2017
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Maine governor blames media for sheriff immigration dispute
AUGUSTA (AP) — Outspoken Maine Republican Gov. Paul LePage says the media fanned the flames in a flap with sheriffs over his directive they should hold immigrants without warrants and is calling news organizations “the most horrible organizations on the earth.” The outburst came Monday after LePage summoned all 16 sheriffs to a closed-door meeting. […]
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Legislators at odds about voter-approved voting law
AUGUSTA (AP) — A legislative committee was at odds Monday over the future of a new voter-approved voting method that Maine’s highest court advised runs afoul of the Maine Constitution for some elections. The Legislature’s joint veterans and legal affairs committee could not agree on a path forward for independent Rep. Kent Ackley’s bill to […]
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Salmon farm faces lawsuit after worker loses fingers in accident
BANGOR (AP) — A Machiasport resident is suing a salmon farm over a workplace injury in which he lost two fingers. Jesse Redman sued True North Salmon US Inc. and Cooke Aquaculture USA Inc. last week in U.S. District Court in Bangor. He’s seeking unspecified damages. His lawyer, Dov Sacks, told the Bangor Daily News that the […]
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Stink bugs sneaking into homes to avoid cold
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine officials say the invasive brown marmorated stink bug appears to be a permanent fixture in the state now, and residents could see the pests making their way inside homes to avoid the cold weather. Entomologist Karen Coluzzi with the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry tells the Bangor Daily News that a […]
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Speaker delivers powerful talk at Alfred Shaker Museum
ALFRED — He’s written a book that is a double biography, a World War 2 mystery, and a book about family, industrial and local history. Even more, it is a story of inspiration overcoming disability. Rhode Island author Don Deignan spoke at the Alfred Shaker Museum on Oct. 15, and was the last of four […]
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Living and Recovering
SANFORD — What happens after rehabilitation for a dependency? Where does someone in recovery go? Will there be support and encouragement to continue on the path of sobriety? At Journey House, the answer is yes. Begun in Biddeford in December with a single sober living house for men, Journey House has expanded to Sanford, where […]
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Simonne Lapointe
BIDDEFORD — Simonne Lapointe, 93, of Biddeford, died Sunday, Oct. 15, 2017 at St. Andre’s Health Care. She was born Jan. 16, 1924 in Biddeford a daughter of Eugene and Philomene (Huot) Cote and was educated in St. Joseph’s School and graduated from St. Joseph’s High School. On Aug. 24, 1946 she married Lionel Lapointe […]
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Price tag for Cousens School renovation requires new vote
LYMAN — Residents will be asked in November whether to approve a higher price tag of $1.8 million to renovate the former Cousens School, with the intent of using the building for town offices. The former Cousens School, at 282 Goodwins Mill Road, was built in 1937, with an addition built in 1965. The 10,000-square-foot […]