BRIDGTON — The man accused of assaulting a 77-year-old couple in their lakeside home Wednesday morning was high on methamphetamine and had been awake for at least two days, his girlfriend said. Katrina O’Connor, 26, said her boyfriend, Michael Holden, 37, had been awake for two or three days after using the synthetic stimulant. When […]
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Maine drug overdose deaths continued decline in first quarter, falling 14 percent
Drug overdose deaths declined 14 percent in the first quarter of 2019, continuing a downward trend that began last year. The Maine Attorney General’s Office on Thursday reported 74 drug fatalities through March 31, compared to 86 deaths in the first quarter of 2018. After several years of increases, drug overdose deaths declined from 417 in […]
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Sanford PAYT bag fee increase starts July 22
SANFORD — The increase in the cost of Sanford Pay As You Throw trash bags will begin on July 22, said Public Works Director Matthew Hill. Changes in disposal fees for some services at Sanford Transfer Station have already gone into effect, Hill said Thursday. The Sanford trash bag fee will change from the current […]
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Music in the Park continues in Biddeford through Aug. 7
BIDDEFORD – Music in the Park, that takes place most Wednesdays in the summer in Biddeford, has been a draw to downtown since the program began in 2009. This year, downtown revitalization organization Heart of Biddeford, which puts on the music series started experiment by expanding Music in the Park to four different parks, in […]
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ABC’s ‘How to Get Away with Murder’ to end after next season
LOS ANGELES (AP) — It will be case closed next season for “How to Get Away with Murder,” with the show’s upcoming sixth season to be its last. The series and its star, Viola Davis, are leaving behind history: In 2015, Davis became the first African American to win an Emmy for best lead actress […]
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Fort Williams pay-and-display in full swing
CAPE ELIZABETH — Paid parking went into effect on Monday, July 1, at Fort Williams Park in Cape Elizabeth with motorists now having to visit one of the park’s many parking kiosks, enter their license plate number, and display the ticket on their dashboards. The town installed 10 parking meters in five areas of the […]
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Transient gets seven years for Lewiston bank robbery
LEWISTON — A transient who robbed a local bank in April and enlisted his father as an unwitting getaway driver was sentenced Thursday to seven years in prison. Joseph Tilton, 39, pleaded guilty to Class B robbery, punishable by up to 10 years in prison. He also pleaded guilty to theft by unauthorized taking, a […]
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Jazz musical ‘Cabaret’ to open at the Ogunquit Playhouse on July 17
OGUNQUIT – Decadent nightlife meets dangerous times at Berlin’s alluring Kit Kat Klub in the iconic Broadway musical “Cabaret,” on stage July 17 through Aug. 10. Set in the cabaret underworld on the eve of Hitler’s rise to power, the Ogunquit production is based on the searing Sam Mendes and Rob Marshall musical recently revived […]
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Canadian company wins approval for new lobster bait fish
Maine’s lobster fishermen will be able to use a new species of bait fish to try to get through a herring shortage that has troubled the industry in recent years. Lobstermen typically bait traps with Atlantic herring, but federal fishery regulators have enacted dramatic cutbacks to the catch quotas for that fish. The Maine Department […]
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