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Trump’s VA pick draws concern over thin management record

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s selection of his White House doctor to run the massive Department of Veterans Affairs triggered concern Thursday among lawmakers and veterans groups about whether he has the experience to manage an agency paralyzed over Trump’s push to expand private care. Ronny Jackson, a Navy rear admiral entrusted with the health […]

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Russia responds quid pro quo to diplomats’ expulsions

MOSCOW — Russia announced the expulsion of more than 150 diplomats, including 60 Americans, on Thursday and said it was closing a U.S. consulate in retaliation for the wave of Western expulsions of Russian diplomats over the poisoning of an ex-spy and his daughter in Britain, a tit-for-tat response that intensified the Kremlin’s rupture with […]

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Maine election official: Ranked choice voting needs fix

AUGUSTA — An 11th-hour legal technicality could jeopardize the use of a voter-approved election overhaul in June primaries, state elections officials said, but supporters of ranked-choice voting vowed to press forward. Secretary of State Matt Dunlap was set to brief lawmakers on Thursday on the rollout of the system for the June 12 primaries. Instead, […]

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JT 2018 Boys Hockey All-Stars

MVP: Logan Magnant (Biddeford) Rookie of the Year: Nick McSorley (Biddeford) All-Stars Colin Lavigne (Biddeford) Owen Sullivan (Biddeford) Liam Turner (Biddeford) Colin Petit (Biddeford) Curtis Petit (Biddeford) Chandler Bilodeau (Thornton Academy) Seth Dube (Thornton Academy) Luke Chessie (Thornton Academy) Reagan Wintle (Thornton Academy) Owen Dubois (Thornton Academy) Ethan Marsh (Kennebunk/Wells) Nate Jewett (Kennebunk/Wells) Cam Roy […]