Critical highway work will be canceled this year as Maine’s transportation agency is priced out of a superheated construction market. The Department of Transportation will cut tens of millions of dollars in projects from its 2019 plan for roadway and bridge work as it struggles with bids from private contractors that are coming in far […]
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‘The best damn party’: Popular trivia show returns to Bath
BATH — Pizza and cookies, local trivia, and a chance to win Gordy the Sloth: “The Return of So You Think you Know Bath” has it all. Back after a three-year hiatus, the game show will be held at Maine Maritime Museum, 243 Washington St., on Saturday, May 4. The 5:30-9 p.m. event will have three teams […]
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Bath man dies in Hampden auto crash
HAMPDEN — A Bath man died Tuesday afternoon in a fiery automobile crash on Interstate 95, Maine State Police reported Wednesday. Mark Aubut, 53, was driving a 2003 GMC Yukon SUV on Interstate 95 at about 5:15 p.m. when his vehicle left the highway, hit a tree, and erupted into flames. No one else was […]
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Federal court rules Aroostook jail must provide inmate with opiate treatment drug
A federal appeals court in Boston on Tuesday upheld a decision requiring the Aroostook County Jail to provide an opiate treatment drug to a Madawaska woman while she serves her 40-day jail sentence there. A three-judge panel affirmed there was no error when U.S. District Judge Nancy Torreson ruled in March that prohibiting Brenda Smith, 35, from […]
Posted inSouthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Extra, extra: South Portland students team up for ‘Newsies’
SOUTH PORTLAND — After rehearsing two hours a day for almost two months, more than 100 students in grades 7-12 are using their newfound skills to perform the 1992 Disney musical “Newsies.” “This performance gives them a real education in how to work together, and how to use music and drama and dance to create […]
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Bath man killed in fiery Hampden crash
Maine State Police continue to investigate why Mark Aubut’s SUV left the interstate and struck a tree.
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Maine briefs: Public to weigh in on bill to expand who performs abortions; Bill to ban firearms at polls, town meetings faces odds
Public to weigh in on bill to expand who performs abortions AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The public can weigh in on Democratic Gov. Janet Mills’ bill to allow nurse practitioners, physician assistants and certified nurse-midwives to perform abortions. The governor’s bill is set for a public hearing Wednesday. Current state law prevents advanced practice clinicians such as […]
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Grilled by Democrats, attorney general defends his handling of Mueller’s findings
William Barr tells senators he disagrees with the special counsel’s assertion that he shouldn’t make a determination on obstruction of justice.
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C-SPAN honors documentaries by Freeport students
FREEPORT — Five Freeport Middle School eighth graders were honored Tuesday for winning awards in C‑SPAN’s annual Student Cam documentary competition. Alexander Dawson, Zane Aguiar and Will Morris placed third of 150 entries in the national competition for their video “The American Idea.” The trio won a $750 prize. “The American Idea” outlines what it means to be an […]
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Democrats looking for candidates for vulnerable seats, including Maine’s Susan Collins’
Sens. Cory Gardner of Colorado, Susan Collins of Maine and Martha McSally of Arizona are widely considered among the most vulnerable Republican incumbents.