BIDDEFORD Some items belonging to one of the Boston Red Sox’s early members — when the team was known as the Boston Americans — are coming up for sale. Third baseman Harry Lord played for the Americans and then the Red Sox, becoming one of the first captains in 1910, before he switched colors to […]
2018
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Details of governor’s child welfare proposals unknown
AUGUSTA Maine’s Republican governor says lawmakers should get back to work and address his proposals to reform the state’s struggling child welfare system. But the details of Gov. Paul LePage’s proposals are unknown. His office said Thursday that first drafts of his proposal are in the Legislature’s reviser’s office. LePage spokeswoman Julie Rabinowitz said she […]
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Camp bus driver placed on leave while crash investigated
GREENLAND, N.H. (AP) — The children and driver who were injured in a bus crash in New Hampshire on Friday have been released from area hospitals. The Portland Press Herald reports the 21-year-old driver of the Kittery, Maine, recreation department van will be placed on leave while the town investigates the circumstances of the crash. […]
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Northeast governors, eastern Canada premiers meet
STOWE, Vt. (AP) — Governors from the U.S. northeast and premiers from eastern Canada will be meeting in Vermont, where they are expected to discuss a variety of issues amid a trade dispute between Washington and Ottawa. The meeting takes place Monday in Stowe. Energy, trade and the environment are among the topics likely to […]
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Neighbors of planned salmon farm file lawsuit about process
BELFAST (AP) — Neighbors of a planned salmon farm in Belfast say city officials skirted local rules when they made a zone change that made the project possible. The Bangor Daily News reports the residents have filed a lawsuit against the city of Belfast. The city made the changes months ago to allow Norwegian firm […]
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Man dies, woman and infant injured, in Winslow crash
WINSLOW (AP) — A Waterville man has died and a woman and infant have been injured in a car crash in Winslow. Police say 52-year-old Gabriel Stuart was killed when the car he was driving went off the road early Sunday morning. The crash happened around 12:30 a.m. on Augusta Road. Authorities say Stuart and […]
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Tweet Presidentially, Mr Trump
Trump is still being Trump. Whether he’s holding his standup political rallies in Wilkes-Barre or Ohio, or delivering his incendiary early morning tweet storms, he’s not going to change his wild and crazy ways. He’s been doing a lot of great stuff in Washington, but if he wants to stay there he’d better be careful. […]
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Trump’s War on the Press Won’t End Well
In baseball lingo, the high, inside fastball is known as the brushback, a tactic to inform the batter that he’d better be cautious about digging in. The higher and tighter inside fastball is call head-hunting, a serious escalation of the fear tactic and infinitely more perilous. In spending the first 18 months of his administration […]
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Letter
Vote for Brownie You often don’t notice your public health workforce. If successful, we are often the ones keeping you safe from diseases and outbreaks — working quietly in the background to create healthy communities. Often, this means advocating for legislation that will protect or promote the public’s health. In his first term, Brownie Carson […]