OLD ORCHARD BEACH—Norsemen second-baseman Ben Nelson (Gorham/Merrimack) choked off the opposition Nor’easters’ bottom-of-the-ninth comeback attempt in the first game of a double-header on Sunday afternoon, August 12. Nelson leapt and snatched a one-out line-drive from midair, then whipped the ball over to first to catch a Nor’easters runner, one who’d dashed away from the bag […]
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Posted inMaine, News
Manhole explosion shuts down busy intersection near Old Port
The blast, inside an underground electrical vault, closes the intersection of Center, York and Fore streets.
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Posted inBusiness, Food, Life & Culture, Maine
Maine restaurant’s customers get hostile when straight-cut french fries replace crinkle-cut
The owners of Bolley’s Famous Franks in Waterville say customers have threatened to fight them and have them fearing for their family’s safety.
Posted inBusiness, People on the Move
Spurwink Services hires child abuse pediatrician
NEW HIRES Spurwink Services hired Amanda Brownell, M.D., to its child abuse program team. Dr. Brownell is a child abuse pediatrician, having completed her pediatric residency at Maine Medical Center in 2015. She also completed a 3-year fellowship in child abuse pediatrics at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. Community Health Options […]
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Fear about putting immigrants at risk delays action on non-citizen voting rights
Portland city councilors decide to take more time to address concerns that extending voting rights to some non-citizens could put them at risk of being targeted.
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Rehabilitation facilities at capacity, complicating unusual die-off of seals in New England
Meanwhile, the number of dead or stranded harbor seals continues to climb in Maine and New Hampshire as marine scientists broaden their search for the cause.
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UMaine football player died of heart condition, coroner rules
The state medical examiner’s office says the manner of Darius Minor’s death ‘is natural.’
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Massive boat lift newest development on Portland’s working waterfront
A 330-metric ton boat crane will be used at a planned maintenance shed, part of the Canal Landing marine complex on West Commercial Street.
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Strout joins MCF as grants administrator
Dream Local Digital hires Anderson as digital production manager
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Maine DHHS denying Medicaid expansion applicants as lawsuit continues
Letters of rejection have gone out to some Mainers as implementation of the new law remains in limbo, but the LePage administration hasn’t said why the applications are being turned down.
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