SACO – After nearly a year of looking for solutions to traffic congestion along the Route 112 corridor in Saco, city and state officials are recommending building a new connector road, adding traffic lights and prohibiting turns at key intersections. The connector road would cost a $5 million and carry traffic between routes 112 and […]
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Solon kennel business confirmed as property where 100 animals were seized by state officials
SOLON — A local business that breeds rough coat collies was confirmed by authorities Thursday as the location where nearly 100 animals in need of “urgent care” were seized by animal welfare agents executing a search warrant earlier this week. Somerset County Chief Deputy Michael Mitchell said police supervised the search and animal seizure at R-N-D […]
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Portland International Jetport receiving $6.8 million federal grant
The Portland International Jetport is receiving nearly $6.8 million from the federal government to expand its deicing pad and help the airport manage wintertime flight traffic. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, says the U.S. Department of Transportation grant awarded to the jetport to expand the deicing area also will allow for overnight parking of aircraft, as […]
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Maine anti-immigrant group says gathering isn’t a ‘white supremacist picnic’
A gathering of an anti-immigrant group planned for this weekend in Canaan prompted someone to distribute an anonymous postcard calling the meeting a “white supremacist picnic.” The label is misleading and has led to confusion, said Tom Kawczynski, an administrator of the Facebook group Maine for Mainers, which describes itself as being “for U.S. citizens […]
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Please support ‘Keeping Girls in School Act’
Editor, It can be seen that around the globe, 130 million girls are not enrolled in school and gaining an education. This can be due to girls getting pregnant, forced marriages and family pressures once they have reached adolescence. The purpose of this letter is to push the Keeping Girls in School Act, which will […]
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Man, woman charged with selling meth in Biddeford
BIDDEFORD – Drug agents on Wednesday arrested a man and a woman for allegedly selling methamphetamine. Agents from the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency for the last month had been investigating 23-year-old Kailey Prejean in connection with meth trafficking in the Biddeford-Saco area. Undercover agents had purchased drugs from her several times before Wednesday, when they […]
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NBC’s ‘Will & Grace’ reboot to end in 2020 after three seasons
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Will & Grace” is coming to an end, again. NBC said Thursday that the rebooted sitcom will wrap after its upcoming 2020 season, with the air date to be announced. “Will & Grace” was part of a wave of revivals when it returned to TV in 2017. The third and final […]
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House passes bipartisan budget bill with Trump support
WASHINGTON (AP) — Observing a rare cease-fire in their battles with President Donald Trump, the Democratic-controlled House on Thursday easily passed bipartisan debt and budget legislation to permit the Treasury to issue bonds to pay the government’s bills and lock in place recent budget gains for both the Pentagon and domestic agencies. The measure, passed […]
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OUIs and forgery among arrests and summons in Wells
WELLS – The following arrested or charged between July 16 and July 21 in Wells. Flavio Jeres, 32, of Brockton, Massachusetts, was summonsed for Operating Without a License after he was stopped for speeding on Route 109 in the High Pine area. He is to appear in York District Court on Sept. 17. Albert F. […]
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