Editor, While interning at Planned Parenthood, I’ve talked to so many people who have benefited from the organization’s services. A good friend of mine receives prenatal care at Planned Parenthood. A young man at Portland Pride told me how, because of Planned Parenthood, he was able to receive LGBTQ-focused health care. My friend at school received a wellness exam necessary to enlist in the […]
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Zonta Club schedules centennial dinner celebration, awards ceremony
OLD ORCHARD BEACH — The Zonta Club of Southern Maine will host a Centennial Dinner Celebration and Community Awards night on Thursday, Sept. 12 at Duffy’s Restaurant in Old Orchard Beach. The event will recognize the 100th anniversary of the founding of Zonta International in Buffalo, New York on Nov. 8, 1919 as well as […]
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Medicaid expansion improving access to treatment for opioid use
About 10 percent of the 35,000 adults who have gained health care coverage since Maine expanded Medicaid in January are receiving treatment for opioid use disorder. Health care experts have predicted that Medicaid expansion will result in 70,000 additional Mainers enrolling in the program by the end of 2019. If current trends hold, that would amount […]
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Developer sues Portland over ‘catastrophic’ failure of Midtown project
Portland is being sued by the company that sought to develop the $85 million “Midtown” project in the city’s Bayside neighborhood, a project that would have been built on land that was once occupied by industrial scrap yards along Somerset Street. The Federated Cos. filed a 78-page complaint in U.S. District Court in Portland on […]
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Suspect wearing a black mask robs Pittsfield pizzeria
Maine State Police say a man wearing a black mask and claiming to have a gun robbed a pizza shop in Pittsfield on Tuesday afternoon. State police said the man entered Richie’s Pizza on South Maine Street around mid-afternoon and told the clerk he was armed with weapon. No shots were fired and no one […]
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Larry King seeks divorce from seventh wife after 22 years
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Larry King is seeking a divorce from his seventh wife, Shawn King, after 22 years. The 85-year-old talk show host filed a petition to end the marriage Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court. Larry King and Shawn King, then a singer and TV host, married in 1997 and have two adult […]
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IRONMAN coming back to Old Orchard Beach
OLD ORCHARD BEACH — Athletes from all over the world will descend on Old Orchard Beach on Sunday once again for the annual IRONMAN 70.3 Maine triathlon. Race officials are busy preparing for the big event, and the town has listed traffic impacts, road closures and parking lot closures for the upcoming days. The town’s […]
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Four now in race for Sanford City Council
SANFORD – Two more candidates have emerged for the Nov. 5 race for Sanford City Council, ahead of the Sept. 5 deadline for nomination papers. So far, four people have pulled nomination papers for two, three-year city council terms – all are either currently serving or have done so in the past. Former city councilors […]
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Old Orchard Beach Police Log
OLD ORCHARD BEACH —The Old Orchard Beach Police Department has released the names of individuals arrested or issued a summons from July 1 to July 4: • Michael Lovejoy, 39, of Candler, North Carolina was arrested on three warrants. • Felix Bourque, 20, of Quebec, Canada was issued a summons for consuming liquor as a […]
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