingly lean on a national Democratic Party group targeting state races in the state legislature where Republicans control the Senate and Democrats the House. Maine Democrats’ $2 […]
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Clinton focuses on healing, Trump on emails in final hours
MANCHESTER, N.H. — With the cloud of an FBI investigation lifted, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump struck strikingly different tones as they moved into the final hours of a volatile, nearly two-year-long presidential campaign. After days of full-throated attacks on Trump’s qualifications and temperament, Clinton cast herself as the candidate of “healing and reconciliation” — […]