A transformation in retailing is creating unwelcome changes in Maine’s two leading towns for outlet shopping. Both Kittery and Freeport have seen sharp sales declines in the past five years. In Kittery, sales of general merchandise – a category that includes clothing, footwear and furnishings – are down nearly 18 percent from 2014 to 2018, […]
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Portland man charged in assault on neighbor who is in critical condition
Portland police charged a 62-year-old man with elevated aggravated assault after he allegedly sent his Danforth Street neighbor to the hospital in critical condition. Everett H. Meserve is being held on $50,000 bail on charges that he attacked Rodney Cleveland, a 63-year-old acquaintance who lived nearby, police said in a news release Sunday. Police were […]
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El Paso suspect appears to have posted anti-immigrant screed
DALLAS (AP) — About 20 minutes before the shooting started at an El Paso Walmart, a rambling screed was posted to an online message board saying the massacre was in response to an “invasion” of Hispanics coming across the southern border. Titled “The Inconvenient Truth,” it railed against the dangers of mass immigration and warned […]
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Cornville fire displaces family of six, kills two dogs
CORNVILLE — A family of six was displaced and two dogs died Friday in a fire that heavily damaged a double-wide mobile home and destroyed an adjacent barn, according to Cornville fire Lt. Nathaniel Weeks. Weeks said Saturday morning that the fire at 1266 W. Ridge Road started sometime after 3:30 p.m. in the barn. […]
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Saco residents achieve dean’s list status at Adelphi University
GARDEN CITY, N.Y. — A select group of outstanding students has been named to the spring 2019 Dean’s List at Adelphi University. Adelphi’s deans of Arts and Sciences, Education, Business, Nursing, Social Work and Psychology recognize superior academic work every semester. The Dean’s List comprises full-time students-registered for 12 or more credits-who have completed at least 9 graded credits and achieved […]
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Food For a Cause: Congdon’s After Dark to donate proceeds to support survivors
WELLS — On Tuesday, Aug. 6, Sexual Assault Response Services of Southern Maine was to be the beneficiary of Congdon’s After Dark’s Tithing Tuesday initiative which donates 10 percent of food trucks’ profits to a local nonprofit. Congdon’s After Dark selects one local community-serving agency each week to receive 10 percent of the profits of […]
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Yankees pound Price for 4-game sweep of Red Sox
NEW YORK — Aaron Judge homered early and a makeshift New York Yankees lineup pounded David Price in a 7-4 victory Sunday night that sent the defending World Series champion Boston Red Sox to their eighth consecutive defeat. With only three projected regulars in the batting order, the banged-up Yankees won their fifth straight and […]
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New Hall of Famer likes sound of ‘Ty Law Rule’
CANTON, Ohio — Ty Law believes he already had a part in NFL lore before being elected this year to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The star cornerback is the first member of New England’s standout defense that won three Super Bowls in the early 2000s to make it into the Canton shrine. His […]
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Yankees topple Johnson, Red Sox to sweep doubleheader
NEW YORK — Chris Sale threw an 0-2 fastball at the letters past Gio Urshela in the fourth inning and didn’t get the call. He raised both arms as if to say, “What’s wrong?” and muttered at plate umpire Mike Estabrook. Sale’s outing in a doubleheader opener spun out of control from there, just like […]
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20 killed, 26 wounded when gunman attacks Texas shoppers
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A young gunman opened fire in an El Paso, Texas, shopping area packed with as many as 3,000 people during the busy back-to-school season Saturday, leaving 20 dead and more than two dozen injured. Authorities were investigating the possibility the shooting was a hate crime, working to confirm whether a […]